Week 3- interview

Posted on April 8, 2007 by mimik

And now for week three of the interview. Week one is here. Week two, here. To review- there are 5 tracks and I’m posting them on consecutive Sundays. Carley wrote a post about the interview here.

And some links-

I love a reading list and I was very happy to find this list over on Rebecca’s Pocket. I’ve taken notes and can now bring it along to the library when I am searching for audio books.

And did you see Karen Nicol’s incredible embroidery site? I found this link over on Kim’s blog and wow! Blow my mind! Some of my favorites- blue roses, white garland, wisteria?

doll club and expedition

Posted on April 6, 2007 by mimik

Doll club was yesterday and we tried needle felting. I’ve never done it except to try putting hair on a doll- not for me. But this was fun! We made bunnies-

mine is very soft and squishy- too much. If I do it again, I will try to start out with firmer wrapped wool roving.

Today we went to Logee’s for a mini-vacation expedition. It is worth the drive just to breathe the air.

the spread- month 3

Posted on April 4, 2007 by mimik

Here’s my paperbag book spread, artwork glued in place, pocket filled with swag.

Ellia‘s theme was time (not having enough of it I think!) and all I could think of is how fast time goes by when the babies are little. And then they are grown up.

Ellia is ready to have her second baby any minute now so all her pages are baby themed. She won’t be getting her book back until the baby is several months old though!

This is a view from the side- the book is very fat. And is now half done.

A little bird bead for pulling out some treasures-

and I love how Theresa’s crying baby clip peeks out of the top of the book!

The photos aren’t great because the weather and the sun aren’t cooperating when I need perfect photo light- so I had to take these with artificial light- not the way I like to do it. Now I need to go find a box to pack it up and send it on to Kristen.

Paper dolls

Posted on April 3, 2007 by mimik

I’m working on my paperbag swag for March- it’s gonna be a little late. I am working on Ellia’s book. A fun part of participating in a project like this, is that it gives me a chance or a place to try out ideas, techniques, materials, that don’t seem to fit in with the regular artwork I’m doing.

This month I’ve made a magnetic paper doll. I was able to get a magnetic sheet- adhesive on one side- at my local art/craft store. It is like the magnets that are a business card and you stick on your fridge. I would have been happier with a stronger magnet but this was what they had. Here is my paper doll page-

Baby has a blanket and a closet. Open the closet-

Here is everything, all spread out-

And now, the fashion show. Here is Baby-

And here is her sailor dress-

an outfit for the hot summer days-

a bunny sleeper for going out on a cool night-

and a pretty dress to visit grandma-

Well, I was having a great time playing with her anyway! It made me remember paper dolls of my childhood. I remember a drawer full. I liked cutting them out. I liked trying on the dresses. I didn’t like the tabs though- frustrating to cut and they didn’t really hold the dress on. Then they got put in the drawer where they got wrinkled and mixed up with other paper dolls and all the clothes and what a mess! I don’t think I ever played with them more then once each.

Tomorrow I will show the rest of the spread. I’ve got to go figure out my pocket full of swag…

the girls

Posted on April 2, 2007 by mimik

the girls, originally uploaded by Mimi K.

My mosaic Monday entry. It is fun to see the pictures all together like this.

My other mosaics- 2D favorites and 3D favorites.

hear Mimi talk- part 2

Posted on April 1, 2007 by mimik

Here is part 2 of the interview from September 2006.

Part one is here.

It must be spring in New England- I have a daffodil that is just about to bloom… and the forecast says snow later in the week!

Trillium- girl doll #5

Posted on March 31, 2007 by mimik

I guess I’m fickle. I think I have a new favorite… not such a bad thing really- what I have just finished is often my favorite. This is Trillium. She is 19 1/2 inches tall. She is made of wool knit with wool flowers and leaves appliqued onto her torso. Her skirt is made of cotton organdy and scrim with some vintage rayon tape for a bow-

I would have finished this doll yesterday morning, but I got sidetracked with the skirt. I wanted a certain texture and color and ended up spending time playing with dyes and paint- fun!

I took various sheer fabrics and any red dye I could find in my stash and experimented. The fabric I ended up used is organdy and started out orange. I over-dyed it with dye labeled scarlet. Then I painted it with washes of acrylic paint. Stripes and dots. The skirt is 3 layers- on top is the painted organdy, then a bronze sort of color scrim and, on the bottom, a dark purple scrim.

This is a view of her back-

and a close-up of her face-

There are 2 more pictures of her here on Flickr.

Poppy- girl doll #4

Posted on March 28, 2007 by mimik

This is Poppy, my girl #4. She is also 19″ tall. She is wool- her pink body fabric is wool crepe, her flesh tone fabric is cashmere. Her hair is from knit wool sweater.

She is decorated with wool cut-outs.

Here is the back view of her hair-

This was the doll where I figured out the hair. It is a 2 piece pattern with a dart. I am very pleased- it is flexible enough that once I figured it out, I was able to use the same pattern for the rest of the dolls. And have slightly different hair-dos.

Violet- girl doll #3

Posted on March 26, 2007 by mimik

I know you aren’t suppose to have favorites amongst your babies but… so far, I’m loving this one! I think it’s her hair. There is always a certain amount of magic in this doll making thing- you can do the same thing on any number of dolls and sometimes it comes out better… well, and of course, sometimes it goes the other way- inexplicably yuck!

She is made of fulled (felted) woven wool. Her tutu is vintage cotton organdy. She is 19″ tall. Her hair is made of wool knit from a thrifted boiled wool vest. I also used it for Kitty 10 and it is almost all gone- too bad because I love the color.

Here is a back view-

Interview

Posted on March 25, 2007 by mimik

Last September, I was interviewed about my work by Carley out in Utah. It was fun to spend an hour on the phone talking to her. She recently sent me the interview- I was really nervous to listen to it… you know that feeling you get when you hear your own voice? And, of course, I was worried about what I’d said- did I sound like a complete idiot? Well, I listened to it and survived. I needed to know if I should post it, so had husband, then daughter listen. Consensus?- go for it. It is in 5 sections. I will post a segment a week x 5.

So- hear Mimi talk- (approx. 8 minutes)
Part 1 of the interview