Back from the Sea,So Let's See

         I came back home after a few days to the sea. The location that I went for the photographing is located at Phuket, the biggest island in Thailand, located in the Andaman Sea of southern Thailand.  I chose “ Ya Nui Beach” as a location for my mermaid, Adriana. It took time for 2 hours to fly from my hometown to Phuket. At the beach, the sun shines so brightly; the seawater is blue and green colors. Sometimes it’s dark blue and gradually changes into light blue and light green, depending on the sunlight during each time of the day. The sand is white and soft to the feet. The sounds of the wind blow and the wave hits to the seashore make me feel very claim and become happier when I was there. The surrounding by the beach is very nice and clean indeed. I saw some fish and sea animals closed to me while I was taking photos there. Maybe,I was too happy and excited by the beauty of the beach, so I got a serious skin burned by the strong sunlight! Or maybe I work too hard and too concentrated on my workings and the ideas of how to make beautiful picture sets, so I forgot the pain during my work. I noticed it when I went back to the hotel and found out that I have 2 skin colors on my arms, face, and all over the body that were not covered by the clothes. However, the picture sets of the 1^st day of the mermaid that hasn’t transformed into human were very nice and I felt satisfied with my Adriana very much.

         For this trip, I brought 3 mermaids with me for the photo shooting. One is a mermaid with her tail, the second one is Adriana in human form with a complete costume and accessories set, and the last one is a naked Adriana. So sad to say that the naked Adriana is not used for this trip as the time ran very fast and I had to work so fast as the sun light changes the direction, the level of the sea water changes by the time, and there are many tourists there.

          That’s so ashamed as the plan for the under water photographing that I have planned ahead had to be canceled. The camera shop that I phoned to and made a reservation for an under water camera said a tourist rent it and didn’t return it yet. I really wanted to scream out loud! My dreams to see my mermaid under the blue sea disappeared! I still have hope in one day that I will be back and do the under water again in the future. I never give up to try this new things. Umm, so now we just see how it’s like by the normal light and picture style.

           I put my mermaid into the sea water and sometimes that I totally put her down under the water. (I carefully work with her). There’s no need to be worried as the springs inside are the stainless steel spring that are designed to protect the water and to get reddish. However, the submerge the doll in the water is not a good idea as the leathers that protect the joints can get some damages. 

          I remember very well that the 1^st day for the photo shooting was really tough as I have to learn the whole new thing with Adriana in mermaid form, as well as the environment surrounded by her. I stood and sit, sit and laid down, laid down on the hot sand, kneed down, laid down in the water, sit on the beach, soaked in the seawater! I did the whole thing until I forgot how hot it was by the sunlight…But this is the BIGGEST happiness ever since I work with the doll. It’s very worth for me. I really love my job. It’s like a miracle to see the whole thing grow slowly bit by bit until it’s done. I really admired my Adriana in mermaid as she worked so nicely and patiently with me and never complained at all. Cute!

        My second day was not working with the doll and the sea environment. But it’s about the ideas that I planned and tried to make it happen in real. I brought many props and I used them all. The most important part for this photo shoot is the antique mirror.  I chose the mirror to reflect Adriana’s dream of how it’s likes if she becomes a human even though she has no voice to speak and sing. I used some picture techniques to make the picture from my imagination to be so real in the photos. How does it like? Do you like this? I hope you will like this picture as I do :-)

         She takes a risk to follow to the dream in her heart. No matter how dangerous it is….Adriana is now becoming in a Human, a lovely Princess by the daughter of the sea. She deserves this…a beautiful affinity…Would you take a chance to pursue your own dream or for the one you love? 

                                       "My Beautiful Princess of the Sea"

         I’m so sorry for her that the white feature wig that I have prepared was lost. This is the 2^nd thing that made me get so sorry about this trip. It’s not the end of the world, I still have another wigs at home. I think this was enough for us all to see. 

          The ending of the story is,.... everyone knows this ending very well. I hope I will have enough time to make a slide pictures with the sound of an OST I have in my mind. I don’t know that I will have enough time for this or not. It will take 2 days to do this. But at least tonight,…I finished the blog. It’s almost 3 a.m. now. I should go to bed. Good Night to everyone. “As long as you have a dream, make it come true.” Hugs to you all here. Thank You very much/Nune:-)

It's Time Now...

