Mermaid "Mechanics"





Rosie Paperclay Mermaid

 

Here are some Paper clay Memaid "Mechanics" pictures if you want to try one.  You can email me with any questions you may have on this technique @ taylormade4girls@yahoo.com.

 So Blogger will not allow me to put the pictures in my chosen order !@!@   Sooo frustrated....so I;m giving up on this post....Let's play....Try to figure out what picture goes where.... 

 


Ballet Mermaids torso with arms before tail

 

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Fins with stamped paperclay



Step One of tail Fins wire and tape armature




Tail was stamped and painted then clay roses and gems were added ...











before final painting..adding roses and glossing tail

Rosie Mermaid ....



Rosie, a paperclay mermaid...



I taught Rosie Mermaid along with the blue mermaid in Florida at Annie Hesse s studio.!  WOW! what a beautiful work place to be in....

It was a perfect class, Heather Brauner helped me teach....and every student sculpted ,painted, and jointed her doll, and created and embellished the tails...amazing!   

Having problems with uploading pictures from my phone so this is all i have until i get it going again.  I do have the mermaid tail in some steps so that you can try at home!!!   

Art Is Fox Doll Workshop Done!!

Fox Dolly

Oh my gosh...so much pressure is lifted!!! ugh....I hate deadlines....I'm always "just making them"!!@!

Anyway.. the fox doll is complete... I end up really loving her.  For a while...she was being a "Brat" and not getting a personality...but she finally came "out".....



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She is about 8 inches and she has a sculpted Head, bodice, jointed upper arms, lower legs and tail. Her body and upper legs are a two way stretch bodysuit that I sew up on the machine.  This bodysuit fits over the wire armature with all paper clay pieces attached...and then lightly stuffed.

She is an animal dolly with human qualities....(because I believe animals have special qualities that help us see them as human. )  I chose a Fox because I want my Tale to be one of  decadence dripping with diamonds, luscious with leopard printed  leather and fur, daring with red shiny boots...and some Mysterious with an old frozen Charlotte in hand! This  Charlotte is actually a "fake out" from a tiny two part mold my friend Sue Milo made for me!  Lucky Me!!! I can now have a frozen Charlotte anytime I want! ha ha  and embellish and age it however I want. Life is truly amazing!

New Year..New Hopes, Dreams and Dolls!



Every Dream is Worth Dreaming



 



Mermaid Ballet Slippers from Sof t Leather and Polymer Clay soles





Vintage Paperclay Mermaid



A "Fox Tale" .........Coming Soon!!

Sue Milos Master Molds!

Well...I guess I had to re coup from Christmas!  But I'm feeling Strong ..Energized and Excited for New Stuff to Happen!  There is a lot of New Creative Energy flowing...and I have Completed a Mermaid Doll!!! Of course Under pressure...because that is good for me!

Her tail is paper clay on a foil and wire armature that is jointed so it can bend. The design in the clay was created by pressing a stamp into the moist clay.  Paints and rub-ons were used to create depth...the it was glossed with triple thick. The joints were created with bead caps and findings.   I had to send the doll out and hopefully she will be in an Article.  I won't say anymore until it happens!!! haha

 (I hate rejection!).....



Sues "Many" Tiny Sweets!



Anyway....I went to visit my Friend Sue Milo and we both got crazy with creating tiny sweets...Finding special molds...clays...embellishments for toppings...blah blah blah...I cant wait to continue on my sweets making journey...But I Believe Sue went over the edge! haha...She made some beautiful original sweets..and she also went nuts creating her own molds....She is now the "Precision Master Mold Maker" in my book!!! Check her stuff out!

And last but not least...Is my ART IS You 2012 Class Project. She Is halfway there...The Class is written up and now She needs to Come Alive !  I know where I'm going with this....I hope she becomes who I want her to be ..sometimes these dolls are so stubborn...and refuse to cooperate...

2 Done Dolls!!!!



December Babe Paperclay Doll



Pink Leopard Cake Doll





So Sad..she does not see her Beauty



I 'm Feeling connected and working through a lot of dolls and Ideas...ok..2 down...a million more to go!!!

