WINTER FAES WIP

WIP spindly Winter Fairies

soft sculpture ball jointed dolls

I call these modern rag dolls

New lower Holiday prices on all dolls and artwear in my

shop

BUG FAE

Tiny little Bug Fae

peeks out from the tree branches

protector of the bird nests

while the mother bird is away

Bug Fae is a small soft sculpture jointed doll

in my shop

FAIRY HAIR 1ST BJDS

Back in the studio

I decided my 1st ball jointed clay dolls should be

Faeries

super soft white lamb hair

they are so pink and sweet

guess I will make some dresses and wings

if I can put them down and stop playing with them

and laughing

I believe I've fallen in love!

ALL STRUNG UP

Well, I finished stringing my little girls

they are so primitive

not sure whether I like them or not?

guess they will have to grow on me for awhile

next hair and cute dresses

I did learn a lot about body shape

and stringing

the next clay BJDs will be better

OK

now I can get some sleep

although I think this is just the beginning of my obsession with

ball jointed dolls!

LOL

MY 1ST CLAY BALL JOINTED DOLL

I returned from Chicago

and got back to work on my

Mousefeathers Collection of Dolls

my first ball jointed dolls

made out of paper clay

I wanted to make child-like dolls

10 inches tall

started with a sketch, which helped when molding the clay

I lay each piece over the drawing for size

I used plastic straws inside the legs and arms

after the clay dries, they pulled out easily

gluing different size styrofoam balls together

and carving out a hole in the middle and the leg openings

molded the clay around the forms

Back in my Fashion Days, I worked as a nail tech, my little drill

came in handy for drilling out the leg openings and inside

I sanded a lot

once they are smooth and wiped clean of dust

I painted a matte color

and painted their little faces

and then two coats of watered down pearl paint

first pink

than

white

Now I have to decide which sealer to use

and than I'm ready to string

I call this doll making experiments

because I really have no clue, what I'm doing

LOL

in the meantime

Vampire Lady is in my shop

all ready for Halloween