A new puppet design representing the tragic 

Mary Queen of Scots 

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A Pair of Pelham puppet based puppets redressed as the Grand High Witch from Roald Dahl's classic The Witches - both in and out of her human disguise.

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Two new creations...

 Two new creations for a very special patron!

As we rush towards Christmas, here are two new designs - created under commission for a very special patron - which I feel capture a certain festive spirit.

Firstly we have the Julie Andrew's multi-fringed and diamante covered 'Jazz Hot' costume from the musical Victor/Victoria...

And secondly we have a 1950's lady in all her Dior inspired glory! 

I do hope that you approve and are having a fun and cosy advent!

Alexander xxx

A Pelham Puppet redressed as Jadis,

the White Witch from the Chronicles of Narnia

This Puppet has now been sold

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A pair of Pelham puppets redressed as 

a young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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A new Marie Antoinette creation 
based on a portrait of her dressed in her coronation gown and robes

- this puppet has now been sold -

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A Pelham Puppet redressed as the infamous and Tragic 

Queen Marie Antoinette 

based upon the Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun portrait 'with a rose'

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 A Pelham Puppet redressed as the second wife of King Henry VIII

Queen Anne Boleyn

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The inspiration for this puppet was the stylish and captivating 

Anne Boleyn.

The lady in waiting who caused a king to rip a kingdom 

apart to possess her!

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 A Pelham Puppet Redressed as Queen Katherine Howard
Tragic fifth Queen to King Henry VIII

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Katherine Howard, the young, beautiful, 

tragic fifth wife of King Henry VIII 

recreated in puppet miniature...

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A Pelham Puppet redressed as the final 
Tudor monarch, Queen Elizabeth I

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The infamous Virgin Queen and daughter to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, styled by us to show her in all her ornate splendour.

This puppet is an 

Alexander Sanderson Design original!

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A Pelham Puppet Redressed as 

Scarlett O'hara in her barbeque dress 

from Gone with the Wind! 

 On sale on eBay now! 

The anti-heroine from Margaret Mitchell's epic novel and played to perfection by Vivien Leigh in the great Hollywood film. 

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 A pair of puppets redressed as 

The Phantom of the Opera & Christine Daaé!

 

Christine Daaé

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These portrayals of the Phantom and the object of his obsession, Christine Daaé, come from looking at costume from both the stage musical and the film.

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A Pelham Puppet redressed as the infamous 

anti-heroine Becky Sharp 

from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel 

Vanity Fair!

On sale on eBay now!

A Regency, Empire line gown in red taffeta for one of English literatures most scheming and ambitious characters. 

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 Pelham Puppets redressed as

Lady Jane Grey and the Executioner

two from my latest collection -

 

Lady Jane Grey 

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From Tudor history, the tragic girl who never wanted to be Queen 

and the sinister gentleman of the Tower who, upon payment, 

stole her life.
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 A Pelham Puppet redressed as 

Scarlett O'hara from the classic film 

'Gone with the Wind'
portrayed in her blue velvet portrait gown! 

The tempestuous, headstrong Scarlett portrayed in the gown she wore in a portrait, which adorned her Atlanta mansion boudoir in 

the classic MGM film. 

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What a treat! 

These are the results after I received a commission to recreate the wonderful 

Fanny Brice, from the musical 

Funny Girl!

Yes the wheels do rotate!

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 Send in the Clowns! 
A Pelham Puppet Redressed 

as Desiree from the wonderful 

Stephen Sondheim musical 

A Little Night Music!

An ornate late 19th Century bustle gown adorning a puppet 

dressed and styled as the self-absorbed and waning Swedish actress. 

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 The results of an exciting 2021 commission -
a set of Pelham Puppets redressed as
 
Henry VIII's Six Wives!

A most exciting project which involved hours of looking over portraits of the Queens themselves and studying Tudor costume to help us achieve representations of the women, only in miniature. 

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A Pelham Puppet redressed 

as the second wife of King Henry VIII -
Queen Anne Boleyn 

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 A Pelham Puppet redressed 
as the romantic and tragic monarch
Mary Queen of Scots

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A Pelham Puppet redressed as the tragic 

Queen Marie Antoinette  

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This design was created for private sale on eBay and is the second Marie Antoinette design that I have created - please see the other white version in a previous post - 

White Pelham Puppet redressed Marie Antoinette.

