Happy Holidays! A new group of works-in-progress for you!
Kandra Niagra
BigKandra@aol.com
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
I have been working on Pinocchio Dolls
2. What doll/character are you making and why?
Inspired by the story of Pinocchio and also requested as a Special Order
3. What methods and materials are you using?
This Pinocchio has hands and head made from Super Sculpey
The body is a vitamin bottle
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
The hardest part was the nose- it had to be reinforced- there is a dowel inside it
I also wasn't really sure what a donkey tail really looks like...LOL!
The easiest part was the clothes.
Martha
Ayala Art
ilove2paint.blogspot.com
http://AyalaArt.etsy.com
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
For me, it was the chance to work on a male doll, since I always make females. Plus the Jack Frost character is so funny, it gave me inspiration right away.
2. What doll/character are you making and why
I am participating in the Jack Frost MMC
3. What methods and materials are you using?
For this challenge I decided on paper! I have been working more on painting at the moment so it was just an easy move to make a painted paper doll. Sturdy enough to last, but flexible too, to play with all the articulations I made with the brads.
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
I guess the more challenging was to come up with the style of drawing and final look. The most fun is to finally put it together and give it movement!
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
There were several wonderful paintings I was interested in using as a jumping off point.
2. What doll/character are you making and why?
I'm using the Girl with a Pearl Earring, although it was tough to choose. I chose her because she's so lovely in the painting, and the reality of her life (she was probably a household servant) would have been so at odds with her appearance as the painting's subject.
3. What methods and materials are you using?
This is my first ball jointed doll, so I decided not to use polymer clay as I thought I needed something stronger for the joints. I'm using Creative Paperclay for the first time, which has made the project a little more challenging. I probably should have just done one or the other - new material or new type of doll, but where's the stress in that? lol
It's been quite an experience so far. The only book I could find on making ball jointed dolls was in Japanese, so I've been depending on an unauthorized English translation that I found on line, and the pictures in the book to guide me.
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
That's a tough question - I don't think anything is really easy, other than deciding to do something new (ball jointed doll). I don't have a lot of time to sculpt, so I try to be judicious in choosing a new project -- I have to really want to make it, because just by starting it I'm ruling out making something else that I also want to do. Probably the hardest part is knowing in advance that I'm doing something new without the luxury of time and more time to make it as perfect as I can.
Emily Olsen
Em.O Art Dolls
www.emilyjane17@yahoo.com
www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyJane17
www.emoartdolls.wordpress.com
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
I spent a great deal of time researching "The Masters," and while there are a great many wonderful works nothing ever spoke to me. At the time I had been listening to classical music a lot, and found myself inspired by the music.
2. What doll/character are you making and why?
My doll is inspired mostly by the classical piece "Piano Sonata No.14 in C- Sharp Minor Op.27:2 "Moonlight Sonata"
3. What methods and materials are you using?
I make ball-jointed dolls, I use a mixture of Premier and La Doll natural stone clay. Painted in acrylics, and varnished. Her hair will be real human hair extensions. Her clothing will be a blue silk. But, I'm stuck so far with the design, so...
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
The easiest (and my favorite)part of making her is the painting, the most challenging part for me will always be the hands and feet. Oh! how I struggle with those.
Patricia Le Baudrier
patricialebaudrier@yahoo.co.uk
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
I had trouble deciding what to choose because I wasn't really inspired until I remembered a painting I absolutely love. To me it is a real masterpiece so the person who painted it is a masteress!( Right? I didn't have to choose someone famous did I? ;-) )
2. What doll/character are you making and why
It is a painting called Broken by Evelyn Santiago. The character ,a real little devil who's cut off the heads of her dolls, just made my heart melt. She is so intriguing. I don't know if she's just very mischievous , if she is trying to get some attention, or even calling for help ... I just felt the urge to make a doll of her . I have to confess that the look in her eyes was starting to freak me out so I though " ok little one, I am going to cut your hair and make your little eyes shine!". So I changed her eyes to make them bigger( you can see the difference in the photo). It is as if I had to mend something but ...she still looks very sad ( yes..I know...I just invented a new job : doll psychologist! LOL!!!)
3. What methods and materials are you using?
The body is cloth. I am still not sure about the limbs ( cloth or clay?). I have used normal black thread for her hair .I had never done that before! It was a bit time consuming to make the wig but I think I like the result.
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
The easiest was to sew the body. The hardest was to get the colour of the dress right so I decided to dye some fabric with acrylics diluted in lots of water! A first time! I should have thought of this before because it works! It is a bit messy though...I am experimenting lots of new stuff with this doll. It is fun!
Jan
jan_storyteller@yahoo.com
The Hermits' Garden
Two Conwells Playing
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
I had an instant picture in my head of Jack Frost! (This Instant Picture thing almost never happens to me...my ideas are usually fuzzy around the edges. :~)
2. What doll/character are you making and why
Jack Frost, because the challenge said "Jack Frost".
3. What methods and materials are you using?
This could have been the Media Mayhem challenge--I'd never done batting-wrapped wire frame for a doll. Head/hands/feet were paper clay, hair was angora wool, boots were rabbit fur.
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
The easiest was seeing what I wanted to make--for some reason this doll made himself quite readily apparent to me. The hardest? Being brave enough to risk NOT pulling it off. Oh, and the fact that a rigid frame doll is a !#*@^$* to put clothes on! Note to self: remember to leave some of the seams open!
Jordan Taylor
www.jordanrou.etsy.com
1. What inspired you to participate in this challenge?
My doll wasn't made for one of ADO's challenges, but is being made for a trade with another ADO member. I really love her work, and am super excited that she is willing to trade with me!
2. What doll/character are you making and why
My doll's name is Adele Wren, and she is a little Victorian girl who has a hard time being a proper young lady. She would much rather spend time in her garden, talking to and sketching the flowers, birds, and occassional fairy found there. I love everything Victorian, and had some beautiful little Victorian doll dresses I had made years ago, which were just waiting for the right doll to wear them!
3. What methods and materials are you using?
Adele is completely hand sewn, although a few items of her clothing got some help from the hot glue gun. I had to modify the pattern I usually use for her, because she's a little bit smaller than the dolls I normally make. I'm really liking this new size, though, and thinking I will be making some more dolls that are smaller!
4. What was the easiest and the most challenging part of making your doll?
The easiest and most fun part was coming up with her character. The most challenging part so far has been positioning her in the right seated position - for some reason, she just doesn't want to sit up!
