Doll Creations

Close up of Fly Dragon.....Dragon Fly The face has a raised element to the nose that the picture does not reflect very well. The face is a mixed media creation. I use acrylic paint. Pigma pen, Prisma colored pencil and stitching in the eyes, nose, lips, and eyebrows. The fingernails are also stitched to carry through with the overall stitching aesthetic. 

Blue Fish Carousel was created for the June 2018 conference of the National Institute of American Doll Artists challenge theme. The theme title was Pacific Blue.  There are wool felt fish and a Sea Horse swimming through the cutwork skirt. The Doll is holding a Fish shaped handbag.

Fly Dragon......Dragon Fly is a cloth doll creation for a critique for the National Institute of American Doll Artists conference in Pacific Grove CA in June of 2018. The dragon weaving in and out of the cutwork skirt is made from wool felt. There are also Dragon Flies made with felt, wire and metalic Momi paper.

BBC America has a series called Planet Earth. In the second season...Planet Earth 2 there was a segment on Cities and how animals adapt to cities. One segment involved Bower Birds. These birds use whatever they come upon....bits of plastic...trash....anything flashy or shiny to make an inviting nest to attract the female. A particular set of birds found a red puffy heart that they put in their nest. When one bird wasn't watching, another would steal the heart for his nest. As I watched the segment I had a palm to forehead moment.....Oh My Goodness.....I am a Bower Bird. This doll is called Birds of a Feather. Each on of the birds in the skirt and the hat has something different in its beak. Something that will be used to create a very unique nest. Close up ...back view of Birds of a Feather.