Works in progress

Working on several new dolls.  Here are a couple WIP.

OOAK Salem Witch Doll

Just finished my latest OOAK art doll. She is gift for a very dear friend of mine who has always been interested in the occult and witchcraft and also has been a wonderful cheerleader for my art throughout the years. I figured, what better witch than a Salem Witch to create for her. I hope she loves it! The doll's body is made of fabric and like I posted earlier made from a pattern by Deana Hogan. You can find her patterns here http://www.blueherondolls.com/blue_heron_patterns.htm. The dolls arm's and legs are jointed which I just love. Her head and hands are made of hand painted polymer clay. The shoes are made of leather. 

 I am now shipping my dolls in these really cool coffin boxes. I found them at http://www.pushindaisies.com

Photo from http://www.pushindaisies.com

New Business Cards

Everyone is always asking me where they can find my work online so I finally decided to get business cards printed. 

Here's the front of the card

Back of the card

Heads

Going to sculpt a few heads in hope that one will be right for the new body I am working on.  It's all trial and error for me.  Here's one I'm working on now.  I'm aiming for a pretty one.  But like I mentioned before, my hands only ever want to sculpt odd creatures.

I love this pattern!  Even a novice like me can come away from the sewing machine with a great doll.  Instructions are so easy to follow and  Deana Hogan of Blue Heron Dolls includes lots of how-to pictures.  Here's a link to her site.  http://www.blueherondolls.com/blue_heron_patterns.htm. 

Here is my doll so far. 

I altered the size of the pattern.  Also removed head and hands.  They will be sculpted from clay. This body is 14 inches tall and once the head is attached the doll will be approximately 16 1/2 inches tall. 

New Pattern

Well I decided to go back to the drawing board or should I say someone elses.  Decided to buy a doll pattern and It look's great.  The doll artist that created it is Deana Hogan.  She sells a bunch of great looking patterns here http://www.blueherondolls.com/blue_heron_patterns.htm and her blog has great tips for creating dolls as well.  Check it out here http://blueherondolls.blogspot.com/

Photo by Deana Hogan

Here is her doll almost complete.  I love that it's jointed but I really just love the form.  I think I'm going to be using this pattern for many doll's in the future!

New Body

I tried a different pattern for her body.  It's a bit Frankensteined.  I used the arms from one pattern I found on the Internet and the body of another and I changed the size completely of the legs from another but I like it.  I think though in the future I will make clay legs. 

Mirror Mirror

Trying to make a pretty doll and it just doesn't seem to work out.  They always seem to come out kind of weird looking.  Maybe some hair and a pretty dress will make this gal a bit fairer.

Still have quite a bit more work to do on her.  Also tried a different armature style.  Still on the quest for the perfect body.

Edgar is almost done.

Figured out the new sewing machine and absolutely love it.  It's a brother CS-6000i.  Inexpensive and so easy to operate.  Worked on Edgar today.  Having a lot of fun with this doll.  Here he is so far.