Dorienne Carmel

$255 - $515+ USD

Dorienne Carmel is an award-winning ceramic artist and gallery participant from Hertfordshire, England who specializes in whimsical and humorous portraiture. All sculptures are made entirely by hand and eye without aid. You can contact her via email at info@artdorgallery.co.uk or her Etsy shop Artdorceramics. To commission a piece, please send her clear reference images that focus on the face, but full-length photos are helpful as well. Features are as customizable as the client would like. You can expect to wait 4-6 weeks for a finished piece. Prices are $255 for one person, $385 for two, and $515 for three; any additional items will raise the price.

Website www.artdorgallery.co.uk 

Email: info@artdorgallery.co.uk

Etsy: Artdorceramics

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“Clay is a wonderful medium for expressing the imaginative mind.

It’s very exciting to create and be able to manipulate a ball of clay into a work of art.

It’s magical to see how far the materials can be pushed.”

“When I get an idea for a sculpture in my head, I get an excited feeling in the pit of my stomach and often can’t sleep as the ideas swirl around in my mind. My ideas are varied and that shows I believe in my work. I can’t rest until I’ve executed the idea and it has come to fruition

Went I exhibit my sculptures, I would liken the feeling to being judged/accepted, these are thoughts always present; is this my insecurity I ask myself often? Do they see what I see, the humor and joy that I do when I create them?

After all, this is my own private world my heart and soul, I am showing I believe fervently we all need an escape, we need humor, we need joy in our time on this earth and if I can create this fantasy world in my small way I’m harming no one.

If people look and ask questions about where my ideas stem from the most truthful answer is I want to enjoy the life I’ve been given I want to see fun freedom where often there is none. I have to live in world of turmoil but I prefer to escape to the fantasy world with comical life-like characters I can create.

Not to be tied down to one subject, feeling free to create, sometimes very whimsical always figurative.”