• Home
  • Porcelain Collections
  • Fabric Collection
  • Lady of Finavon
  • Orders

The Artist

gallery
gallery
gallery
Born in Australia, Victoria has travelled extensively and has studied in Europe and the USA. She is married to the Scottish Baron of Finavon. Early training in fashion design and an inherited talent for modelling and painting (her father, Erik Oberg, was a skilled portrait and landscape artist and her mother a talented seamstress) has been melded with a keen interest in history and a desire to bring to life notable characters from turbulent past times. Using contemporary sources such as paintings and tapestries, Victoria works on the creation of each figure from the initial sculpture to the tiniest detail of embroidery. Because an accurate representation is critical to create a life–like figure, Victoria will spend hours and days researching the character, the events that shaped them and the fashions of the day. She then spends as much or more time on the detail. For example, often completely embroidering a scale replica of an intricate fabric design captured centuries ago by master portrait painters. The quality of her work has been recognised with exhibitions at the National Museum of Scotland, the New York Doll and Toy Museum, feature articles in magazines and an invitation to apply for a US green card on the basis of her international renown.
"There are no shortcuts. It just has to be perfect"
Packing Czarina Alexandra for the journey to her new owner.
"She is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen .... I cannot thank you enough - she is an absolute treasure!" AS, USA "Just want to say these are the most realistic and beautiful dolls I have ever seen!!" DG, USA "Tonight two of my friends visited me and of course I showed them Jane and they were speechless. They said Jane was the most beautiful of my dolls..." JS, Netherlands
Victoria does it all! From the initial sculpture to the creation of a mould, the pouring of the head, arms, legs, the creation of a body in realistic flesh-coloured material.....
If there is one thing that really makes everyone sit up and take notice, it's the costuming. Victoria designs and makes the underclothes (for without an accurate foundation, the clothes will not 'sit' right) then the outerwear. If the original dress has been embroidered (such as Elizabeth I's Hardwick costume), she scales it down and embroiders it in rich detail. Her fabric dolls get the same treatment; a true artist at work...
gallery
gallery
gallery
gallery
gallery
gallery

Internationally recognized

Lady of Finavon Dolls have drawn star billing in many international magazines and newspapers, here's a sample ......
Sign Up to my Newsletter!
Keep in touch with all the news!

Thank you!

Error

Bad respond

We use cookies to enable essential functionality on our website, and analyze website traffic. By clicking Accept you consent to our use of cookies. Read about how we use cookies.

Your Cookie Settings

We use cookies to enable essential functionality on our website, and analyze website traffic. Read about how we use cookies.

Cookie Categories

Essential

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our websites. You cannot refuse these cookies without impacting how our websites function. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading "Managing cookies" in the Privacy and Cookies Policy.

Analytics

These cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are.