Info on when and where our new collection will be up for sale...

We received a very kind message asking when and where our new collection will be up for sale. 

In reply, we will be releasing the new marionettes by this Friday (22nd of August) at the latest. 

*Our Rumpelstiltskin was reserved and sold 

on pre-sale to a valued regular customer.*

It will be a staggered release, in groups of two or three and will initially be sold on eBay and then, shortly after, placed in our new Etsy store, for sale on that platform.

As soon as the marionettes are available we will be posting the links and necessary details on this blog.

I hope that this is helpful!

Alex

The next of our larger scaled marionettes 
from our new collection...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper has specially sculpted head, hands, feet and pipe. He stands at approximately 18" tall. 

His costume has been inspired by the classic tale which tells of his 
driving plague of rats out of the town of Hamelin... then returning to steal their children. 

His costume is a confection of layered fabrics. His doublet is of a traditional motley design constructed from plain and embroidered taffeta of different shades.

His hose are of a striped cotton and his cloak is of a patchwork print.

The clothing is embellished with silver braid, lace and a red rhinestone pendant. 

He is strung onto a two handed controller produced in our workshop.

The Next Two Marionettes From Our New Collection  

Rumpelstiltskin 

&

A Spectral Phantom

* Rumpelstiltskin has now been Sold*

Rumpelstiltskin has a specially sculpted head, hands, feet/legs.

He is dressed in a long outer robe in a fabric printed in a vivid tarot design and lined in red taffeta.

 His doublet is cut from a red brocade and richly trimmed with metallic gold braid. His linen undershirt is topped with a gathered lace frill.

His ornate breeches are cut from taffeta and overlaid with satin ribbons. 

He is strung onto a two handed controller from our workshop.

The Spectral Phantom has a hand sculpted head and specially cast hands. He is at a smaller scale and of a far more simple design than the other creations in this collection.

His hooded robe is crafted from cotton lawn and a sheer muslin fabric, which has a painted, textured edge.

He is strung onto a single handed controller from our workshop.

From our new collection, here are

the next two marionettes to be released for sale...

Anne Boleyn & Katherine Howard

Anne Boleyn

Katherine Howard

These marionettes measure approximately 18" tall and have specially sculpted heads, hands and feet/lower legs. 

Both of these tragic wives of Henry VIII - they were cousins and both were beheaded - are dressed in rich velvet gowns trimmed with metallic braid/lace and pearl.

Their underskirts a cut from a rich brocade with gold ornaments hanging from their waists.

Both of these marionettes are strung to our two handed controllers, built in our workshop.

 The first of our new collection - to be put up for sale next week!

Jadis the White Witch 

from the Chronicles of Narnia

The first of our fully hand sculpted/dressed Marionettes.

She will be listed on eBay initially and then, if unsold, will stock our new Etsy shop.

She measures 19" high and is stung onto our own two handed controllers.

She is dressed in a taffeta and snowflake gauze gown, over which sits a white velvet and faux fur hooded robe. 

A snowflake, glass jewel pendant sits below her neckline.

Every element of this puppet, including her icicle crown, is newly designed and created by Alexander Sanderson Designs.

An initial look at our first four completed marionettes - due for stringing - from our new, fully hand sculpted, larger-scaled collection. 

The full collection will consist of seven newly designed marionettes.

 Due to be released for sale by late September 2025!

*Please click image to enlarge*

From left to right:

*Anne Boleyn

*Rumpelstiltskin (reserved)

*The Gingerbread Witch

*Jadis, the White Witch, from the Chronicles of Narnia

We have also designed and constructed several of the needed controllers, which will now be strung to the puppets.

All of our new marionettes have hand sculpted heads, hands and lower legs.

The final three marionettes will be:

*A Spectral Phantom

*Queen Katherine Howard

*The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Due to the creative process the exact characters represented have changed in the sculpting process.

A Sneak Peek!

I am well on my way to creating a collection of fully crafted, large sized puppets for Alexander Sanderson Designs.

These puppets will be an average of 17" high and will be fully and individually sculpted & crafted.

Here is an image of three - of the seven planned puppets - heads, awaiting a sanding.

Some of the characters, built for my first collection, include:

The Snow Queen

Rumpelstiltskin  

The Gingerbread Witch,

Queen Anne Boleyn

&

Queen Elizabeth I

More info to follow soon!