Black Phillip from The Witch ....

It's not easy both sewing of photographing black objects! But I was asked to make a black version of my goat doll, and then I tired to make him look natural by taking him into the tree house!

Actially Black Phillip shows off our tree house quite nicely while himself still playing hard to get with my camera's exposure settings ...

His eyes, being hand tinted rimmed buttons, change in different lights which I think is nicely spooky! Eventually I got a good picture of him indoors against the white walls!

New white goat doll ...

I love these new white goats. I made  two of them and one was traded with an artist for fabulous stained glass art!

I want to call these goats Abe, because they make me think of Amish Buggy Drivers ....

Waist coat for a goat!

I don't really iron people sized clothes very much !

I love to work small and neat ... this is my brightest goat waist-coat yet ...

He likes it! Great!

The Scapegoat!

Stuffed...and some scissor sculpting to shape the beard!

needle sculpting and embroidery thread to give the face character...

And the limbs are jointed with old-look buttons ...

WIP goat doll

Working on another of my fun goat dolls, who like to wear steam punk waistcoats with cogs for buttons...

Goat Doll - finished!

Goat Doll WIP

I am working on this lovely chap, goat doll the forth ...

He likes his new waistcoat!

Face it!

Some times I treat myself to a face mask - but then I don't answer the door of course! This is a bit of a pre-birthday pamper!

and I began to sew a rather lovely goat doll, I love to make goats! That's a nice Harris tweed i was evil to and put in the washing machine to 'felt' !

goats and gadgets!

"Right, I think we are ready!" Goats-a-goggled and ready to invent, me thinks!



short-goat grabs his magical clockwork heart ...



While shaggy-goat sits down and feels the wind in his beard ...



But then short goat feels a bit odd viewing the world in orange ...



Ah, much better!


let's just hope he doesn't eat the leather straps, I have just remembered what goats are like!

Goats in knickers ....

WIP - goat dolls ....

I decided it was time to make some more goat dolls ...



But they do feel rather undressed, and they both need their noses and mouths embroidered, and their hooves needle-sculpted!


I used my other goat doll pattern for both of these, but the longer denser fur created a much taller goat!

Famous Raggy-Goat!

An american friend sent me a copy of this magazine ...



Inside, not knowing that I had submitted my work to a request for steam-punk dolls, she saw a familiar face!



And so she bought me my very own copy!

Getting ready for Artwey 2011 - opens 28th May!

Open Studio event, details here!

plush-team steampunk challenge piece ...

remember when I teased you and asked you about this magical clockwork bag, and the bottle of stardust, too?



well they belong to my goat doll, now fully dressed and ready for inventing adventures, and not to mention getting a few votes here - on the plush team blog...

you can read more about my ideas behind this piece here, in the Plush Team Etsy shop. I had a great time deciding what do do with a selection of tiny watch parts, and think they made good buttons on his fancy waistcoat!

I think goats are rather eccentric beings anyway, perhaps it's the beard and sideburns?



I realised how much I enjoy making little gadgets myself, creating goggles from suede 'blind' fabric, real suede and some thin gold coloured 'pleather' along with some hand tinted acetate lenses to keep out the glare!



i would love it if you would vote for my goat doll, the prize is a handmade piece of art! You can vote for one steam punk character, and one plush gadget too xxx

what would you do?

What would you do with a magical clockwork bag, and a bottle of stardust 'for extra special inventions'?

WIP - goat doll ... in need of clothes!

The basic goat doll is now finished, heat to toe, now he just cries out for some fantastic steam punk gadgetry and of course, something to wear!



some metal, and machine-like buttons helped me to joint him, and I made his limbs and face from a lovely Harris tweed ... don't tell the Harris tweed people I felted it in my washing machine though!



all four limbs are very pose-able, of course, and he appreciated this as he bent to crop my lawn ...



and sat back, to enjoy the spring sunshine!