Maude Mandragora’s Mystical Mandrakes
Maude Mandragora is passionate about growing and harvesting mandrake roots . Of course, with her last name being Mandragora and having green hair and lips besides, from an early age she had more than an inkling of what was to be her life’s work. Fifteen years of study later, she’s made quite a tidy living selling potted mandakes, dried mandrake roots, mandrake powder and mandrake liqueur to the regional covens. Any part of the mandrake root is poisonous and a powerful hallucinogen. she is quick to point out. This is NOT a product for ninnies or flibbertigibbets. The tome authored by her, “How to Grow Mandrakes” is always at arm’s reach.
The roombox was made in a workshop of the Tiny Treasures Society in Quincy, MA in 2010. The project was to build a stucco fireplace in a papered room box. The fireplace actually lights up! I won the wee hooked rug at the workshop and knew from the get-go it would be inhabited by a witch (who else?). The doll is by Debbie Lyon. The broom, wall shelf, tall, potted mandrake and basket of dried mandrakes are by Kimberley Milliard of Canada. The garden gazing ball and candle sticks are by Wet Paint (Coleen Curran), the Sleepy Mandrakes are by Bernadette Rodriguez. The two side-by-side paintings are by Linda Silar. Three of the potted mandrakes are by an artist from Canada, Sol et Luna. The double mandrakes are from an artist in Israel. The plump, potted mandrake in a mossy pot is from England. The raven on the roof and its bony rider are an eBay purchase. The names of these last few artists escape me. The painting of the raven is by Jim Smeltz.
-Eleanor Kilham
Read MoreThe roombox was made in a workshop of the Tiny Treasures Society in Quincy, MA in 2010. The project was to build a stucco fireplace in a papered room box. The fireplace actually lights up! I won the wee hooked rug at the workshop and knew from the get-go it would be inhabited by a witch (who else?). The doll is by Debbie Lyon. The broom, wall shelf, tall, potted mandrake and basket of dried mandrakes are by Kimberley Milliard of Canada. The garden gazing ball and candle sticks are by Wet Paint (Coleen Curran), the Sleepy Mandrakes are by Bernadette Rodriguez. The two side-by-side paintings are by Linda Silar. Three of the potted mandrakes are by an artist from Canada, Sol et Luna. The double mandrakes are from an artist in Israel. The plump, potted mandrake in a mossy pot is from England. The raven on the roof and its bony rider are an eBay purchase. The names of these last few artists escape me. The painting of the raven is by Jim Smeltz.
-Eleanor Kilham
