Update on Projects

I've been working on my three art projects for a while now and felt it was time for an update.

Equestrienne 2:  The doll is finished, except for a touch-up on her Lumiere shoes.  The muslin face I made worked well, just as well as the Dolskin I should have used.
 
                       

The horse is still in construction.  I've been covering small areas of the armature with Claycrete, then letting it dry, so I only work on it every couple of days. There is still several more days of work.



Elusive Butterfly: Almost done.  I made the sunflowers with cheesecloth dyed with Sun Yellow  DyeNaFlow,  then glued jute circles in the center. The flowers were glued to florist stems.  The finished flowers were set in the base.  The hat was decorated with ribbon. The doll was glued to the base.


I still need to finish the shawl and add the butterfly.


Yvette: No pictures for now.   I haven't done much with Yvette... just a quick glance when I pick up one of the other projects.  Each time I look, I realize I am not happy with the face; so I plan on redoing the head.  After some searching, I did find some fabric I think will make nice clothing, but I'm still a long way from finishing her.

Demon Cat, one of a group of feral cats living in the neighborhood sit atop of a dilapidated garage, watching the activites and waiting for someone to feed him.

Horsing Around

      

    Here's the horse armature, the wires filled out with 

   aluminum foil, secured with masking tape, and glued to 

   base I bought at Hobby Lobby, after deciding none of

   my scrap lumber was suitable.

     It's ready to paper mache!

 

Horse of a different color--eventually.

To go with my Equestrienne 2 doll, I have to sculpt a horse from wire, aluminum foil, masking tape and Celluclay.

 

Here's my early steps. I'm interested in how the finished horse turns out.

This reminds me of Dan Reeder's  Paper and Cloth Mache projects.  His works are quirky,  fun and good for all ages. (Oops, the teacher in me is trying to sneak out.)

Joggles has listed Fall Online Classes!  Now I can pick the classes I want to take and whittle down the list to one or two. Looks like a lot of fun!
  

Mistake or a Different Path?

I don't seem to be able to keep working on one class project lately, so a the moment, I'm working on three:  Cindee Moyee's Equestrienne II and Elusive Butterfly and Edwina Sutherland's Yvette, A Costumed Lady.  Each one is different and uses different techniques.   I'm enjoying myself despite the occasional guilty feeling I experience because I'm behind in three online classes simultaneously.

Equestrienne II is almost done

I've done several of Cindee Moyer's online classes; enough to be ready to try variations of the instructions she gives.  Rather than dupioni silk, for the doll's bodice, I used a scrap of  Pink Gold Purple Hologram Stretch Lycra Fabric. Since the fabric did stretch, I backed it with muslin to prevent an overstuffed  Equestrienne.  The resulting body looks good.

My mistake happened when I made the head. Rather than using doll skin, which is what Cindee Moyer usually uses, I used a scrap of muslin.  I've used both muslin and doll skin on various projects, so I'm familiar with both.  My only concern about using muslin on this project is that the fabric will not stretch enough when it is stuffed.  However, since the head is sewn and ready to stuff and I'm already behind in my class,  I may as well see how a muslin head turns out.

Elusive Butterfly is coming along nicely.

Once I finish the Equestrenne doll, I'll need to sculpt a horse.

At the moment, Yvette is a naked, bald doll.