I don’t believe I’ve ever shared Steampunk Glinda on here. A Madame Alexander doll, she was a gift from Lynne a couple of years back. She’s taller than Barbie at sixteen inches, but tiny compared to humans.
She’s kind of sassy in those thigh-high stockings, but who among us didn’t think Glinda, good or not, wasn’t a witch of many secrets in The Wizard of Oz? That’s her hat she’s carrying (I didn’t want to mess up her hair) along with her wand.
Her perch here has lots of story in it. The Coventry poster was a gift from Marika many years ago because of A Coventry Christmas. The fictitious Coventry, Texas, is a sister city to Coventry in England, who sent the Texans a statue commemorating Lady Godiva’s legendary ride through the town in the eleventh century. I think my Glinda could easily play the part of the red-haired Godiva in a movie mashup of Lady Godiva and The Wizard of Oz.
Or if you like a different magical world, she can befriend what is to her a giant Winnie the Pooh. In (I think) 1993, I gave my late friends Jeff and John copies of Benjamin Hoff’s books The Tao of Pooh (Jeff) and The Te of Piglet (John). To go along with the books, Lynne made Winnie the Pooh bears for them. When John died, I brought his bear (shown here) and book home with me. I don’t know what happened to Jeff’s bear; I hope someone in his family gave it a home.
I don’t remember Glinda in the Wizard of Oz wearing such a risque dress..?
Lovely to have Pooh to remind you of John.
Thank you.
You’re right. This is definitely Madame Alexander’s steampunk variation. Apparently, writers and illustrators reimagining The Wizard of Oz as steampunk is a thing!