Tag: dollmaking
Christine Alvarado and Du Buh Du Design
Christine Alvarado is an artist and doll maker originally from the Monterey Peninsula and she currently resides in Bend, Oregon with her husband and son. Her background is in fine art, sculpture, printmaking, etc.. She earned an AA in Graphic Design at Monterey Peninsula College and her BA in Art at San Jose State University’s School of Art & Design.
How to Make Cloth Lavander Bunny?
Lavander bunnies can be made in any stretchy fabric, but off-cuts from 100% wool jumpers and merino blankets make the softest friends. Fine wool jumpers are better washed on a really hot wash so no stuffing can peep out through the knited fabric. You can also use favourite too-small baby clothes or blankets as a precious keepsake of younger days.
The Secret Life of Socks: Gordana Rakulj Radovanovic’s Dollmaking
“The secret life of socks” is the place where socks lives their own magic life. This new life give them Gordana Rakulj Radovanovic, sculptor and applied artist. Gordana came across the many pictures, tutorials and books about dollmaking, and she got an idea to make her own dolls. She tried to do something else and new.
Felt Alive by Kay Petal
The needle is something really special. from fluffy ‘nothing’ (sorry for this expression) you can create the whole new world. So welcome to Key Petal’s magical world of sculptural needle felting. Where wondrous fluffs of wool transform into whimsical characters with heart and soul.
Lynne and Michael Roche and Their New Old Dolls
Lynne and Michael Roche have been making artist dolls for 30 years. They are well known for their porcelain headed dolls with finely carved and articulated lime-wood bodies. They have also made a variety of ranges of different bodies for the dolls over the years, at the moment tiny all bisque jointed dolls compliment their larger wooden and porcelain collection.
