I must admit I had fun doing this piece! My son gave me the book "Who's Your Dada?" by Linda and Opie O'Brien for Christmas. Since then I've been searching for interesting found objects to make some of the Dada style dolls. I finally decided I had enough in my stash to make my first piece, and this is it. The body of the doll is a beautifully aged and rusted vintage cigarette tin. Likewise one of her arms is a lovely aged vintage key, while the other one is a plastic arm attached with a screw. The legs are made from small wooden reels, which I aged, and I also aged the little wooden clogs which came from a doll. The head is from a vintage bisque doll, dug up from an old doll factory which was bombed out in Germany. The word on the "buckle" says "spirit". She stands about 20 cm or 8 in tall.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Mixed Media Monday - Hello Dolly
I must admit I had fun doing this piece! My son gave me the book "Who's Your Dada?" by Linda and Opie O'Brien for Christmas. Since then I've been searching for interesting found objects to make some of the Dada style dolls. I finally decided I had enough in my stash to make my first piece, and this is it. The body of the doll is a beautifully aged and rusted vintage cigarette tin. Likewise one of her arms is a lovely aged vintage key, while the other one is a plastic arm attached with a screw. The legs are made from small wooden reels, which I aged, and I also aged the little wooden clogs which came from a doll. The head is from a vintage bisque doll, dug up from an old doll factory which was bombed out in Germany. The word on the "buckle" says "spirit". She stands about 20 cm or 8 in tall.
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Your dolly is great, Diane!
beautiful art doll!
Pure genius! She's just great.
Hi Diane!!! so great to see you are back up and running...and this piece is so neat and unique!!! lovely work!!!
WOW oh WOW!!!! This is simply stunning! I LOVE the tin body and the arms - the key is an amazing idea. Wonderful, unique thing of beauty, Kristin xo
wow...amazine are deco..I love it..very pretty..would be perfect for a home!!! I just love it so much
Wow I´ve mised my words.
This is outstandig.
Wonderful work.
wonderful "spirit" doll!
Love your doll Diane!
love her,and her wonderfull cloche,she is a darling.
hugs Dorthe
Wow, that's so fascinating - especially the doll's head's origins. How did you come by her? Funny how despite being bombed and perhaps destined to be buried in rubble, she ends up in such an interesting piece of art and immortalised on the internet and admired by many!
did you place her heart inside he tin body? lol
this is lovely Diane. Nice and quirky altered doll... well done
Fabulous dolly, Diane! Great piece!
Great idea.
Love your doll!! you inspired me to make a polymer clay doll for the challenge :))
Linda
Love your doll!! you inspired me to make a polymer clay doll for the challenge :))
Linda
fabulous assemblage...and last week's "eggs" was wonderful too !!
Hi Diane, feels good to be participating in MMM again,I love all the different elements you have used to create this doll piece, unique piece of art x
She's just wonderful! ~Sharon
No doll from me Diane, I thought about it, but my thoughts would not let me think about something other than the song Hello Dolly, your doll is fantastic Diane very unique, love all the different things you used.
Anni
Wow, Diane this is amazing!!! What a treat! My computer is broken and I've had 2 new ones in 3weeks! As soon as I get another one, I will join the challenge...Hugs, Cindy
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