         Adriana, my little mermaid’s name, is now ready to go to the sea. Now I try to make many compositions of how to shoot her photos there. I have a rough idea in my heard of how to present her story by the pictures. One thing that I feel worried about is how to cope with the white costume and the problem, as the doll will be so closed by the beach. I’m so afraid to make it dirty. I will try to get to the white sand beach and carefully working with her.  I prepare a trunk in case I need to be in the water and work on my photographing. It will be lots of fun there.

 

 

         Now the costume and the jewelry pieces are completely finished. The 1^st thing is about her crown. The crown is decorated with many synthetic tiny diamonds. One asked me that I used the real diamonds for the accessories and costume? Well, at this price, I cannot use the real materials of real diamonds. I wish I would be able to use the whole real things. But it can be happening in the future. Maybe just one set for the real diamonds. I really don’t know. But I have a small hope that the current work will be satisfied enough to us, doll lovers that can purchase her, collect and play with the doll we love. It won’t be too out of reach. Apart from the main head crown, the doll also has 2 small crowns at the sleeves. At the beginning, I aimed to make a tiny coronet that fits the doll white feather wig. But to compare with the real scale, it felt it’s quite too small for the doll’s head. I tried to put in and out of her arms, and I got a brilliant idea! The small crown fits very well on the white sleeves, so I decided to make the other one for the other sleeve. Incredibly, they become so beautiful when they are as a part of the sleeves. Moreover, the doll has got 3 crowns to play and share with another dolls. How nice :-)

 

 

         As the mermaid is very young with the charming of youth, I think a short white wig will be looking great with the doll. I consulted to Jarupan Ardisiri, a very skillful Thai artist who is specialized in making the feature wigs.  At the beginning, I needed him to make the swan head. He said it’s very possible to do this for my doll. But one thing that I think about is a story of Mirror Mirror 2012.  Lilly Collins comes with the white costume and she’s got a swan head decoration on her head. It’s better not to do, I think. Some people may ask why mermaid has a swan head? Or why the idea is the same as the movie...? I should forget this and do another thing.  I must thank you to him here for a big help to make a very charming white doll wigs for this collection. Let’s see how it’s like. Cute?

 

         The decorations in the white costume consist of blue earrings,a choker, a corset, 2 jewelry sleeves, and a crown. I mainly focus on the jewlery,not on the beading works for my little Mermaid. She looks some kind of a princess, and sometimes she reminds me of a character of Shakespeare's novel. How could I work with this white Princess costume with the sea?....I questioned myself.

 

         There is an idea that suddenly came up to my mind. I 'm going to the sea, so why shouldn't I make some thing for my mermaid? Yes, this is for my idea that it would fulfill an imagination of the mermaid by the Immortal Classique style! Even though, it's not completely finished yet, I will try to finish it by tonight. Actually, the tale is made of silver lace. But how come it looks in golden color in the picture? Maybe I need a very clearer camera for it. It takes 3 month to finish this..slowly bit by bit. Now it's quite ready to Adriana:-)

         I'm so afraid that the sea water will damage the silver lace tinsel. It's quite heavy, but beautiful in real. I hope to capture many nice pictures for this doll.Also, from the cartoon movie I mentioned, the mermaid has got a potion to drink and then transform into human. This is a picture of the potion that I bought a year ago. It seems that the mermaid has got many things to play now.The color of the water,..must be red!

         The doll stand that is decorated with blue diamonds fits very well with the shoes. Now the whole things are quite ready,..but I haven't packed my luggage yet. It's getting late for tonight and I should wake up so early tomorrow morning. Camera lens and battery must be checked. Ok it's time to go now. Thank you very much for your time. I hope and pray for the success. Hugs to you all here/Nune

Magic of Mermaid...

         
         Yesterday,I made a rough sketch with some photo shop techniques to see the result when the crown is on the doll head with a long black hair and a white feature wig. The comparison between of these 2 pictures gives me a nice feeling of how cute the doll is when the crown is on. I prefer the white feature wig,which they are on the making process. That would not be so surprised if the little mermaid dreams to have a hair made from white features. In the world of dream, everything is so possible. We used to dream and imagine that we were a bird when we were young and played with friends. That's the same when a fish may dream that it could be flying like a bird! This imagination makes me think that mermaid could become like a swan when she has legs and then dance along...

