Sylvia Mobley at Pine Rose Studio

My old website at sylviamobley.com has been disabled at my request.   I will be using this Blog to share my new work along with tips and mat...

 I use very fine hand dyed mohair for the wig.   The costume is china silk.  The raw cut edge of the skirt is sealed with a fine line...

The ballerina parts are attached with double strands of twisted 20 guage beading wire.  The two legs are glued together with 5 minute epo...

After the parts are bisque fire two things happen before the doll is put together.   First the face and fingernails are china painted in...

The first step is to cast all the needed parts for the ballerina.  All of these parts are my original sculptures.  I make my own molds, ...

Jeannette is my latest ballerina.  Her pose and costume were custom designed for a customer and friend.  The chair in the photo is by Nik ...

This is the latest figure in a series of seasonal women.  I think of her as Mrs. Santa in her everyday working clothes but she really is an...

      This Dragon Ship is a new creation by Williamson, Walton-Marble and myself. We first displayed it at the Good Sam Miniature Show in...

     Every once in a while I get a commission that is a real challenge and at the same time wonderful to work on.  I loved doing the resea...

The finished dragon and rocks were painted with a couple of thin washes of acrylic paint.  I added some landscaping touches, moss made of...

    Creating the form of the Dragon over the shape of the interior cave was really just a matter of cutting and carving pieces of Styrofo...

To construct the cave interior I used inch thick Styrofoam to make a bowl shape. Pieces of Styrofoam were attached with Tacky glue and he...

For several years now I've had an inspiration to make a cave with a dragon sleeping on top.  This past winter I started working on it a...