A beautiful collection of some of our members, enjoy!
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesdays Question:
Can you remember your first doll...do you still have her/him?
Remember the times you shared together?
Tell us your story.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Facebook Fan Page Photo Feature
This is Teo...made for ADO's June MMC-Black and White. Thank you so much to Tee Tippau for sharing Teo on ADO's FACEBOOK page. To see more of Teo's work, CLICK HERE to visit her Facebook page.
If you would like to see your doll Featured on ADO's blog, just participate in one of our challenges..either the Quarterly Challenge or MMC's. Post your doll picture to our Facebook page, and you could see your doll featured on ADO's blog. PLEASE NOTE: there is no guarantee that all non-ADO members' pictures that are posted to ADO's Facebook page will be featured on ADO's blog. Thanks so much..and hope to see your latest art doll creations on ADO's Facebook page! :o)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
New Member Spotlight - Carolyn Sue Campbell
Today's New Member Spotlight is on Carolyn Sue Campbell.
Carolyn is a doll artist currently residing in Florida. She produces one of a kind fantasy art dolls and says that while she has always loved to draw and paint, sculpting is the most challenging medium she has ever tried. You can check out Carolyn's highly detailed and realistic dolls by dropping by her Flickr site, blog, or Etsy shop.
Welcome to the team, Carolyn!!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
SATurday's WeiRD and wOndERfUl:
This Saturday's Weird and Wonderful post features a collection of photographs called "Doll House," From artist Stefan Giftthaler of Milan, Italy.
I hope they inspire you, as much as they have me!!!
Enjoy
Friday, June 24, 2011
Tips and Tricks Friday
Today's Tips and Tricks Post actually came from a sewing magazine I read years ago, from the "tips from our reader's" column.
How to mark dark fabric for cutting out patterns. Yes, they make those little fabric marking pencils. I know because I bought one. Maybe I wasn't holding my mouth right while I used it, but it not only didn't make a mark, it snagged and stretched at the fabric, pulling it out of true.
So I went back to my old standby: soap. I keep little slivers of white soap for this purpose...one would likely last forever. You could carve one, like sharpening a pencil, I suppose, but the thin edge seems to work fine. Simply trace around your template on the fabric, and viola! A discernible but temporary line that smells like Spring Bouquet (or Irish Spring, whichever.)
I used this method last week when I was cutting out the feet for Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls.
Hope this helps. Happy marking!
How to mark dark fabric for cutting out patterns. Yes, they make those little fabric marking pencils. I know because I bought one. Maybe I wasn't holding my mouth right while I used it, but it not only didn't make a mark, it snagged and stretched at the fabric, pulling it out of true.
So I went back to my old standby: soap. I keep little slivers of white soap for this purpose...one would likely last forever. You could carve one, like sharpening a pencil, I suppose, but the thin edge seems to work fine. Simply trace around your template on the fabric, and viola! A discernible but temporary line that smells like Spring Bouquet (or Irish Spring, whichever.)
I used this method last week when I was cutting out the feet for Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls.
Hope this helps. Happy marking!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
ADO Featured Artist: Joanna Thomas
This week's artist feature is Joanna Thomas of Inchelina.
Please tell us about yourself. What is your name? Where do you live? What makes you tick?
My name is Joanna Thomas and I live in Corinth, MS which is a very small historical town with lots of Civil War history. What makes me "tick" would be several things! Mainly working out which I love to do. I also run almost every day at least 2 miles and the most 5. I am very physically active and rarely sit still unless I am at work behind my desk. I also love a good book or a good movie.
When did you start making dolls? Why did you start making dolls?
I was making dolls as a child... We had an old set of encyclopedias that had a section in it about how to make a doll and I used to study that and make my own sad attempts. I did a lot of hand sewing my own dolls from as far back as age 7. I have no idea why I started other than I loved to play and loved any kind of doll. I became really serious about making dolls about 9 years ago. (Though I am sure as a child I thought I was pretty serious about it then too!)
Who or what influences you? Inspires you?
Painters have always inspired me the most. I have too many favorites to list. I was a serious oil painter before I was a doll maker so that love of canvas has always been there.
Tell us a little about your dolls and your process for making them. Materials, preliminary sketches, inspiration, etc.
I typically just make an armature and go in blind and let the doll take me where she wants to go. On occasion I get a mental image of a doll I want to make but even then it always turns into something not planned. After I have the armature made I cover it in polymer clay. I don't bake my dolls but one time which allows me to make lots of changes if I need to before it's finished. I am terrible at drawing... though I was at one time a portrait painter! But I don't do sketches and never have in any art I have ever done.
