Doll

Three more men in vintage bathing suits, one sepia tone. I decided to wait and post these as a batch instead of one at a time, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday… seems like that would be repetitive and boring. I think that the sepia fellow looks odd with the other 2. I took loads of photos and was not satisfied with any of them. He looks better when paired with his other sepia friend.

Here they are in the order I finished them in-

#1

#2

#3-

I recently got an updated version of Wordpress. I hate trying to adjust to a new system. I get so frustrated, it makes me feel so stupid and  I am right back in 7th grade trying to memorize a french assignment. As far as I can tell, what I get for this aggravation is tags. What I have lost is understanding how to put pictures where I want them (among other things). So, I am sorry about how spread out everything looks- I couldn’t figure out how to put the long thin photos next to each other. I’ll probably figure it out in a year or so- right before the next upgrade. Whine, whine, whine….

I’ve been thinking about some different ways of approaching the men dolls. I got this idea about old photos- black & white and sepia tones. And also trying some other characters- hence this pirate.

He is various shades of browns. It was harder then I expected to get the browns right.

Back views-

I am back to work on fellows.  I am exploring some new ideas/directions.

hat inspiration

The 2 greens are cashmere from my mom’s stash.  Yummy!

I think this is the best hat I’ve ever made-

It is a beautiful spring day and the dogwood is looking fantastic this year-

Summer lady 2

Here are some sketches and some faces that I’m working on.

And, I decided that Loobylu’s Friday Archive was a great way to add to my category of “my art history”.  So you know I used to work in clay.  I made a lot of single decorated tiles.  They were meant to be hung up on the wall individually. I always thought of them as art for the kitchen or bathroom- places you might have a problem hanging paper art.  And, you could put these pieces through the dishwasher if they got dirty!   I have the ones that were defective- you can see that this one has a big firing crack in it.  It is dated 1980.  It hangs in my studio now.

The first of the ladies is finished.   This batch will be the Ladies of Summer, so all pastel and flowery.
I didn’t win a Softie Award, but you can see the winners here.  I was thrilled to be a finalist and proud of myself for entering at all.  It is not really in my nature to participate in competitions- I think I have an inborn aversion.   Congratulations to the winners and all of us!

I finished one more before the shop update- Hurray!  This guy is a little different- a totally modern type.

I had some problem figuring out how to do the chest hair.  I stitched it in.  It seemed okay.   I went on to do the moustache and chin hair.  Hmmm, now the chest hair looked less than perfect.  Snip, snip, embroidery removed and new hair (done in feather stitch) looking much better!

Wispy facial hair, bead necklace, ponytail-

Side-view-

close-up of his hair in back-

He will join the others in my shop update later today- 3pm edt.

Here are the 5 fellows that I will be posting on Etsy on Tuesday-

Once I had them all lined up, it seemed right to keep going.  Add in the guys with the suits-

And hey!  Lets get out all the men dolls that I have around!

The “Big Men” are about 16 inches tall.  The tattooed man design is about 23 inches tall.  I say “about” because they are all a little different.

The update details again- My Etsy shop on Tuesday at 3pm edt.  The tattooed guys will be $125 plus shipping.

If I said I would send you an email when they were available and you haven’t gotten one, I am really sorry.  I don’t have a good system for saving those requests and as a result, I am sure that I’ve missed people.   Email me if you have any questions- mimik(at)pobox.com.  I’ve never done one of these announced updates before and it all feels very weird!