Chimera
‘an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts’ / ‘an illusion or fabrication of the mind’
These one-off creations are the result of scouring charity shops to find pre-loved and abandoned knick-knacks in need of new lives. Altering and combining two characters before painting them in new colours creates disconcerting and wonderous hybrids.
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