"Vianne, My Muse"

The inspiration for the name “Vianne” comes from Joanne Harris’ character in “Chocolat” ~ a woman who blows into town, cares not what others think, and changes all for the better with understanding, a knowing smile, and chocolate! She is the personification of my Muse, the Guardian Angel of my Creativity.

“Vianne, my Muse” was created over a plastic soda bottle that was filled with my quilting scraps ~ those too small for any other use. She is layered with fabrics, trims, buttons, beads, parts of silk flowers, and mementos ~ all held in place with Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue.

I hand-drew Vianne’s face on deer-hide leather with Prismacolor markers, then coated it with Krylon Kamar spray for protection.

Her cloak is created from a piece of the red velveteen curtains that used to hang in my parent’s bedroom. Her earring is a button featuring a rose, matching the rose on the front of the doll. The bone bead hanging from her earring is from a necklace I once made for myself of many favorite beads.

The flower bouquet she is holding is from the favors at our wedding, and tucked inside as the paper is a wrapper from a Lindt Dark Chocolate ball from the bag of them that my sweetheart gave me for Valentine’s this year, and also to tie in the reference to “Chocolat”.

Her wings are made from 3 layers of sheer fabrics, edged with hand-twisted trim, and embellished with gold thread, silk flower petals, and beads. They peek out from beneath her cloak – ready for when she needs to fly!