How many dolls did I make in 2016? Well, I started the year with foxes- 18 of them.
I made 37 tattooed men and 8 lumberjacks-
1. Pirate with an earring, 2. blond hair, red tights, 3. man face detail, 4. blue and orange tattooed man, 5. Big man in a kilt, 6. another man in a kilt, 7. big beautiful toile man, 8. embroidered man face, 9. Summer Santa face, 10. dark tattooed man, 11. Sailor Man, 12. Summer man in a kilt, 13. man, hat, kilt, 14. Dark man, 15. Big Tattoo man, 16. tattooed man, day of the dead, 17. tattoo man 2, day of the dead, 18. red-haired man
1. Untitled, 2. Green Man face, 3. man face, 4. man with a horse tattoo, 5. man face, brown beard with dots, 6. Green Man 2, 7. mustache and day of the dead tattoos, 8. Green Man face, 9. Green Man 4, 10. Nautical Big Man, 11. big man face, red hair, mustache, 12. cat and big man, 13. Tattooed man face, 14. tattoos and mustache, 15. Sailor Man face, 16. tattoos, skeletons, Christmas, 17. black tattooed man face, 18. red-haired man in a kilt 1
1. Red-haired man 2, 2. Lumberjack with wild hair, 3. Cashmere carrot lumberjack, 4. classic lumberjack face, 5. Classic Lumberjack, 6. Classic lumberjack 2, 7. lumberjack 3 face, 8. Big Man Lumberjack, 9. December Lumberjack
20 fish and 5 babies-
1. 3 red fish, 2. 2 blue fish, 3. goldfish and purple fish, 4. green and red fish, 5. November fish, pink and purple, 6. November fish 4 5 6, 7. green and blue fish, 8. sleeping swaddled baby, summer flowers, 9. purple and green bird baby, 10. swaddled bird baby, 11. little birds baby, 12. bright summer flower baby
12 tattooed ladies-
1. tattooed lady face, 2. tattooed lady detail, 3. dots and stripes lady, 4. tattooed lady in a tutu, 5. red-headed lady face, 6. tattooed lady in mauve, 7. tattooed lady, red boots, 8. aqua stripe pants lady, 9. stars and stripes tattooed lady, 10. Tattooed lady, day of the dead, 1, 11. Day of the dead tattooed lady #3, 12. #2 day of the dead lady
10 owls and 8 girls-
1. grey/black owl, 2. grey/black owl 2, 3. dark brown owl, 4. light brown owls, 5. scraggly brown owl, 6. brown owl, 7. snowy owls on the porch, 8. blond girl doll face, 9. Spring girl doll, 10. red-haired girl doll, 11. school girl doll face, 12. school girl in red and green, 13. blond girl, papper cranes, 14. Folktale girl, 15. butterfly girl
And 14 dogs-
1. grey hound dog with beret, 2. curly-haired dog, 3. yellow dog in checks, 4. black dog with curly hair, 5. black and white girl dog, 6. golden girl dog, 7. orange dog girl, 8. Puppy and kittens, 9. white curly-girl dog face, 10. herringbone girl dog, 11. white dog, red shirt, yellow scarf, 12. last boy dog of winter, 13. grey plaid girl, 14. tweedy brown girl dog, 15. 3 lovely tattooed ladies!
Plus one random favorite photo to fill in this mosaic! That adds up to 132! Much better than 2015 (thank goodness) but not as much as 2014 and I’m okay with that.
I also made 18 Tiny Worlds.
1. Tiny worlds, Nov. 4, 5, and 6, 2. tiny worlds, Nov. 1, 2, and 3, 3. tiny world- castle, 4. tiny world- castle, 5. tiny world fairy house- gold, 6. fairy house tiny world, 7. mid-century modern flowers pincushion, 8. transferware pincushion, 9. tiny world pincushion lighthouse, 10. tiny world pincushion lighthouse, 11. 3 tiny world pincushions, 12. topiary garden pincushion
Phew- Busy year!
Hi Mimi, I know when we work doing what we love, the hard work, the actual grind seems to get glossed over. This is an impressive body of work for a year. I admire not only your incredible talent but your work ethic. May 2017 be filled with good health, great work and lots of laughs.
Oh Mimi Kirchner, you inspire me to no end. I found out about you and your lovely work via Purl Soho a few years back and check out what you’re up to when I need a boost of artistic juice! Thank you for putting your charming work into the world. Happy 2017 to you and your creations!
It is so fun to see your year in review. It must be gratifying to see all that you have created in one place. Here’s to more creativity in 2017.
Your work is just beautiful and your blog is an inspiration to me! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us.