What fun I've had this week, with Diana's challenge on Mixed Media Monday - "playful dolls". I have been admiring the art dolls I have seen in books and around the place that have been altered to look like porcelain dolls. This was my perfect opportunity to have a play! I pulled all of the hair out of a plastic doll (drastic, I know) and re-painted the head and arms and glazed them to make them look like porcelain. The bodies of the dolls I admired were made with wooden bobbins but I had to improvise so I made my body with a cardboard tube wrapped with wadding to give it some shape. The base was made using a child's board book, covered with paper and braid. Then I had fun with the clothing, using lace, silk, hand painted lace, cheesecloth dyed with coffee, etc. I gave her lovely little feather wings which were distressed to add to the vintage look. She stands about 10 inches tall - and now I think she needs a little friend or two.
16 comments:
Holy Cow! This really looks like porcelain. She's just simply great!
oh wow Diane!!! this is amazing...what a great piece....I loved being the guest host this week!!!
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Wow!!! Great doll, it really does look porelain, so much detail so many different materials used. Well done!
Sweet, sweet doll. Amazing work.
What a beautiful doll...makes me want to play...have always loved dolls and this is so adorable.
Diane, your doll is simply gorgeous! Amazing! If I hadn't read your post, I would have thought that you photographed a favorite antique doll! WOW!
OMG what a lovely doll.
So wonderful idea and work. Love them.
beautiful doll!
Its gorgeous!
Oh now she is really precious Diane!! Love what you created... and what a fun challenge! =)
wow, she looks so real. you are very creative @diane.
Wow Diane what a fantastic doll, love your doll in her fine dress, but poor doll did you really pulled all her hair of.
A wonderful altered doll- lovely details and you should make her a friend!
What a great doll, compliments for your work.
I love your doll Diane, she is very arty, and I love all of the components that you used. Glad that you liked my doll too!
She is so very sweet Diane, I love the colors, and her sweet face.
I too did something like it, in the workshop with Joanna Pierotti, and loved to learn all the tecnicks about this way of making art-dolls.
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