Some Clay and All Dolls Are Art

I’ve had fun this weekend working in my garden.  I flat wore myself out yesterday.  I got up early and mowed and picked beans and 2 cucumbers, got the yard watered in the back and the flower beds watered in the front.  I went to the farmers market where my favorite veggie booth had yellow squash and zucchini!  I also got my first beans of the season… had to get some since my bushes are only producing a small hand full every couple of days right now.  After the farmers market, I headed to Round Rock Market Days where I got myself a very nice present.  It won’t be unveiled for a couple of months though, because it has to wait for my back patio redo.

Anyway, today I slept late after a late night thunderstorm and rain into the early morning.  I have been toying with an idea, possibly for my table favor dolls for All Dolls Are Art 2012.  I finally tried it out this afternoon. 

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Meet the snail!  I sculpted him out of paper clay this evening over tin foil. 

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Isn’t this a great face? 

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This is my butterfly I was working on and have set aside as I don’t know how I want to paint it yet.

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I have also been playing with faces.  I want some flat faces I can mold, which I decided I was going to do with these today.  I read on Fran’s Blog how she molded a less than perfect face and used the mold to create another face which she added clay too and remolded.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find my mold material.  I know I saw it in the last few days, but I’ve moved it and can’t remember where.  Oh well. 

ADAA is coming up soon! We still have plenty of space in classes.  If you are curious, you can visit our Facebook page or our website:  www.alldollart.com.

Progress on Sirona

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I had a very productive day.  I got my floors cleaned by lunch time and after lunch, I sat down to work on Sirona.  I got her bodice gathered and stitched down.  I, then, designed the corset and constructed it.  There will be beads or trim or both around the neckline of the bodice and the edges of the corset.  I also got her sleeves made and used up almost all of the remaining lace from the packet I had. 

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I got my stuff packed up for my weekend play date and then sat down to draw Sirona’s face.  Unfortunately, this represents the one step back part of today’s program.  I don’t like her face or head at all.  I tried something different with this head.  I sewed it on the bias, to give it a bit of breadth.  Unfortunately, it didn’t work the way I wanted and I didn’t see that until I got the face on.

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Her nose is too big, her eyes too high on her face and I hate the mouth that I drew.  I was going for joyous and ended up with solemn-ish, going on bored.

So, if I can get up early enough tomorrow, I’m going to sew another head to take with me.