Create Clay Hats and Crowns!

Create  Clay Hats and Crowns!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Purple Petals...Amber Rose Miniatures...Tweener TECHNIQUES!

Well its been a busy 2 weeks with a lot going on and Nothing getting DONE!!! I guess it was a "TIME OUT" for technique learning!

  Last week I took at class at the PURPLE PETALs STUDIO in Maspeth NY with my friend Heather!  We Took a Minitaure Class with Amber Rose.  Amber is a Minature artist extrordinaire...creating the most beautiful charms from clay and mixed media. We learned a "skinner" blend and how to create beautiful shades of color blending into each other for petals and leaves.  All of the work with clay for dolls...we were the "dummies of the class!!!"...There is a whole "Other" clay world out there!!! So much to explore...not enough time to create it all!!!!   See some of the pictures.....Of course I came up with some vintage Treats and pillows with the tiniest flowers that are my favorite thing that Amber taught me....They will probably adorn my next couple of dolls!!!    The picture of the mixed minies are Ambers beautiful inspirations..... There is a picture of Amber Rose teaching, and also of Dori,  The Fantastic creative Owner of the Purple Petals Studio!








Also happening soon is my "Make and Take GIG" at the shepherd Valley creamery on Saturday may 8th.  I will have a set up there, doing a make and take for kids to make tiny sheep dolls....the picture are my samples of what we will do....The little sheep is sculpted from clay ...cover in sheep hair and painted.  The other is a sewn felt body using the same technique.


And One last thing I did this week, was bought a couple of the Tim Holtz Sizzix dies and created a bird cage charm.  Of course it was too big for me...so I cut it out of Shrinky dink...dyed it with some alcohol inks , stamped it..."vintaged" it up with some metallic rub-on colors AND SHRUNK it...Added some  worn findings...! Of Course, My Bird is OUT of her cage!!!   A "Sagg" is always working on "being FREE!!"   Its pretty cool looking and its "just my size"!!!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Mixed Media doll From the Milo Files!


This Sunflower girl is My Flat Doll. She is a mixed media doll made of fabric that was painted with acrylics, I added paperclay to the flat head, I crackled and stained parts of her, she has metal wings that were cut and textured on the sissix, then patina'd, and her arms are jointed with jewlery end caps treated with alchohol inks! Her skirt and bra are made from a piece of vintage lace that was literally "dissentegrating"...but I wanted to preserve its past...so I treated it with "Porcelain petal", then sprayed with a sealer...its delicate...but it is keeping the fabric "ALIVE" forever!!!   Her head has tiny polymer flowers that I cut out from my tiny cutters that i have in my ebay store...they were painted and stained...gems were added!


 So...the Milo files are stories from an"underground" creative group that I have joined...We meet on tuesdays and the creativity in the group lies in the "UNKNOWN"!!!...
You never know if it will be every Tuesday...or once or twice a month!  You dont know what you'll eat there...sometimes a can of soup....sometimes "homade Lasagne and meatballs....(Delicious! MMM!)  
 You dont know what the next project will be, and you NEVER know what you will GET there!!!

Theres creative goodies being passed around from all of the members...its almost like "christmas" on Tuesdays!!! haha!!!

BUT Seriously...a small group have been getting together and "JUST CREATING" at Sue Milo's house!   All Members Share their "specialties" and teach the group....!!!!













The First week, Doreen taught Soldering charms....The second week Sue taught the "flat Doll" that she made from a pattern from cloth, paper, scissors...    The beautiful flat dolls on the board were Sue's Creations that inspired this  class!  





This week was my week to teach "crowns"!!! We had a great day...and I will have pictures of the crown after out next "Secret meeting"! 

There is a shot of Sue's beautiful Studio...every thing is in its place..Really!!! Also, there is a picture of the sugar scrub that she created (PINK!!!) she made the labels too!! ...WOW!
It was a great day, that ended at Michaels finding new  TREASURES by   "Sculpey"  and Lisa Pavelka products!!!!   YEA!!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Wendy Froud Workshop










I attended a Wendy Froud Worshop in New York, at the Purple Petals Studio,  this past weekend...WOW!!!  It was a 3 day workshop on creating  a "creature"...I wanted to take a class with Wendy...but i was a little "afraid" of the "creature" thing!   I thought about just doing a pixie or fairy...and I was told Wendy would accomodate that...but then I thought about it.  Get into a new mindset,,,TRY  it!!OPEN a NEW DOOR....So I did and I was amazed at all of the fantastic techniques that I learned from Wendy and Toby!  They are both amazing and giving artists! 




I'm very excited to try again and be a little more "BRAVE"! haha   I worked off of a picture of my child, ugh!! I mean my "cat" moon..  I still have to dress him..The almost completed doll is just "DRAPED" with some fabrics..to try and get an idea for an outfit.

I met so many new friends that are very talented artists..Sherry put the class together and took care of everything, she was great...and I dont think everything would have flowed without her.  

NY wow

NY wow
dIANE kEELER CLASS

Diane Keeler Class

Diane Keeler Class
Diane Teaching

Diane Keeler class

Diane Keeler class
Class Picture

Sculpting a Childs face

Sculpting a Childs face
My face ..Day 2 ..ready for EARS!

Working on a new face now!!!

Working on a new face now!!!
Completed face and breastplate

Attached head to breastplate

Attached head to breastplate
The clay is very dirty..the cleanest i can get it!

After Face Make up

After Face Make up
WOW...it gives a translucent glow...hid the dirt!

Removable wig...not styled or cut yet

Removable wig...not styled or cut yet
Goat mohair that was dyed and combed

Now she's styled!

Now she's styled!
But it is a wig...it will be glued when i'm ready!!!

Painted Face...still needs brows and lashes!

Painted Face...still needs brows and lashes!
She will be sealed with Duncan flat mat as soon as it comes in the mail!

Cloth Pixie body fit under breast plate...

Cloth Pixie body fit under breast plate...
After drawing and sewing a million body parts....

Girly girl "21" charms

Girly girl "21" charms
Angelica's 21st birthday charms

Devon with his creation

Devon with his creation
Devon and his monkey boy

Devons Doll that he made from a pattern

Devons Doll that he made from a pattern
Monkey Boy

another charm group

another charm group
Debbies Charm

Leapord tube charm

Leapord  tube charm
The diamond shape is a soldered glass bead.

Wax medium melted over polymer clay face....

Wax medium melted over polymer clay face....
She's getting there..i think this hair suits her better..she needs eyelashes and ears

Odd Vintage bug- like Fairy

Odd Vintage bug- like Fairy
Just the idea

Clay Window glazed with Utee

Clay Window glazed with Utee
Stamped Utee glazed "Charms"

Clay Charms

Clay Charms
Making a mold from a charm to make more charms!

Charming

Charming
Clear tubing and stamped Utee

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!
Soldered Vintage photos

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!
Soldered Charms

Journal Day with Tery and Stephanie

Journal Day with Tery and Stephanie
Creating an Art Journal

Stephanies journal

Stephanies journal
of course..completed first!!

New Art Journal

New Art Journal
Journal made from SCRATCH!!!

Art journal EMBELLISHMENTS

Art journal EMBELLISHMENTS
Clay, Stamps, Utee

Inside cover

Inside cover
Material and free motion stiching

Celeste

Celeste

Celeste up close

Celeste up close
Celestes shirt is made from gessoed and tinted lace with free motion embroidery

EVA

EVA
She is with her new mom Evelyn