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Latest Work by Anita Russell

If you are a regular visitor to this site, this page will be very useful to update you on my latest work.
This page will show you what  I  have been creating recently and has  links to the new art pieces  within this web site. As you can see I have been busy and adding to the range as much as I can.

October 2008

Please take a look at my recent mosaic heart. A new skill developed this year.>> Heart

August 2008

A skiing Proposal. >>Skiing

August 2008

A Maldives sculpture, resting outside the beach hut. >>Maldives

July 2008

A lovely tableau set at the White Horse Vale with two loved pussy cats. >> White Horse Vale

June  2008

Some lovely work done at workshops on fairies, sprites, guitars, masks and more. 
>> New workshops

May 2008

A new design collaborating with a stained glass angel sculptor to create the Angele Angel. >>AngeleA gift for communions and christenings.

March 2008

A Channel 5 News Alastair Darling for the budget coverage.>>Alastair Darling

A Lochness Monster honeymoon. >>Nessie

February 2008

A sculpture incorporating a beach honeymoon with baby elephants bathing. Set in India. >>Elephants.

January 2008

A heart sculpture which is hung in front of a romantic poem set in a frame.>>Heart

A new mermaid set on wood.  >>Mermaid

December 2007

Beach huts set on driftwood on the homes page. >>Driftwood Beach Huts

A honeymoon set in Hollywood sculpture found on the >>Hollywood

Another honeymoon set near a waterfall complete with air balloon. >>Balloon

I have also added a new range of angels made out of stained glass. These are lovely and enhance my site for communion, christening and confirmation gifts. >>Angels

November 2007

A proposal set against a Winter's night at the Jefferson memorial in >> New York

A recent wedding sculpture set by a loch in Scotland and an engagement sculpture of a pair of hands. Both feature on the >>Weddings page.

A wedding set in Sea view, Isle of Wight and a pair of sculptures featuring Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro. All these feature on the >>More paper anniversaries page.

You can also catch a recent radio interview where my art was featured on the Richard Vobes Show.

http://vobes.co.uk/misc/anitarussell.mp3

October 2007

A busy, busy time. You can visit a papier mache sculpture set in a flamed border at the Burj-Al-Arab hotel. A ballooning in Africa papier mache sculpture; A windmill setting for an English country wedding and an Indian elephant ride. Also featured on this page is a sculpture with a couple sitting under a waterfall in Guyana. This page is looking very different, do take a look.

All these feature on the >>Paper anniversaries page.

August 2007

A rather ambitious tableau of the Trevi Fountain >>Trevi Fountain.

Many new watercolours on the watercolour page including interesting collage styles
See >> Watercolours.  A lovely watercolour of Tynley Hall  >>Tynley Hall

July 2007

The silhouette page is updated to include a brief history and more photos of silhouettes added. See >> Silhouettes.

June 2007

A stunning African sunset tableau combing a picture within a picture. >>African Sunset

A fairy wedding watercolour set in a fairy rune on midsummer's day. >> Fairy Wedding

May 2007

A new range of bought crucifix necklaces are added to the site. This is to give customers more choice and to introduce a quicker and less expensive gift for a variety of religious occasions. >> Crucifix Pendants

A tableau set in Banff, complete with ski lift and hotel. >> Banff Tableau

Some pretty new additions to the watercolour range, a portrait from Trinidad and Tobago and another from Jamaica. See >> Romantic Gifts

April 2007

A tableau of Tahiti set in a driftwood frame. This sets off the papier mache sculpture beautifully. Take a look >> Driftwood Framed Tahiti Tableau

A silhouette of a couple encased in a silver frame. See >> Silhouette

March 2007

A tableau set in Florence complete with Ponte Vecchio.>> Florence.
Santa Maria Fireworks tableau for a couple's silver wedding. >> Fireworks

February 2007

A tableau with a castle backdrop set in England. >> Castle of Dreams

January 2007

Two delightful watercolour cats and a house portrait see >> Watercolours

December 2006

With Christmas coming, I completed a number of new commissions including a >>child portrait and two wedding tableaux >>school and presently featured on the home page, >>Wedding in the Sun

November 2006

       I have added more pictures from my lovely watercolour artist.
       Please look at >>Fairies, >>Christening Gifts and >>Weddings

A stunning papier mache beach hut has been added to the site.
Please look at >>Beach Hut.

