Praying mantis in green silk

 As soon as I made the hummingbird I was hooked on making creatures. I have so many half completed animals I feel guilty. I knew I wanted to make a mantis as I think they are beautiful and strange insects, and it was one the the first I finished.

 This green and gold praying mantis was hand made with wire, clay, glass beads and crystals, sequins and silk. Her legs can support her and her arms can be gently rearranged.

Those golden spines are dangerous! I was glad to find these beads, they were perfect for the colour scheme. She has a lot of attitude as you can see.

She is for sale in my etsy store :  praying mantis on etsy

Mermaid textile sculpture in bright blues and yellow

This little mermaid is my latest completed piece. I made her using felt and a wire armature, then covered her with silk in vivid blues and yellows.

 She has royal blue fins, with one on her head to create a beautiful wave of hair.


She has beaded details on her tail, torso and hands.

I enjoyed making her very much, creating a fish girl meant I could use extremely colourful fabrics.


She is approximately 35cm or just under 14 inches long including her fins.

This mermaid is available to adopt in my etsy shop, Gilded Creatures

A golden hummingbird, my first mixed media textile sculpture

This gold and yellow hummingbird was the first textile sculpture I made, using mixed media in the form of polymer clay and wire, and creating details with sequins and velvet.

He has leather eyes and feet, and a polymer clay beak.

He can stand unsupported, as his feet have a wire frame.


He is permanently looking up, he is very curios!



He was fun to make, and I learnt a lot in the process.



He is for sale on etsy