Preparing for Puppenfestival International....

in Neustadt, Germany in three weeks! 

No time for formal pics, just a few sneak peaks of 

the studio activity for the last few weeks....enjoy!

Happy Easter!

A Sunday at the park...Lynn, Molly & Smokey...since the weather is so fine, we went off to have an Easter picnic with our Goldens and the resident Canada Geese! Much fun was had by all!

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Here is a little peak at what is going on around our studio s we prepare for

 the Golden Glow Convention in July....http://www.goldenglow.org/index.htm

 Hope to meet you there!

Happy Spring!

After a month away...either traveling or fighting the flu...we are happy to be back in the studio. We had Summer in the middle of March, but now we are back to regular old late Winter, weather conducive to creating Santas and Belsnickles! With just 15 weeks to the Golden Glow Convention, things will soon heat up around here. The theme is An Appalachian Christmas, a theme that conjures up bearded mountain men with tartans wrapped snug around them. In keeping with the theme, we have chosen a color pallet of red, white, blue and gold for this year's line.
Until we saw an original in this color combination, it would not have occurred to ether of us to create this fellow... click on the picture to see larger images....

He is our B1 Belsnickle, 15" tall with candy container inside. 

His face is an early, soft and kindly face, his beard full and flowing. 

His coat is classic red with gold flake trim and blue chenille edging. 

He carries an antique feather sprig and a glass ornament. 

For information, please email: twosistersstudio@gmail.com

Kindly St. Nicholas

Many of you told us how much you like the soft, smiling face of this Santa, so we made him in another variation. His coat is mohair with blue facings that match his blue eyes. His beard is sparse wool.

This 18" Santa is our S5 face. He can be appropriately dressed in flannel, felt or fur. 

The one shown is available now for $475 with free shipping in Canada or the USA.

Simply email: Twosistersstudio@gmail.com and we will send a PayPal invoice.

We've got the February blues....

Here in Haliburton blue is the colour of the day, and we have it! Blue skies, blue ice, blue shadows on the snow and now, blue Santas...

 

 Blue Santa #1

18-inch Santa CC in blue flannel Russian-style coat with black trim and long woolen beard. This stooped Santa has a very soft and friendly face with a slight smile

and drooping eyebrows. 

Blue Santa #1 is our S7 - our latest mold...a very unique and early style face.

SOLD

To order a similar Russian-style Santa,  just email: twosistersstudio@gmail.com  

Blue Santa #2

Our very large, 26" Santa CC  wears a medium French blue flannel coat that matches the colour of his eyes. He has a kindly face, heavily wrinkle and lined about the eyes. 

His luxuriant beard is of wool. He carries a lamb under his arm and 

holds a goose feather tree decorated with beeswax candles in his right hand.

SOLD

To order a similar Santa, email: Twosistersstudio@gmail.com

January 27 and the snow is falling and falling and falling...

For those who like a softer, sweeter Santa, this might be the face you're looking for. (click on the picture to see larger images)

 

This is our Santa 5 (S5) face. He is exceptionally soft and kind. He is 18" tall, wearing a faded red coat of vintage felt with distressed white trim and carrying feather tree sprigs in his hand. His hand woven basket has a it of blue-grey tint and it contains a tiny doll, a block and a story book. Under his coat is his candy container. 

He is available now at $450. including postage within North America. 

This Santa is sold. Thank you, C!

To order one similar to him, simply email: twosistersstudio@gmail.com

New Santa ready...

Several of you have asked for a large Santa with straight woolen beard....

This Santa Candy Container is 26" tall. He wears a faded red flannel coat with antiqued white trim, carries a cloth toy pack in one hand and a feather tree with candle and glass ornaments in the other. $750. including shipping within North America. 

