THE RESULT

A new day

everything always looks brighter the morning after

My mold experiments

Well,

this set was better, but I lost two molds, the body and upper legs

I suppose I will make some sort of doll

using a soft body and casted parts

But

for now I need a break

and look forward to creating sweet little

one of a kind dollies

EXPERIMENTS FAIL

When artistic endeavors become

over-whelming it is nice to be

reassured by sweet little

faces

ROUND TWO

On to the second set of molds

tossed out the first set

the plaster mix was not good, they were

crumbly

Made a ooak sculpt, two heads

also decided to go with the clay box,

the pieces are so small

learned a lot from the first set of molds,

this set will be perfect

and my Mousefeather Dolls

shall be born!

FI FI A FRENCH FAE

Fi Fi

loves the great music salon at the

French Palace

she sits on the velvet pillows

and waits until everyone has left the room

then she samples all the cakes and sips the Champagne

she hovers about in her pink hoop skirt

doesn't take much pink frosting to fill her up

she looks like a piece of cake

Fi Fi is in my shop

BIG HAIR & NEW SCULPT

Fi Fi

checking her high hair-do

still working on hoop skirt

new sculpt for plaster molds

LOTS OF CLAY WIP

Little French Fi Fi

all strung

up

The last French Fairy for awhile

the beginnings of a new sculpt

stone clay

and my molds still drying

I think they will make great push molds

the next set will be perfect!

JUST NOT READY TO GIVE UP

Since my experiments with mold making

seems all I can think about!

March truly came in like a Lion

armed with the experience of my 1st try,

determined to do it again

"Better"

started another doll, working on her core

she will be sculpted out with paper stone clay

THIS IS NOT FUN!

Today was plaster day

up to this point in my dollmaking life

making dolls has always been a pleasurable experience

But this, is the most horrible art mess I have ever done, making plaster casting molds is right up there with the horrible resin experiments, I did last year!

Maybe it takes some getting use to

or perhaps making these molds a few more times

would help

Whatever, I do plan on trying to cast a doll

and then make a decision

In the meantime while these are drying, I think I will make some dollies out of clay

"therapy"

MISSING FLORIDA SUNSHINE

Lots of rain the last few days

haven't been able to pour plaster in my molds

So I moved furniture around

again.

Decided to bring my childhood house into my studio

can't work on her if she is hiding in a dark corner in

another room

another table!

floors await sanding

walls need to be painted

and the outside needs sprucing

Lots of little Attic ghosts need to be created

an empty chair

Tangkou dolls await

Qwint the Elf

RE-THINKING MY MOLDS

Decided to take off the clay walls

used metal flashing instead

the clay walls were time

consuming, and I would have to make them again

for the two piece mold

Now they are drying from being soaped

and the

experiment

continues

FIRST TRY AT MOLD MAKING

clay molds

experimenting

not ready to part with one of my doll bodies

I found a old broken antique doll and fixed it with clay and gesso

lots of sanding

the head is original out of stone clay

want to see how the plaster effects the piece

before I use one of my bodies

next plaster

to be continued

WAKING UP TO SPRING

I did manage to pull myself together

a little this past week

did some hand-work

my new collector dolls

Tangkou dolls

went

Country

Vintage fabrics and trims made pretty dresses

for my new ball jointed girls

Latest French Fairy is ready to be sanded

looking out onto the farm and fields

I noticed the wild flowers are blooming

waiting to take a romp through the fields

WHERE DID THE WEEK GO?

I think I slept away the whole week

sometimes this happens

ARGGHH

old age