This is kind of a long post with lots of pictures (I like pictures) and links about kind of smallish creatures...... ;)
I want to
share this other soft spot of mine, my other desire, a possible challenge ?
something I really want to give a serious go a little more at some stage. I started the odd project over the years and some of those are still waiting patiently (as if they have a choice ? - see pics of them below-) to be finished .... if I ever will, because by the time I make some time for them I have other ideas about them already. Now,
with having the school holiday kids program in my Art studio for the last 2
weeks, I had been looking for something "simple" to do myself and I made
up some super simple calico shapes and stuffed them and started painting
little faces. The first two born the other day, I gave wings and they became little
angels
(a little like my Matryoshka dolls I did a few years ago)
the
last one is a free little spirit and I really dig her!
But seriously, I
have been admiring very special dolls for quite a while now. I would
love to make some of these really really GR8 and amazingly beautiful
dolls. I am in love with the
out-of-this-world-oh-so-super-gorgeousilistic dolls by Nefer Kane
and the tender, fine faces by Paulette Goodreau
but also the grungier folky-arty cloth dolls by some dollmakers like
Gritty Jane, and the Steampunky ones by Paula Nerhus and there are so
many more.
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| Tim Burton - dollmaker extraordinaire |
Of
course I understand that it takes time and practise and YEARS of
improvement, just like painting and sketching and everything else for
that matter. So ....
one day .... I guess when my days have 48 hours and my weeks have 21 days
and I will be immortal hehe......but before all that, I WILL make some more
"simple" dolls for sure
♥
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| cloth doll wip 1 |
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| same doll wip 2 |
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| face start |
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| face done ? |
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| not happy with the nose, but ah well |
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| want to finish her regardless |
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| see where she ended up, stuck in a pot with legs up and all ? |
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| this one is even an earlier one, kinda creepy actually.... |
♥