Available now by emailing us:  twosistersstudio@gmail.com

Two Sisters Studio Joins Studio Tour

What an exciting way to start the new year! We have just been invited to join the Haliburton Studio Tour, the best known studio tour in Ontario. Our work has been seen by the jury and our studio approved, and we are thrilled! Potters, painters, weavers, jewelry makers, wood workers and sculptors have chosen to live in Haliburton County since the Group of Seven painted here in the early 1900s. The abundance of lakes, rocky outcrops and wilderness beauty is conducive to creativity and serenity. Artistic creation is a way of life in the region.
For the first two weekends in October, 28 studios open their doors to the public. It is the perfect time of year for people to visit, combining the last warm days with the spectacular Fall colours and an incredible selection of art.
For more information follow the link: Haliburton Studio Tour 2012
Mark your calendar:

September 29 and 30, 2012 Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

October 6 and 7, 2012 Thanksgiving Weekend 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Have a Pig!

In Germany, when someone is lucky, it is customary for them to say "Ich Habe Schwein Gehabt" which means "I had a pig." This expression dates back to earlier more difficult times, when you were fortunate if you had a pig to feed your family. Today, a traditional New Year's gift is a marzipan pig with a four-leaf clover in his mouth. The expression happy as a pig in clover signifies financial prosperity and well-being. This is simple agricultural reality, for pigs can live on pasture or subsist on farm waste and crop residues, they are very fertile and selling off piglets for fattening is a good source of income on marginal land. A farming family that keeps pigs will never lack for meat. 

For this New Year we wish you all  

Glucklisches Neuyahr  

& hope you have a pig.

 Our good luck New Year Santa on a pig is now available...$295. including shipping within North America. Email: twosistersstudio@gmail.com.

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You may imagine my surprise when I woke to the sound of a crane truck arriving at 7:00 AM yesterday morning! Thinking they were here to remove the dead tree from the neighbor's yard, I grumpily stomped downstairs to release the famous guard dogs, Molly & Smoke so they could promptly kiss the intruders to death. Much to my amazement, the men were setting up the truck in our yard, backing down the boat launch precariously close to our wonderful spruce. Finally I began to get the gist of the situation as the hundreds of yards of lights began to be unrolled....
Here is my sister's Christmas surprise gift to me and to all those who pass by~

The snow is flying inside...

despite the unseasonably warm temperatures outside! St Nicholas is trudging through the flying mica. This 16" Santa candy container wears traditional black boots, blue pants and a faded red flannel coat. His beard is fur. He is stooped and walking with a stick. On his back he carries a hand woven beech toy pack. This is our latest Santa face and we are so happy with him! No one else has a mold for this face. We love his gentle demeanor. Even with his drooping eyebrows, he does not appear grim. He is now finished and ready to go to you.
SOLD - Thank you, S.!
For larger images, just click on the images below.

Christmas fills the studio once again!

After a few weeks of playing with witches, pumpkins and veggie people, we're ready to get back to Father Christmas.....Santa....Belsnickle....Krampus!
Our first weekend project was this 13 1/2" Nodder, a rare fellow with very fine details, made in a nice cabinet size to tuck in with your collection.
This Nodder has everything going for him. He's a Belsnickle with brown molded coat trimmed with brown "fur" and snow splatters.  He's a candy container that separates at the top of his boots. And he's a Nodder. In one hand he carries a candle to light the way and in his other hand a bundle of switches to warn the naughty children.

 

His face is well sculpted with a fine aquiline nose and lots of details in the beard and mustache. Note the unusual eye color, amber brown, and the rarely seen deep purple eyebrow & line colors

 In his molded pockets are little dolls.

 He wears a leather harness and carries his hand woven toy pack on his back. The colors we used are faithful to the original. Note the unusual periwinkle blue mittens and toque.
Our Nodder with molded toys is available now for $475 with free shipping in North America.
Simply email: twosistersstudio@gmail.com and we will send you a PayPal invoice.

You made our day!

When you get an email like the one below, it makes every day seem more special!

 
"A TOTALLY AWESOME JOB ON THE BROWN SANTA!!!!!!!

  It's as if you read my mind on every detail...... In your last email, i didn't realize that the doll in Santa's hand would be the original one you found.....I was amazed they made dolls so tiny and the story of how you came by it makes it all the more special.....THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN."  -O.W., North Carolina