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SciFi & Fantasy Art / Gallery 641 of 909 / Jennifer K Busby

Jennifer K Busby

Jennifer is a sculptress and doll artist who creates entirely unique fairy and myth-inspired art dolls. She is the owner of FaerySpell Creations and the proud winner of the Froudian Artist award for May 2005 and The Global Fantasy Dolls Competition First Place Award for 2007 and 2008. Please see her review in the current issue of New Witch Magazine, #18.

I grew up and currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I am inspired to create my Faeries and mythic creatures though my fascination with the ancient lore and legends of the Faerie People of all lands.

My artistic inspiration comes from Nature, first and foremost.

I also love and greatly respect the work of artists such as Brian and Wendy Froud, Alan Lee, Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. In addition, my inspiration as a doll artist comes from my love of old world dolls and old fashioned marionettes. I love the quality of a doll being doll-like, and yet seeming as if it could come to life at any moment. I believe this influence shows in my work, and is a part of what makes my dolls unique.

My dolls truly seem to me to form themselves--I am only the medium. They each emerge from the clay, each with his or her own distinct features and personality--they are always a surprise to me!

I began FaerySpell Creations to share them with others, (and because I couldn't seem to stop making them and they had begun to take over every available shelf and nook and cranny in my house! :)

Interests
my family,good friends,sculpting,fairies, fantasy,travel,Beauty, LIFE!

Favorite Fantasy/Scifi Movies and TV Shows
Currently, I'm in love with the film 'Coraline' based on story by Neil Gaiman. Other favorites include the Lord of the Rings films, Young Sherlock Holmes,City of Lost Children, MirrorMask,Pan's Labyrinth,anything by Tim Burton, The Tideland and Time Bandits by Terri Gilliam, Labyrinth, Legend, The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, The Storyteller series,all of the Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films, Princess Bride, Troll, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Spiderwick Chronicles....and many many more!

Favorite Fantasy/Scifi Books
Tolkien and Neil Gaiman are my favorite fantasy authors. My main interest, more than fantasy, has to do with folklore, myth and fairytales.

Favorite Music
I love all music.

Guestbook for Faeryspell

Date	Name	Comment
8 Nov 2005	Stefania Zachary	Loading... Greetz fellow 770'er! Wow. This place is insane. Awesome, but insane. I have a great fear of dolls. And vacuums. I wish i could stay and look at them all. But i'm getting nervous. Good workmanship though.
12 Nov 2005	Tallodi	Loading... Wow! Your dolls are great! Very unique and inspiring things.=) I'm impressed! ::appaluse:: And it must have taken ages to make them.
28 Aug 2006	Beverley G Collins	Loading... I love these dolls. They look as though they could actually be played with, as opposed to just sat on a shelf. Beautiful clothes, too.
18 Jan 2008	Fairy lover	Loading... Your dolls are wonderful! Some of the most truly unique talent I’ve seen in a very long time. Do you sell these? I would be very interested in purchasing some for my collection. Absolutely beautiful and magical!
5 May 2009	MT Starkey	Loading... Awesome work.