Dora doll project

New doll project. This time it will be a regular full body doll, not a puppet.

angel ornament ready

this fabric angel ornament is made of satin and the hair is fluted paper strips.

Made for Amanda's challenge.

angel ornament

I am working on the tree ornament for the challenge and just asking your opinion on the wing.

Christmas in July challenge

Amanda's challenge is going to be fun and keep us busy.Join us

http://amanda-lotshappening.blogspot.com/2010/06/christmas-in-julywell-sort-of.html

snow white puppet doll

Snow white was born from recycled fabric scraps of one beautiful silk dress of mine.

my matryoshka dolls

Paper clay dols painting in acrylics and gold leaf.

No matter how much I love doing this the miniature doll making is not for me. Way too tiny for my eyes and arthritic hands.

first paper clay doll ready

 

My original creation of a pumpkin doll is ready.

paper clay work

My doll's arm cracked and went loose so i had to detach it and make a new arm.From the rest of the paper clay I tried to shape some matrioshka dolls but they are uneven, poor things.

pumpkin doll WIP

First doll is a pumpkin girl and she was born Sunday, May 23.

clay doll preliminaries

I received a gift of paper clay from Abi Monroe and I am now very intimidated by the process of making the doll head, facial features and everything for my project pumpkin doll.I am now in the phase of collecting data, researching  my subject and taking pictures of my ideas for this project.Here are a few links I already visited and enjoyed.

http://www.ellenharris.com/howtomakedolls.html


http://claudineroelens.homestead.com/tutorialflowerfairy.html

http://www.lewisgoldsteinartanddesign.com/DollTutorialFS.htm

http://www.dolldesigns.com/tips.html

As this is my first time using paper clay I created the armature from aluminium foil and added to a mini pumpkin I had around the house.

The challenge now is not dressing up the pumpkin but creating the girl/doll face.I am really intimidated by sculpting.