I’ve got his arms and legs sewn on and am trying out this piece of Teddy bear mohair for his hair.
I have these postcards that I got some time ago that I am using for costume thoughts. The original inspiration for this baby was late medieval paintings of Madonna and child, at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. Lots of gold, dark reds and olive greens.
I won’t be seeing any of it since we don’t have a TV…
cartoon from- Meglepo Tablak , Kijan Tibor , Budapest 1959
When it comes time to name my dolls it can be obvious or difficult. I listen to books on tape while I work and I often name a doll after a character in the story. Here are some names I won’t be using! via Cup of Chicha
Here she is with her new ‘do. It kept getting shorter and shorter- I am definitely not going into hair-dressing as an on-the-side money maker. I like the messy look, but that is hard to keep. I am much happier with this new hair then with the tibetan skin wig.
I am thinking about this braid down her back…
hey Eleanor! Look at the silly thing I made out of the broken glass you saved- a pin cushion parfait with a cherry on top! Grandma’s stuff lives on.
I have been working on these guys, bit by bit… as I do the fiddly bits on my bird girl doll. (Right now I am pressing down her center hair part- I have to wait ’til this dries before I go on and give her a haircut.) It is always a challenge for me to do a face that doesn’t resemble me or one of my children, but I have some ideas that need faces of other ethnic groups… so I’m working on it. The one in front is finished for now and I am working on arms and legs.
The marketing part of the art/craft business is what I am really bad at… I work away and I am running out of space for my finished dolls- I really have no clue how to sell these dolls. I tried out some of the doll specific shows, but what I do is so different, they might as well have been invisible. I have contacted a few galleries, places I was connected with when I worked in clay, but they wouldn’t even consider something called a doll… makes me want to come up with a new name! So, today I send out a few more enquires…
…so we are thinking about/planning a trip to Vancouver for a vacation. The last week of August. Any great places I might miss if I’m not clued in? I’ve never been there and know nothing about it- this will be fun!
After spending a few days doing dutiful daughter stuff, I needed to buy myself a present… I stopped at Wright’s Factory Outlet on the way home from Connecticut on Thursday. Oh, what fun!
I couldn’t resist this ball of yarn- I have no idea what I’ll do with it, but I love these colors.
I made a new wig while I was away. Sorry this picture is so bad… in this picture the wig is pinned on and has had a first trim. I will decide what to do for a hair-do when the wig is properly attatched to the head.
This is the wig off the head.
This is the inside of the wig right now. I was able to use some of the things I learned at my wig-making workshop that I took at WOW!- specifically around the bangs and part area.
This is a close-up of the part. I cut through the wig-cap and brought the yarn up from beneath so that the hair in the part would not have any stitches showing. I need to sew or glue a piece of fabric to the inside of the part to close it up again. It needs to be tightly closed to look right.
This is a close-up of how the pieces of yarn are attached. They are sewn on individually.
I used all wool felt for the wig cap and a very fine wool yarn for the hair.