Evil Queen Anatomical Heart Necklace

This hand stitched anatomical heart textile sculpture, mounted on a "broken magic mirror" frame is a design inspired by the Evil Queen from Snow White (and Regina Mills from ABC's Once Upon a Time). I wanted to create something beautiful in all its macabre cloaked glory--and this is what materialized!

Price: $88

The Evil Queen from the fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has always been a character I've---loved? Been fascinated by? Regardless of my actual FEELINGS about this character, she's been a fixation.

Not only her powerful rage that fuels her blood lust, but also her magical alchemy. The scenes in the Disney Film of the queen witching her way into being a hag and creating the poison apple were always anticipated with excitement and a little fright. 

As a child who frequented the woods, blended potions, and crafted my heart's desires--not to mention having been an actual huntress myself, pulling deer and boar hearts from carcasses since the tender age of 6--the Evil Queen has always been strangely relatable.

Fast forward to my early adult years, Once Upon A Time was a fairy tale show I sunk my teeth into and loved--the first three seasons in particular are my favorites. Regina Mills, played by the amazing Lana Parilla, embodies fabulous girl power, womanly rage, and feminine goddess all rolled into one character.

One of my favorite villain redemption arcs--Regina spends her Evil Queen years ripping hearts out--literally--and controlling or killing people in doing so. Her dark magic and mirrors are deliciously beautiful, so when one of the prompts for Folktale Week on Instagram was "Darkness" I chose to create this necklace for my entry.

The anatomical heart is made from a red and cream mottled canvas fabric (my own pattern), stuffed with sustainable wool, and hand embroidered with 3D veins and arteries.

After mounting the heart on an antique brass frame, I "cast" some glittering black magic behind it. Flecks of dragon scale inclusions create a mild shattered glass affect to look like the heart is being consumed--or birthed--from the darkness.

More than one of her victims, I wanted this to reflect the Evil Queen's own heart and the push and pull between being human and being consumed by her choices and power.

The necklace is an 18 inch antique brass diamond shape chain with a lobster clasp.

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Price: $88