La Befana Italian Santa Claus - Italian folklore - Buona Befana - Flying witch with basket full of presents Carmen_Miranda Having already pictured the finished

Having already pictured the finished character in my head I move to applying the costume

This peaceful moment with the angel protecting a fallen birds nest is serene and beautiful

in 2015 I created an original set of the main characters

Scrooge gets a visit from this shimmering Ghost of Christmas past for a surreal and enlightening journey to his forgotten childhood

Most of the components used to create his character are hand made

La Befana Italian Santa Claus - Italian folklore - Buona Befana - Flying witch with basket full of presents Carmen_Miranda Having already pictured the finishedLa Befana, Italy Christmas Witch, Italian folklore, old woman with magical powers who arrives on Epiphany Eve with gifts for children In Italian folklore, Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to St Nicholas or Santa Claus. The story is that la Befana was approached by the Three Wise Men who asked her to lead them to the stable where the baby Jesus lay in a