Do you have a favorite doll? It can be handmade by you, handmade by someone else, or even (gasp) mass production.
Growing up my favorite doll then and now was Mattel Liddle Kiddles. Back in the early 80's I at one time had one of the biggest collections of them in the US which over time I let go. I loved their big heads and I think why my own dolls are also a bit misperportioned. Something in that attracts me. As for my own dolls that I make... typically the one I am working on is my favorite for the moment! But if I had to pick only one it would be "Dream Child". She was an Alice in Wonderland I did that wasn't frilly or elaborate. And believe it or not the more simple something is the more I love it.
Besides making dolls, what do you do? Job, other creative pursuits, hobbies, etc.
As mentioned before I am a workoutalholic. Is that a word? LOL! I am an avid runner. I take several workout classes a week including swimming. I also love to read and watch TV. I actually LOVE to watch TV when I sit still long enough! I do work a 40+ hour a week job where I am an Administrative Assistant in a real estate company.
What are some of your favorite: movies, books, websites, magazines, foods, TV shows, music? (Any or all!)
My all time favorite movie is Rear Window. I have seen it about 500 times at least. I love lots of movies but any I can sit and watch over and over again I LOVE. I also love The Prestige and used to watch it every Saturday! My favorite book is The Ghost Writer by John Harwood... but I have TONS of favs also...and I read everything. My favorite website at the moment is a blog by the professional model Ruth Crilly from the UK. She talks about hair and makeup and I love hair and makeup too! I also am obsessed with news so I spend a lot of time on the CNN website. My favorite magazine is Marie Claire and I read it cover to cover and it is the only one I subscribe to. My favorite food is cake and hot dogs... and the two things I don't ever eat. TV show is Fringe and any real life crime shows. I love current pop music a lot... but can't say I have a favorite band.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
I've been all over the US and each place has it's own set of non perfect problems... my happiness is within so no matter where I go or where I am I am content... There are lots of places though I would love to visit... but only one place I call home and that's where I'm at right now.
Where do you see yourself in one year? Five years? Ten years?
Right where I am but in a new house with any luck.
Where can we find you on the internet? (blog, website, Etsy shop, eBay, et al.)
Please tell us about yourself. What is your name? Where do you live? What makes you tick?
My name is Joanna Thomas and I live in Corinth, MS which is a very small historical town with lots of Civil War history. What makes me "tick" would be several things! Mainly working out which I love to do. I also run almost every day at least 2 miles and the most 5. I am very physically active and rarely sit still unless I am at work behind my desk. I also love a good book or a good movie.
When did you start making dolls? Why did you start making dolls?
I was making dolls as a child... We had an old set of encyclopedias that had a section in it about how to make a doll and I used to study that and make my own sad attempts. I did a lot of hand sewing my own dolls from as far back as age 7. I have no idea why I started other than I loved to play and loved any kind of doll. I became really serious about making dolls about 9 years ago. (Though I am sure as a child I thought I was pretty serious about it then too!)
Who or what influences you? Inspires you?
Painters have always inspired me the most. I have too many favorites to list. I was a serious oil painter before I was a doll maker so that love of canvas has always been there.
Tell us a little about your dolls and your process for making them. Materials, preliminary sketches, inspiration, etc.
I typically just make an armature and go in blind and let the doll take me where she wants to go. On occasion I get a mental image of a doll I want to make but even then it always turns into something not planned. After I have the armature made I cover it in polymer clay. I don't bake my dolls but one time which allows me to make lots of changes if I need to before it's finished. I am terrible at drawing... though I was at one time a portrait painter! But I don't do sketches and never have in any art I have ever done.
Do you have a favorite doll? It can be handmade by you, handmade by someone else, or even (gasp) mass production.
Growing up my favorite doll then and now was Mattel Liddle Kiddles. Back in the early 80's I at one time had one of the biggest collections of them in the US which over time I let go. I loved their big heads and I think why my own dolls are also a bit misperportioned. Something in that attracts me. As for my own dolls that I make... typically the one I am working on is my favorite for the moment! But if I had to pick only one it would be "Dream Child". She was an Alice in Wonderland I did that wasn't frilly or elaborate. And believe it or not the more simple something is the more I love it.
Besides making dolls, what do you do? Job, other creative pursuits, hobbies, etc.
As mentioned before I am a workoutalholic. Is that a word? LOL! I am an avid runner. I take several workout classes a week including swimming. I also love to read and watch TV. I actually LOVE to watch TV when I sit still long enough! I do work a 40+ hour a week job where I am an Administrative Assistant in a real estate company.
