Marina's Pre-Raphaelite Muses

Artist Marina Elphick brought four of her soft sculptures to the Pre-Raphaelite Sisters conference at York, where their contemplative expressions made a great addition to the scholarly papers about overlooked artists, and provoked a debate over the pejorative use of the term 'doll' [not Marina's choice] .  

The fabrics used are especially noteworthy, and the craftwoman's skill is alluring.





I am very happy to see Georgiana BJ wearing her famous coral necklace...

 and I  particularly  like the hair.


From previously seeing only images on Marina's website [ https://marinamade.me/]  i  expected the figures to be smaller, whereas they are a good size that enhances their presence, and can stand and sit in various poses.

the background figure is their creator  

AND HERE'S THE WHOLE GROUP