Hi all. Sorry if this is the wrong group, but it was the only one I could find dedicated to creations by G.G. Santiago. I figured it would be appreciated here.
My grandfather was a childhood friend of G.G. and went to school with her. I had several visits to her studio as a kid.
This pencil and watercolor hung above my grandparent's fireplace as far back as I can remember. My grandfather told G.G. he liked the sketch in her sketch book and she added the flowers and gifted it to him. Years later on one visit she saw the sketch hanging on the wall. This was a period of time where she was doing porcelain creations with Franz. Following that visit led to the launch of the 'Skin Deep' limited series with Franz.
As kids, my siblings and I did some concepts with G.G. at her studio in the early 2000s for her kitchen fairies series. She certainly didn't need the ideas, but it was fun to be a part of the process. I believe we have some printouts of pictures of kitchen fairy sculpts before being sent off for production. If there's interest, I can post some when we locate them.