What are some of your favorite: movies, books, websites, magazines, foods, TV shows, music? (Any or all!)
My all time favorite movie is Rear Window. I have seen it about 500 times at least. I love lots of movies but any I can sit and watch over and over again I LOVE. I also love The Prestige and used to watch it every Saturday! My favorite book is The Ghost Writer by John Harwood... but I have TONS of favs also...and I read everything. My favorite website at the moment is a blog by the professional model Ruth Crilly from the UK. She talks about hair and makeup and I love hair and makeup too! I also am obsessed with news so I spend a lot of time on the CNN website. My favorite magazine is Marie Claire and I read it cover to cover and it is the only one I subscribe to. My favorite food is cake and hot dogs... and the two things I don't ever eat. TV show is Fringe and any real life crime shows. I love current pop music a lot... but can't say I have a favorite band.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
I've been all over the US and each place has it's own set of non perfect problems... my happiness is within so no matter where I go or where I am I am content... There are lots of places though I would love to visit... but only one place I call home and that's where I'm at right now.
Where do you see yourself in one year? Five years? Ten years?
Right where I am but in a new house with any luck.
Where can we find you on the internet? (blog, website, Etsy shop, eBay, et al.)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
New Member Spotlight - Jenna Frei
Good Morning and a very Happy Father's Day! Today the Spotlight is on new member Jenna Frei of The Land of Honah Lee. What is this land you may ask? Well Jenna describes it as, " where dreams and nightmares run amuck, where magic and mischief is found under every toadstool and where childlike imagination is the only truth!" Now that sounds like a fun place to visit and it is! Jenna uses a variety of materials to make her delightful dolls, wool, paper clay, even gourds and the results are definitely fun. But go see for yourself, you can find more of Jenna work in her Etsy shop and on her Blog. Welcome to the ADO team Jenna!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Saturday's WeiRD and wOndERfUl:
Give this girl a Vintage/Antique store, and she is in HEAVEN!! This Saturday's Weird and Wonderful posting comes from an antique store in Provo, Utah called "Cats Cradle," which houses some of the most delicious objects that a girl like me would kill to own. Alas, being the poor person I am, I'll just have to settle for some pictures of the fabulousness!
Enjoy!
A hand carved wooden doll, supposedly a saint!
Paper mache carnival masks from Germany!
A wooden, hand carved angel from Mexico!
A massive La Muerte puppet!
1920's anatomy art manikin
A child's pull toy from Germany.
Friday, June 17, 2011
~ TREASURY ALERT ~
From Sarah of ToadstoolsNTreestump. A Gallery of Art Dolls.
Craftcult's Etsy Widget is out of action, so back to the old fashioned way :O) Please click HERE to visit the treasury.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Wednesdays Question: too be anatomically correct or not to be
How important is getting the anatomy right for your doll?
Have you or human anatomy chart pinned to a board or a skeleton suspended the middle of your studio, do you use a wooden mannequin or have you made your own 3d human model like Irmina from Doll With A Soul, now that's dedication!
Maybe it's not important to you, either way we would love to know.
Photo credit
Thank you to Jan Bush-Wood from Lucy's Baby
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Facebook Fan Page Photo Feature
Thank you so much to Evelio S. Rodriguez Guzman for sharing his traditional Venezualan doll. Evelio is working on a blog..in the meantime, you can check out his Facebook page. Such a lovely contribution to our June MMC Black and White theme!
Would you like to see your doll featured on ADO's blog? Just participate in one of of Quarterly Challenges or MMC's. Share your art doll's photo on our Facebook page, and you just may see your doll featured here!
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot guarantee that your photo will be featured on ADO's blog unless you are an ADO member. Thanks so much!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
New Member Spotlight - Lindsay May
Today the ADO spotlight is on new member Lindsay May of Silent Orchid Studio. Lindsay says that her plush dolls are "inspired by fairy tales, dreams, goofy old horror movies, and the weird and wacky side of life." I have to say they certainly are also wonderfully fun! You can find more of Lindsay's work in her Etsy shop, on her blog, and in her Flickr stream. Welcome to the ADO team Lindsay!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Art Dolls as Characters in Comics!
What would your Doll say
if she had a Voice Bubble?
Kandra, of Wee Peeple Doll Constructions,
has recently had gangs of fun creating
Steampunkish Comic Strips
using (free online) Comic-making Software and
featuring her own Dolls as the characters in the Storyline
literally giving them "Voices"!
now... upon further Ado...
the evolution of the
Steampunk Doll Comic
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2.
3.
To be continued....
Contact Kandra if you would like one of your dolls to become
a character in a Steampunk Comic Strip...
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