Auction #15: The Child-Empress of Mars Dreams

November 16th, 2009

Dream of the Child-Empress of Mars by Connie ToebeDream of the Child-Empress of Mars
by Connie Toebe

Mixed media diorama box. 5″ x 7″ x 3″. Made with acrylic on wood, paper, copper gilding and silk flowers.

Based On:
“The Child-Empress of Mars” by Theodora Goss

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I’ve been a big fan of Dora Goss from way back. I just loved her stories in “The Forest of Forgetting”. Her work just seemed to have an affinity to my dioramas. As soon as I heard she had a story in Interfictions 2 I signed on to do a piece based on it, sight unseen. I couldn’t have picked better if I had tried! The wonderful Jules Verne-esque story (from the other point of view) worked perfectly with the Victorian imagery I use. I also liked the sense of exploration and discovery that you find in period magazines and in fact used some for the foreground and background of the box. I decided to create a scene that didn’t show the Martians as they are alien. Instead, I found an old hero (from a 1901 volume of the London Illustrated News) and put him in the sky as the Empress dreams her new word. I hope the gentleman pictured would be pleased.

Connie Toebe

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One Response to “Auction #15: The Child-Empress of Mars Dreams”

  1. carisa on November 17, 2009 9:25 am

    I am very much enamored with dioramas, and this is just delightful. The colors, images, and composition are at once soothing, yet inviting exploration.

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