ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER

WIP

woodland fairy

SERINA THE MERMAID

Deep in the Great Ocala Forest

this vast woodland is dotted with

bubbling crystal springs

pink and green mermaids

swim amongst the moss covered rocks

these beauties blend in so well with their

surroundings, that you have to look closely

to see them

swimming a ballet

filtered sunlight sparkles off their tails

Serina is a Japanese paper clay Mermaid

ball jointed doll

she is in my shop

ALMOST READY

my 4th ball jointed clay doll

ready for her first coat of spray-paint

STORMY DAY WIP FAIRY

Central Florida

the last three days have been stormy

I've watched the retention pond grow into a lake

I knew it was bad when the water birds

appeared

But the yard flooded

and the earth took a deep drink

and I saw faeries

in tiny boats

Puddle Racing

WIP Puddle Racing

tiny French Faeries

MORE WIP AND SANDING

She sits

been working on another fairy doll

a little bigger

bigger feet

still sanding

it is never ending, but very enjoyable

LOL

replaced her elbow joints with beads

like it better

found some great fabrics for her

fins and flooks

the possibilities of the Mermaid tail

make for endless combinations

already carved the base for the next one

clay seems to be easier on my hands

they don't hurt

my soft sculptured days

are becoming numbered

as I'm finding clay more interesting to use!

1ST STRINGING BJD MERFAE

not pleased with the design

going to change out the joints in the arms and add glass beads

still a work in process

SO PINK!

a pink weekend

WIP BJD

Merfae

MOUSEFEATHER A COLLECTION OF CLAY BJDS

Last year I tried to start a collection of clay ball jointed dolls

I called

Mousefeather

I created a few dolls

but became frustrated with my lack of knowledge

of how to create the movable parts

I felt the dolls were cute but not what I envisioned

Not ready to give up

I found an amazing artist on Flickr

Marina

Marina creates the most wonderful clay BJDs

check out her sites

Art Dolls by Marina

blog

etsy

Marina gave me tips, answered my questions

and become a wonderful friend

Butterscotch was born

the fairy I always dreamed of making

created from Japanese Paper Clay

with 19 articulated parts

removable clothing

and now in my shop

Mousefeather Clay BJDs

A FAERIE NAMED BUTTERSCOTCH

It is finally starting to feel like I know what I'm doing

YAY

after more than 30 plus clay dolls

I actually believe this collection of

Ball Jointed Dolls

will make it into my shop

Sculpt #3

has a name

Butterscotch

I'm so enjoying the process of creating articulated

dolls

and with the waiting time of air-dry clays

I still have time for soft sculpture dolls

too

Butterscotch is waiting for the rest of her outfit

which will be removable

because faeries like to dance naked

in the Moonlight!

STEAMPUNK SPRITES

Waiting for the boats to dock

at one of the many launch sites in Central Florida

I noticed the old Steam Engine

a ghostly relic of the past

As I circled the lonely Metal Beast

Blue Sprites

Fluttered about

Moved here to rest

this old engine pulled many tons of oranges to the North

along with the large Summer bugs

it looked like these Sprites

had made themselves a home

Appropriately dresses in SteamPunk

attire

I watched for awhile

a beautiful peaceful place

Vintage folklore of Florida's fascinating past

These Steampunk Sprites

are in my

shop