Dolls in progress for class

I will be teaching Tiny Dolls at the Purple Petals Studio in Maspeth NY on July 10th and 11th , with the help of A fabulous Cloth and  Clay Doll Artist Heather Brauner.  Last week, Heather and I got together to create some new dolls for the class......Heather is actually working on a tiny "Prim" doll that will be crackled!  Cant wait to see her completed!

So these are my  2 new Tiny paperclay Fairy dolls for the "occasion"!!!   I think they will be "sweets" dolls inspired by Talented Polymer Clay Artist Amber Dawn!  Amber makes "Amazing" miniatures and charms...lots of beautiful Tiny "sweets" and cupcakes..Yum!  I have taken  polymer caning and sweets classes from Amber, and I will try to apply some of  what she taught me to these dolls.  I'll see what happens!!! haha!

I found some great fabrics that remind me of taffy and chocolate and Caramel....Mmmmm! 

I have included some of the steps we will be going through to create The Tiny Paperclay dolls .  I'm So looking forward to this class!!! These New York girls are Creative and Fun to work with!   Dori, the owner of the Studio, and "Charm Girl"  Amber Dawn will also be Participating ...how cool is that!?   

A Tiny Doll from Polymer...

Two weeks ago, I Taught a small group the tiny Mixed Media doll in polymer clay  ...I normally do the doll in paperclay,  The girls thought it might be easier for them...so I changed some things around and I really like how the doll body worked out. 

 

I made the same head /Bodice armature from foil , but I added a complete wire skeleton.  In my paperclay dolls...I would always just build the arms and legs on wire, and push the wires into the stuffed cotton body. They were more "leaners"! Now the doll can do a full pose!   Also, This doll was done with a 2 way stretch fabric that slipped over the wire skeleton, with the arms and legs completed...it was then stuffed......see photos.

I completed my doll and she has a tiny Wish Fairy" with her.  I Embellished the doll with teeny tiny roses out of polymer clay that I covered with Texture Glass Medium...they actually look "encased" in glass"!  I love this stuff!! I learned how to make these teeny little roses from Amber Dawn .  The minute I laid eyes on Amber's teeny tiny roses..I knew I would want to incorporate her technique into a doll...

I actually had a problem with her arms being out of proportion after I put her together...so I cut the baked arms in half, taking some length away...I was able to slip the arms off of the wire and attach  fancy BEAD CAPS , then adding a rose...making a "pretty" JOINT!

  

Her Wings were shaped from wire, I used tissue paper and 2 Part Resin...adding glitter..then I gave it a coat of Texture glass...

Her crown is polymer clay with gems, clay roses and metal findings...tinted with alchohol inks, gel rub ons, and my new favorite Tim Holtz, distressed rock Candy!

Her ballet slippers are velvet and silk ribbons.

A Day with Doll Artist Lillian Alberti

Last week I was able to have my good friend Lillian Alberti,  AKA  "Lilliano" ,  come to my shop to reconnect,  talk "Art" and work on our on going projects. 

 Lillian is working  "Fast and Furious" making paper clay dolls, and Teaching all over the states !    I was so happy when she was able to "Carve out"  a little time to come over and "Play"!!!   


The Day was fantastic, and Lillian ALWAYS  inspires me with her dolls that "Tell a story"  ..they  make the viewer feel certain emotions. Her doll's "Eyes"  and "Fingers" really talk to me ! 


See Lillian's dolls in progress....Her Alice, has a Rabbit jumping into the hole, with his back end and the perfect little velvet jacket sticking out...it really makes you feel like you see him jumping down the hole!  (unfortunately I did not capture that in my picture.) 
..but you can see the doll on her website  www.A-lil-whimsy.com  ! 


 Also visit her blog  cottagehill you can click on her blog from the sidebar on this blog under  "My Absolute Favorites".