I’ve been working very hard all week to get ready for my first teaching experience- a gourd head doll workshop. I’ve been so nervous!
These are the step-by-step face painting samples for the hand-out sheets.
My gourd head in progress- looking sort of smirky!
Now she has a body-
and all dressed-
Today was the first day of the workshop- working with the gourd. I had 7 students and everyone worked really hard.
Here is the results from today- It looks like a cute kindergarten class to me!
Tomorrow we do the bodies.
Cool! I guess the natural narrowing and then bulbing out again at the bottom of the gourd shape is perfect for attaching the body. I like how it means you can also arrange the heads in that intermeshing way in the last photo :-).
Mimi, your doll and those of your students are adorable – lucky 7 that were able to take your hands on class. I hope someday to get around to trying a gourd doll – I have several that would be perfect.
I think the Gourd dolls you show have come out great, I never thought you could do a really nice doll with a gourd. I am sure everyone had a great time learning. Perhaps one day I will be able to take a class and learn how to make a gourd Doll.
Oh, I so wish I could have come too! It looks like so much fun and the heads turned out great!
Looks like fun. I would hang those gourds on my wall as an art piece (you should see my walls). LOL They look great.
Thanks for the NIADA pix & info, too.
I love to make the Gourd Doll. They are really cool. Can I come to the next class? Let me know. I live in Connecticut.