Ponytails Doll #3

Ok, I couldn't wait until tomorrow, so here is 'ponytails girl' with toes and a wash of color started in her hair and on her face. I also got a little closer to her face so you could see her features a little easier.
 

 

2nd stage of cloth and paperclay doll

Ok, here's another look at the doll with her face sculpted and her 'body-ecotomy'. When I re-sewed her body together I splashed an additional coat of gesso on her to help strengthen and hold the stitches. Her feet have been restitched to make them a little smaller, but her toes haven't been adjusted here. That picture is coming soon, along with 'further progress' photos (I promise Dodie)! I hope to finish her this up-coming weekend.

WIP - cloth and paperclay figure

Here is my spin on the 'Cloth and Clay Dolls' tutorials. She is a weighted sitting doll. This is an early photo, she now has painted hair and a face. This picture is also pre-torso-ectomy. I really thought her body too long, so whacked her in half and restitched her - she has wonderful 'Frankenstein' stitches above her waist line now! (I'll do a 'side by side' photo comparison when I upload the new pics). I paper-clayed the ends of her toes too, to be more shoe shaped.
I've tried to combine paper-clay and cloth in the past, but this time it's working much better. I made the under figure all cloth - even the pony tails. The fabric is gessoed, and when dry, a covering of paper-clay is added over the face, hair and upper torso.  I'm not sure how I will dress her yet, but I'm thinking something funky.

Eoster - Holiday Doll Ball Swap

 This is the doll I made for the swap. Her name is Eoster, she represents the Celtic goddess of Spring & fertility, which eventually became part of Easter.

 

 

Madonna - Staff Art Show

It seems like it takes me forever to post anything these days, but with the sun being down by 7p I find it difficult to be productive after work hours - my energy runs with the sun. I have however managed to create some art lately. I finished a figure for the Staff Art Show at work and I've been working on a challenge that is almost complete. So I don't feel too bad about the times I just lay on the couch listening to Terry Pratchett stories!

Madonna (My Lady)

This week I helped put up the 4th annual Staff Art Show. This is the 3rd year I participated. I enjoy this venue a lot because there is such a diverse array of art. I submitted a figurative sculpture called 'Madonna' (my lady). She is approximately 16" tall and is composed of paperclay, wire and wood. Her hair is brown paper bag and her clothing is made from crepe & tissue paper, some of the tissue paper I altered by creating a pastel pattern on it. The process of creating a little person is enjoyable, but I really love sculpting faces - so much so I have a hat box full of little heads waiting for bodies!!