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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Time to make dolls.........

So, here it is such a long time since I posted and what have I been doing? I have had a couple of days where I have been motivated to do something.......... and then it goes. I have been doing a lot if knitting - see knit4charities
- only because I like this time of year and I have so much wool and I like to knit, it is relaxing, which is what I must be needing at the moment.

Any way I HAVE tried to make a start on a pattern doll with the trapunto face. I am feeling a bit happier with this design, but too distracted to actually think and design the clothing at this moment.







I have also made a start on one of the paperclay styles. She has heavy paperclay shoes which I am not so happy with.

So I am a bit stuck with her.......
Here is another girl waiting to be dressed and given a face and identity. I thought she was going to be a Red Riding Hood but she has other ideas I have yet to work out.



And now I am working on another project - to dress a Polymer doll who has been hanging around the studio. It's not that I don't finish anything I start, it seems I need to have the identity develop before I progress, sometimes it happens quicker than other times. I will post a picture of that progress soon. I seem to like costuming but it is torture trying to work out what colour/style/fabric to use!

2 comments:

Emily Dorchak said...

a dollmaker ahy? wow. that is so intresting. really. i love dolls. i had 2 american girl dolls when i was you. they sit on my shelf now. their hair is almost gone, (i brushed it so much!) lol. if u like japanese series, there is this show called Rozen maidens, its all about these beautiful dolls that come to life, and play this game called the Alice game. its a wonderful show. although its in japanese, and u have to read the subtitles. even though u dont look like u like ro have time for this kind of stuff, lol, i sugest u check it out. love ur blog btw. check out mine somtime. =3

Anonymous said...

Beautiful work.