NEW: Shopper Bags

I am super happy to finally offer limited edition shopper bags in my shop! The bags are made of heavyweight canvas from certified Organic and Fairtrade farms They are printed in the UK with an illustration of my Wolf Witch and Biddy Bird They are strong and durable bags of high quality, a magical bag for life ♥︎ You can find them in my shop at http://www.pantovola.shop Thanks for looking! x P x

artist wallpaper

New Shop New Designs

Dear all, I am super excited to announce I have finally finished creating my very own shop, (with the help of a computer super genius of course) My shop is now hosted on my own website, offering my ooak dolls and textile art sculptures. It took months of work to make it look as simple as it does, but I wanted it to be a ‘white space’ in which my art would really be able to shine. The new address of my official shop is now: http://www.pantovola.com/shop I am very happy with the result and I hope you will like…

fairytale dolls

the characters of dolls…

When making dolls, having an idea in my head is an obvious starting point.. I often don’t make sketches beforehand, as I like to just go along with where the stitches take me. But this way of working, I suppose, does allow for more radical changes to be made along the way of creating, and it is then, that the true personality of the dolls force their way through. I had a very specific idea for this here doll in progress above. I wanted her to become a lovely and warm, fuzzy woman, with big buns in her hair on…

“Precious” a film by Pantovola, Bright Side Studios and Alabaster de Plume

A year and some ago, I made a film with the marvelous Bright Side Studios and poet/musician Alabaster de Plume. The film was part of an installation during the Hidden Door Festival in Edinburgh, and we made the animation film to raise awareness about mental health issues and the isolating effects they can have. For the film we used the story of my sad clown Bragi, who cries tears made of pearls. A girl called Precious, collects these pearl tears and weaves them into necklaces. But the necklaces weigh heavy with melanholia and Precious tumbles into the pond… I made…