Anyway....The Pink Leopard Cake Doll has a funky little face and and I got to practice my favorite painting technique in Pink for her cake hat that was created from Pluffy clay!!!    Leopard..i just love it! My good Friend and Teacher, Lillian Alberti,  taught me how to paint Leopard Print... I am forever greatful.  I also did her shoes the same print, and added Teeny tiny polymer roses...also a Technique taught to me by a good friend and teacher, Amber Dawn Inventive Soul! ...I think a girl should always have matching accessories....



Pluffy Snow Goose Hat





Her dress and hat have tiny polymer flowers
made with a kemper cutter









Pluffy Cake Hat...the tiny beads are actually polymer clay created from a cool "fondant" mold...what'll they come up with next!



I also completed my little sad faced doll...she is my favorite...she is frail and skinny, quite sad..but I just have to Love her....something in her little face.  She is a Winter girl...like me, a saggitarius...her name is December Babe and her hat is a SnowGoose made from pluffy clay and a cool candy mold!  After I baked the goose..I carved her a little thinner and added paperclay to the bottom creating a cap do her head would fit...

Pink Leopard painted print..tiny polymer roses...crystals...





So many new faces in my head.....



Almost ready for her face!

 


She is getting sanded and strung! She'll be painted with watercolors instead of acrylics

 

Choosing Colors

Ready for wigging..I think Red hair!



What will she be?



New Faces in  "first stage"  of refinement 



I just cant pinpoint a tail color for her....maybe if I wig her first..hmmm

  

So its the end of November...so many dolls to finish...by Christmas!  But new faces keep popping up in my head...and I have to keep stopping what I'm trying to complete...to just "Quickly " sculpt that face that I keep seeing....ugh....feeling crazy with this energy!  Does that ever happen to you?  I bet that it does...but I think sometimes we stop it from coming by trying to Follow THE RULES!!!!...  November and December  are always powerful months for me....I guess for most people too...Thanksgiving and Christmas.  This time is "Magical"..... sometimes overwhelming...but its always"Exciting"....  and Dec is also my Birthday...a double whammy of energy and focusing on what I "Want" and what I "have" to do!  haha

Anyway...here are some dolls that absolutely must get completed!!!  One will be going to Holland to my Over the top...talented friend Marijke van ooijen....she's gotta be "real special"!!!    And another is going to Totowa NJ..to my good friend Alison.  I grew up with Alison...and when I was 15 she was in a very bad car accident...I made her this plaster decoupaged book with a little girl in it...and 35 years later...she still has it!  Sometimes friends are there to remind us of our future dreams and our "now" accomplishments...A never ending story!

So I am also working on an etsy shop where I will sell some dolls and also some sculpting tools and tutorials....Time...hmmm..I guess I'll figure it out as I go along....no big plan!  haha (Not that there really is ever a big plan....)

Start of some tiny candies....

Class with Ankie Daanen.....WOW!!!





Trying on some hair...I think this matches her coloring and Freckles!

 

My  Freckled Girl and hands Sculpted in Class  "Ankie" style .....

 

 

I took a two day class in NY at Gwen and Doris Jackson's House.  What an amazing experience...all the way around.  I traveled with Heather Brauner...and as soon as we arrived at the Sisters' "huge" newly renovated house...I felt right at home....many sudents stayed in the many rooms on three floors ...Like one huge "Pajama Party"  !!!

Then 2 days of working on a doll....I am truley amazed by what I learned and accomplished in that time!!!  Something clicked for me upon meeting Ankie...her LOVE for the "doll" form and her undying energy was PURE POSITIVE INSPIRATION!!!   I loved being with her and learning more stuff!!!!  I purchased her book, and on the back cover....she has written....'Dollmaking, a never ending Story."  WOW!!!! aint that the truth!!!?!! 


well...when I arrived home...I took my doll head and hands and put them on the counter to admire what i had created...and along comes my most favorite cat in the universe,  moon..and "Swats" the one hand...I watch in slow motion as it smashes down on the tile floor...ugh...4 fingers crack off!  MOON!!!!! 

4 broken  fingers on the right hand!@!! First stage of repair!

But...amazingly..I used e6000 and holee!!!! they are stuck!  I sanded and now will have to apply a little more paperclay!!!  Just another one of life's Lessons!!!



With Ankie....an amazing Experience.....



Ankie brought beautiful dolls....this is My favorite.....



Our Class head sculpts