October 2006

I have recently completed a centrepiece for a wedding reception in the shape of an >>Oyster. The centrepiece holds the seating plan.

Two local artists have now joined me on this site. Lyndsay paints watercolours while Jo creates Victorian silhouettes.  These can be seen by clicking >>Romantic Presents.

Two new sculptures on the >>25th Silver Anniversary page - "Fireworks over Santa Maria Island" and a new boat sculpture.

A new page has been added for >>3rd or Glass Anniversaries

September  2006

        I have added a new page on >>House Portraits including a new
        tableau 'Anchor Cottage'. The page also includes two watercolours.

        View a new range of papier mache and driftwood boat
        sculptures created over the summer >>Framed Boat Sculptures

A beach scene in Mauritius - a tableau set against a volcano and trees. >>Mauritius

July 2006

See pictures of the workshop in July where we made the >>London Eye with a group of 10 and 11 year olds primary school children

A great tandem ride honeymoon adventure, a very ambitious piece. >>Tandem

June 2006

A honeymoon hotel complete with Cadillac and wedding finery >>Cadillac

May 2006

Koalas in Australia - a tableau set in the Australian outback. >>Koalas

Love in Luxor, a tableau celebrating a honeymoon on the Nile with a felucca travelling past Karnack. >>Nile
 

April 2006

New York, New York, a tableau depicting a couple on Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan  >>New York

March 2006

Life in a Box, a memory box depicting the celebration of fifty years of life. >>Life in a Box
 

February 2006

A couple celebrate their First anniversary by creating a tableau with their dog and cat. >>pets
 

January 2006

Chamonix Skiing tableau. This was to celebrate a wedding on the slopes. Have a look at the frame design. See link >>Chamonix.
 

December 2005

"Moonshine on Sussex Shores" A commissioned sculpture (seascape) with a mixture of ceramic pieces and papier mache  produced for a 9th Wedding Anniversary (pottery). All the pieces of driftwood, shells and crockery were found on the beach in Sussex.  see link, >>Seascape.

"Fastnet Rock Sailing Race" depicts a boat in the 2005 Fastnet Race. Commissioned for Christmas, this boat "Dirty Thirty" is complete with three crew. The boat is set on a large piece of driftwood about 50 cm square. See link >>Fastnet

November 2005

"Kayaking in  Abel Tasman National Park"  took a husband & wife back to a special memory. This piece was commissioned recently to capture a magical moment when two fur seals approached their Kayak on honeymoon in New Zealand. See Link >>Kayaking

October 2005

Rugby themed mirror, a link of two points of view, S.Africa and New Zealand, a true >>Rugby Union

September 2005

"Lilac Crested Roller Bird" Have a look by following >>Bird .
Fabulous Maldives honeymoon couple, set on jetty near ocean with fish, see
>>Maldives. Vancouver Mirror , couple & baby on honeymoon, follow >>Mirror Link. Nude sculpture, beauty set on rock: >>Nude Sculpture
 

August 2005

Wedding sculpture set in stained glass chapel border. Link >>paper wedding anniversary sculpture.   Wedding sculpture of couple outside hotel with raining >>confetti

July 2005

Two new pet portraits can be seen on the Animals Page.   >>Lady and the Lump two cats on the sofa and >>Flora and Buzz (a Jack Russell with a Chocolate Labrador)

June 2005

Swimming with Dolphins was commissioned to remember a honeymoon in Tahiti. A new twist in that the couple are in the pool swimming with a dolphin. Please follow >>Dolphins to see this.

May 2005

Further christening and communion crosses are added to the range  Please follow >>Crosses.

A new papier mache anniversary commission depicting a honeymoon in Mexico is unveiled. Please follow >>Honeymoon in Mexico.

April 2005

A new diorama depicting the Madonna and child, based on the boxes and shrines made of tin found in Mexico, known as Nichos.  Please follow >>Madonna and Child.

March 2005

A new Page incorporating Dioramas and a history of the Diorama. Please follow this >>Dioramas. The border is modern and wacky and a new diversion in style from previous work. A new First Anniversary Wedding Tableau commission with Sydney Opera House in the background can be viewed by following this >>Sydney Opera House.

