I have always felt that Punch was a menace - he kills his baby, his wife, the policeman, and finally even the Devil himself! I decided to put Judy in charge, and transformed Punch into a marionette that Judy can control. The figures are OOAK sculpts in polymer clay over wire and foil armatures, painted in acrylics, and the tent is made of papier mache over a wire armature. The costumes are constructed from dupioni silk, tulle, metallic lace, with wigs made of mohair and silk. The hats and portions of their costumes are made of a fabric sandwich consisting of dupioni silk, angelina and silk fibers, tulle, with an overlay of free motion embroidery.
This piece has appeared in both Contemporary Doll Collector (Gallery, May 2008) and DOLLS (Magnum Opus, July 2007 and August 2008) magazines as well as the online magazine The Journal of Mythic Arts (Winter 2007).
