Paperclay play

I haven't posted in a very long time. I've made new dolls, sold some, entered shows, was accepted, was rejected. Then, last month, I took an eye-opening workshop from Susie McMahon. http://susiemcmahondolls.blogspot.com/ahon.

I learned that I can sculpt! I love the project I made and I'm looking forward to more. Right now, I'm making dolls to which I will add paperclay over cloth heads. I'm also getting my feet wet in designing costumes. This sounds odd, but my previous creations have been nude; my aim being to portray emotions. I haven't exhausted this by any means but all my lovely fabric wants to play too!

And - I've been making beaded doll pins. I have always been enchanted by small things, peephole eggs, gaming miniatures, I even made a tiny rosary from thread and small beads when I was about 12. Anyway - beaded dolls feed that place in me where small things reign.

Still here after all these months

Once again I've changed my art focus. This spring and summer I've been learning to make dolls. Not play-dolls, but dolls as fiber sculpture. My most recent figure, Self Imagined, won the Warrior Artist Award at the Fiber Artists of San Antonio annual show. Then it SOLD on opening night. I don't have words to describe how thrilling that was. When I delivered the piece for jurying, I was convinced it wouldn't even be accepted. I was bombarded with compliments on it. I'm afraid I was in a daze and failed to notice all the splendid work in the show. To see other dolls I've made, click on the Flikr badge in the left column. I'm going to try and stay more current with this. Perhaps I've finally found my artistic voice.