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*A new Alexander Sanderson Design*

A Pelham Puppet redressed as 

A Victorian Lady/Empress Sisi

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*A new Alexander Sanderson Design*

A vintage Pelham Puppet redressed as

Jane Austen's heroine,

Emma Woodhouse

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puppet creation

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Pelham Puppet trio redressed as the burlesque strippers from Stephen Sondheim's musical Gypsy

These three puppets were a special commission request from my most fabulous patron and are individually styled to represent the three strippers in the 'You've got to have a gimmick' scene from the musical Gypsy. 

Multiple materials were used and there was extensive work done to the hair and re-painting the shoes. The bodices were stiffened, glittered buckram, corset laced onto the naturalistic, moulded Pelham body. The feet and faces were repainted or retouched depending on the character.

The stripper characters represent a balletic butterfly, a gladiatrix (complete with glittery, felt Roman helmet and pointy breast armour plate) and an electric-lit, starry night sky - who really lights up with small LED bulbs sewn into her costume. Everything is topped off with lots of feathers: chicken and marabou.

This project was great fun to do! I absolutely adore anything Sondheim and Gypsy really resonates with me. The three jaded strippers are fascinating characters and their number is hilarious - as well as having a sad tired edge in performance, which always makes you think. It certainly is an education for Louise who is shortly to become the famous burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee.

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- Can-Can Dancers!

 

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Pelham Puppet redressed as a Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Girl

 This puppet was commissioned by a private patron and a Pelham Ballet Girl puppet was used as a base.

She is dressed in a full lace skirt and frilly under-petticoat, boned corset and blouse. Her hair has been fully restyled into a bouffant beehive trimmed by red and black roses and lace. Under her petticoats she wears lace pantalets and her moulded high-heeled shoes have been repainted into a Victorian boot style. Her face has been fully repainted with enamels to represent the stylistic skull design.

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Four Pelham Puppets redressed as Aladdin characters - Jafar, the Sultan, Aladdin & Princess Jasmine

These four Aladdin characters were commissioned by a private patron. 

They include Aladdin, Jafar, the Sultan and Princess Jasmine. Their costumes were crafted mainly from crepe-backed satin and high grade felts and embellished with glass beads and resin jewels and feathers. Jafar and Jasmine's faces have been retouched with enamels and a long beard has been added to Jafar. All the feet have been repainted. Jasmine has completely restyled hair including a long, gold banded braid.  

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Three Pelham Puppets redressed as Can-Can Dancers from the Moulin Rouge!

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Pelham Puppet redressed as Cleopatra

A Pelham Puppet Ballet Girl Puppet redressed and styled as the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. 

Her gown is a pleated silver lame trimmed with diamante and glass bead trim. Her wig/hair has been fully restyled and capped with a beaded, poly-clay headdress.  Her face has been retouched and finished with glitter enamel paint to create the right 'cat-like' appearance.

Cleopatra is most famous for her appearances in Shakespeare's and George Bernard Shaw's plays about her life and the extravagant film versions staring Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh. The real Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt) became the mistress of Roman emperor Julius Caesar - who helped her take the throne from her brother, who was then Pharaoh - followed by a disastrous love affair with Mark Antony. After failing to prevent a Roman invasion of Egypt she is reportedly said to have taken her own life with the poison bite of an asp.

This puppet was designed and completed for a private commission and fits within a regular Pelham Puppet box.

 

 

This puppet was a vintage Pelham Puppet Fairy. She was redressed, upon request, as Helena Bonham Carter playing the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. The dress base is a thick, gold/burgundy duchesse satin and then heavily trimmed with hearts, red velvet ribbon and pearl drop trim. The face was fully painted in enamels to suit the character and a red wig was styled and then topped with a glittered crown. 

This design fitted into a regular Pelham Puppet box. It was commissioned as one of a pair - the other design being Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett from Sweeney Todd.

Pelham Puppet fairy redressed as Queen Marie Antoinette

 A Pelham Puppet redressed as

- Queen Marie Antoinette of France -

This puppet was a vintage Pelham Puppet 'Fairy' which was redressed as the tragic French Queen Marie Antoinette, who was tragically guillotined during the French Revolution.

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