         This is the head crown that made of wax in the prototype. There's a mistake during it's on the making process,that the size. The 1st one is quite too big for the doll head. So the 2nd one is being made. When I put the whole things, white costume, choker, corset, and shoes, I noticed that the 1st one is NOT that big as I have seen at the first time. So, I use the second one as a decoration part on the doll costume's sleeves; while the first one is the final to use as the mermaid's crown. The blue picture as you have seen previously from the blog has changed. From the silver armors at the upper arms and lower arms are no longer needed. Instead, I use the tiny crown and do some modification to adjust them to fit with the sleeves. They may need beading and crystals to make them fit together.

         About the details of the costume. The costume is mainly made of white chiffon and Chinese silk. At the back is long white gown. The long white gown is decorated with a piece of old lace.I picked the beads and some tiny synthetic pearls for the decoration part. I chose to make the totally white costume because it shows a pure of love. It maybe like a bridal,but the mermaid has a strong love to the charming prince. She tried to save his life because she chose to love him,not for herself. She finally sacrificed her life at the end to save the prince life for the second time...That's why she should be wearing in white...a very pure of love.

         I imagine when the mermaid walks along the sea, the white gown would flow by wind blow. That's possible,but it shouldn't be too heavy with the beads and too many of decoration. This costume set is quite light when it's compared to the previous works you have seen. But there are many accessories like head crown, earnings, choker, corset, arm pieces, and shoes. I use the main color of the gemstone and tiny synthetic diamonds in the shade of white and blue. This is how the shoes look like when they are in the wax process until they are done.

 

         In the meanwhile that the heads are painted (There are 5-6 fires to finish. You can see them in the Facebook), I prepare to make a mermaid's tale. Just one mermaid tale for the photographing...Where's the best location for the photo shooting? I asked myself...that should be at the Sea!!! 

A nice location for my doll photo shooting, sea waves, Sunset, white sand,..so heavenly dreaming of. I'm so excited!

I remind myself not to forget a bottle of potion that I bought it a year ago before the production is being made :-)

Thank You for visiting/Hugs

Sad Deep Drowning,Crying Until Turning into Sea Foams...

 

         ...The night before she is to die, her sisters visit her. They present a knife they have bought by cutting off their beautiful hair and giving it to the sea witch. Her sisters tell her that if she stabs the prince through the heart, she will turn into a mermaid again and can go back to her old life. She accepts the knife. However, as she goes to stab the prince, she finds that she cannot bring herself to kill him. She goes to the stern of the ship they are on, having decided that the prince's happiness is her happiness, and that as sea foam she can always be around him. As she throws the magic knife into the sea, it shines a blood red, which wakes the prince. He runs onto the deck and sees her, about to jump off of the ship. He calls her name, and runs to her, but she jumps off the ship. As he calls her name a final time, he looks to see that she has left behind her pearl hairpin and a scale from her tail. He grabs them both, and looks confused into the sea. As the sun rises, her body slowly turns to foam and ascends into the sky. The prince remembers now that she was, in fact, the one who saved him...

         It was the time that the US VHS was so popular when I was turning to teen. I saw a Japanese film animation style that my mum brought to me one day. An imaginative cartoon,but ends up with the tragidy of a mermaid who gives a pure love to the prince by asking nothing in return. The film kept preservation of the original ending by the original story. It's Hans Christian Andersen's, The Little Mermaid, released in 1975 by Toei Animation. This film was shown in the Toei Manga Matsuri (Toei Cartoon Festival)in 1975 in Japan. 

         What would you do if you have the most beautiful voice of the sea kingdom to sing,but it's gone because you need to transform into human just to find the true love? This shows a very strong courage,sacrifice,bravery,and passion of the character in the past.But things change a lot nowadays.People may see this a risky,or a silly thing just to bond with the only one. I sometimes heard my friends say" if he doesn't love/like you, find a new one!". This idea is not right or wrong because it's a world's trend today. Everyone has his own way to find the solution. Like Jacob from Twilight, he's a beautiful guy that can have many girls,or settle down with the other girl,but he chooses to get bond with Bella only.He knows that he can't never win her heart as Bella is deeply in love with Edward.She only looks at Jacob as her best friend.People may feel sorry for him,but that's what he has chosen.Many cartoons end with the happy ending,but this one ends with another way. I watched it with my brothers and sister. Almost the end of the story, my tears almost came out, but I tired not o cry because I was so afraid that my brothers and sisters would tease me as a tearful child:-0

     The passion of the story of love teaches us to know that "Love is a beautiful admiration.True love happens unconditionally" To see the little mermaid,please click

So it's the time to start the project now...!

H.A.P.P.Y N.E.W. Y.E.A.R. 2012

 

         Saying goodbye to 2011...Last year was the first year that I officially posted the whole things into an official website, immortalclassique.com.

