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The Painted Heart (August 28, 2005)Welcome to The Painted Heart ~ Home of the ORIGINAL hand painted and enameled heart charms by award winning artist, Kim Jelley.
Inspired by the simple rose paintings of the 40's guilloche enameled heart charms, Kim began painting and enameling her own heart charms in 2005. Her exquisite detailed paintings soon featured blue birds, Victorian angels, hummingbirds, robins, bunnies and pet portraits.
Since that time there have been many 'copycat crafters' painting heart charms in similar themes. Quoting what others have commented: "The difference between you and the other people who are selling their own painted hearts is that theirs are just painted hearts, yours are real works of art. You are making jewelry, not just putting pictures on hearts. There is just a huge difference. It's more than just the quality of the art work." and "You can quickly spot a Kim Jelley piece, signed or not" end quote.
Often imitated but never duplicated, Kim Jelley's miniature masterpieces continue to reign unsurpassed. Each heart charm is carefully hand painted one brush stroke at a time, then permanently sealed with many layers of a beautiful glass like finish that will last for generations.
Ever evolving, this trend setting, innovative artist is currently creating beautiful painted porcelain heart charms as well as silver soldered glass hearts featuring fine quality prints of Kim's original miniature paintings.
To view more of Kim's work, please visit her website at: www.thepaintedheart.com |
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Art Dolls By Kim's Kreations | Exquisite, one of a kind fantasy sculptures including angels, mermaids and faeries by award winning artist Kim Jelley. |
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Kim's Bebe Boutique (October 14, 2003)| Hand sculpted original art dolls by Kim Jelley |
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THE GRUMPETS (December 13, 2002)The Grumpets are a very small limited edition of only 25 worldwide! They are premium Lumicast resin reproductions of original one of a kind art dolls, hand sculpted by award winning artist, Kim Jelley.
Incredibly lifelike but not lifesize, Mr. and Mrs. Grumpet measure ONLY 14"!!! Grumpy but whimsically lovable, they feature hand painted resin heads, arms, legs and boots attached to a posable soft body. All costumes and accessories are completely designed and handmade by the artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Grumpet are available together for 300.00 or 150.00 seperately. Additional outfits and accessories are available. Please contact the artist for more info: kim@thepaintedheart.com
The Grumpets were featured in the Oct. 2004 issue of 'Doll' magazine. You can also read the article at Kathy Witt's website:
http://www.kathywitt.com under the 'featured artist of the month' section. |
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Drawings (January 26, 2003)| Long before Kim Jelley's sculpting career, she used to sketch in charcoal. Inspired by fantasy master artist Frank Frazetta, all of Kim's work was for her enjoyment only and was given to her family as gifts in respect to Mr. Frazetta's copyright. You can also visit Frank Frazetta's website to view his incredible, inspirational fantasy art. http://www.frazettaartgallery.com |
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KIM JELLEY (January 29, 2003)THE ARTIST
Welcome to the galleries of award winning artist Kim Jelley.
Completely self taught, this innovating multi media artist began expressing her talent through charcoals. Most of her drawings were inspired by the incredible art of master fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta.
In 1997, Kim was introduced to polymer clay and thus began her unexpected yet exciting dollmaking journey. In the year 2000, Kim won first prize in the Professional Dollmakers Prosculpt contest for her one of a kind portrait doll, "Marilyn". Kim's work has been featured in numerous doll magazine publications, books and calendars including Dollreader, Dollcrafter, UK's "Doll" magazine(8/02),(9/04) "Dolls" magazine (5/02, Dolls of Diversity 2004-2005 calendar and the book "Contemporary American Doll Artists and Their Dolls" by Kathryn Witt, published 2004. Kim's work was featured on the front covers of both the book and the calendar. Kim is an artist member of The Artist Doll Gallery and AADA.
Endlessly challenging herself toward exciting new ways to express her art, in August 2005 Kim began painting and enameling heart charms like the world has never seen before. Please be sure to visit her website, www.thepaintedheart.com for available heart charms and charm bracelets. |
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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (May 28, 2004)| For your viewing pleasure, here is a virtual tour through one of the most incredible wax museums in the world, Madame Tuddauds! (pronounced: too-sows) |
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