February 2005

A new range of religious papier mache gifts for Communions, Christenings and Confirmations. Please follow this >>Christenings.

December 2004

See my new page of papier mache animals done over moulds and mounted on driftwood see >>Pajandrum,  >>Tabitha and >>Flame Fish.

November 2004

Fantastic exciting new papier mache Day of the Dead work - see link. Exhibition at Landmark Trust.

September 2004

Just completed  three more new papier mache commissions for first wedding anniversaries. Please take a look...
>>Wedding at Cannizaro House  ,  >>Duomo in Florence and >>Honeymoon in Australia

August 2004

Great  Month, just completed two new papier mache commissions for first wedding anniversaries
>>" Indeed you two are    ~   a light in our lives"
and  >>"Whitehaven Wanderlust  ~  manta rays through turquoise blue"  featuring mermaids and beautiful sun kissed shores.

July 2004

See my new line in >>Christening, Baptism and First Communion papier mache presents and Christian gifts.

A whole host of new papier mache >>angels and fairies have been added to the site.

Please look at this best friend's present - a new papier mache clock completed for a first anniversary present
>>"And the sun shines on brighter than ever.....one year later"
Also please view  the papier mache  >>First Year Anniversary Presents  page to see how I have been working to design items with my clients to create a commission.

I re- wrote the papier mache >>history page with a lot more information. Please take a look.

See my work on display recently at Barnes in South West London. See link to >>Exhibitions.

Read about the 4ft papier mache shelf complete with a fantastical dragon crawling around it that I am creating.
 This is my most ambitious papier mache piece yet.

May 2004

Busy teaching a Papier Mache Sculpture "Family Learning" Time Out  course at the RACC in Richmond, London. This was a Family Learning course with adults and children. To read about this, follow this >>RACC.

In time for the start of the sailing season in West Wittering, a papier mache boat sculpture called >>"Ellanore Ahead " has been added to the >>Papier Mache Boats page. A recent ad in the local sailing magazine has raised local interest. 
I have found a shop in East Wittering which is selling my papier mache and ceramic work and an agent Jane Osborne on the South Coast  has been exhibiting my driftwood ceramic boats and cards at local West Sussex fairs.

April 2004

From the >>Sculptures page, please view my two new papier mache sculptures;  >>"Marbled Angel Fish" and a papier mache >>"Mask"

In the >>Sea Life page, my papier mache seahorse  mounted on driftwood named >>"Seahorse Shimmer"  has been created ready for Barnes Fair in 2004.

In the >>Children's Toys page view my papier mache  >>"Sun and Moon"

March & February 2004

A range of dark wood frames are added to the existing framed boat range.  My commission for a papier mache skiff mirror is completed  >>" Skiffing at Thames Ditton" and I have finished my framed papier mache portrait of 3 D skiers for a wedding. >>"Skiing side by side  through Life's Journey"

January 2004

My range of papier mache angels and fairies made for Christmas were a festive addition which adorned many a tree and mantel.  To view them click this link: >>Angels and Fairies

>>"Alien or Angel" is my cheeky papier mache addition to the "Alebrije" style creatures page.

In the papier mache Mirrors page, >> "Swimming in the Deep"  is my  mirror edged with sea and adorned with beautifully painted fish.

A recent papier mache and ceramic exhibition  "Inspired by the Sea" meant  I have been busy, busy creating new wall hangings.  This is a theme close to my heart and gives me great pleasure which I hope is evident in my work.
Take time to discover  my mystical magical new papier mache artworks, as you browse through two new pages:
>>"Sea Inspired"  Wall Hangings and Plaques and
>>Mermaids and Fish - "Inspired by the Sea".

December 2003

With Christmas around the corner,  I  was very busy with commissions - especially boats. View the new >>Boats, >>Ceramic Boats, >>Boat Cards >>Framed Driftwood Boats & >>Papier Mache Boats pages.

>>Day of the Dead is a festival in Mexico.  As I have  studied the art of  Mexican Papier Mache,
I am now displaying a page of papier mache Day of the Dead sculptures.

November 2003

I am convinced these papier mache sculptures are going to be ideal for First Wedding Anniversaries. (What else would you give your loved one on your first "paper" anniversary.) View some ideas for papier mache and ceramic >>Anniversary Gifts
 

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