         I'm so happy to get to know many doll collectors and nice people who admire my creations. I would like to say" Thank You'' very very much for all supports, encouragements,letters, and gifts from many nice people here. I promise I will make things better in the future. A part of my inspiration to be success is the feedbacks and communications from you all here. I really appropriate this.

        "Thank you very much for a nice opportunity for a new face like me.I wish everyone a Happy New Year 2012 and all the success in everything you do. Love, Life, wealth, and health to be you all here."

Hugs Always

Nune

Here Comes the Bride...Evginia

          This is a collaborative work with Cholo and Me.It is finally done. How impressive!

 

          It's been months that this project moved on so slowly,bit by bit. Some problems occured, but I could pass them by many helps of freinds:-)

 

         The doll will be officially on sale by 11:3O P.M. by Bangkok Time Zone. The doll is a limited edition of 3 sets only.

 

         The doll has 2 costumes pieces: The Twin White Peacocks and the Red Gown.

 

         The Twin Peacocks is the inner long dress that made by the chiffon. It’s decorated with many small white beads, laces, tinsels, pearls, Chinese silk thread, and 3 kinds of the peacock features into 3 layers. At the back of the dress is tightened by the special small chain. 

  

         The Red Gown is the outer that made by the Thai Silk. At the Chest of the gown is a golden needle that is pinned with the pictures of Griffon, on the left and right. At the back of the gown, it is decorated in a hot tone color. The red, orange, dark purple, black, and golden are the colors of many thousands of beads that decorated with the small pearls, crystals and Swarovski on the doll’s gown.

 

 

         
         Thank you for watching. "Have a wonderful Christmas with your family,the one you love, freinds, pets, and DOLLS."

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The Bride will be on The Christmas’s Eve

         Now the dolls are almost done, there are just some little things left to do as the final painting and small details like the fingers and gloss paint. How does she look now? (Some asked why did this doll have a baby crow (fledgling) at her private part? This sigh is associated with the spiritual thing. As she’s The Bride of The Dracula, her soul becomes as a part of mysterious by the death and nighttime. I choose a baby crow to symbolize of darkness and evil as a part of her soul.Its mouth is opened as it needs feeding by something.It could be the blood or what? She’s not yet an evil or a vampire, but she’s a half immortal and human. You can see that her neck has got no fangs mark yet. It’s probably the last of her sunlight to go to the end and she’s waiting by the velvet night to come, yes that’s why I made her this way. 

 

         To close up,(please do not think this as a funny or rude: ),just regard this as a piece of art paint that I need to give an erotic character on this doll body) the private part is painted 3 times to darken the baby crow with the onyx color and at the central is red. This represents the fresh and the nature that had been conquered by the supernatural thing. It could be hunger, beauty, or savage… one of these three is my own answer. It’s something that hidden inside. Every demon has his/her own mark…

 

         When the white twin peacocks costume is on, the satin shows the mark, but not very clear. The chiffon gives a sense of tempting and lust. You can see it through the costume of the white twin peacocks. Her hair is white pale (so sorry that I didn’t show it to you all here, but you can see it by the Facebook) It made of a very special mohair. It’s from Delta Dawn Premium Mohair. This mohair is very beautiful, as it looks very real indeed when it’s on the doll. It’s so soft and shiny in real. Many doll makers use this kind of mohair to make doll wigs and baby’s hair rooting. That’s the reason that I choose the best thing for this collection.

 

         Here are the shoes that made of the brace and coated with chromium in silver that fits with the off-white costume. They are creepers that very durable and they make the doll stand with a nice stability. (However, I’d suggest the doll should stand with its own doll stand to protect any unexpected damages.) They are also decorated with the red Swarovski and a diamond, yet the red strap and some decoration as a red shoes pad/supporter.

 

        

         That’s so amazing to see that the dolls costume and the shoes are compatible with the new doll stand. I tried to check today how it works and I got a big surprised. The doll stand is adjustable that you can lift the doll up as she’s flying or floating in the air. Or you can post the doll normally as the feet touch the stand or with the shoes on it. The doll stand has a proper weight that it can control the doll in different posting positions by no need to be worried that the doll will fall over. It’s really strong to control the doll in the fixed positions. That’s how I really love this doll stand.

 

          By the 24th-25th of December. I will show the whole things that are done by the complete pictures. Please wait just a little more.You will see them all together:-)

Hugs to you all here/Nune