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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Miss House Wren - art doll

This is an art doll that I put together  practicing for an upcoming swap in my art club.  I love Catherine Moore's Character Constructions rubber stamps that consist of beautiful faces, body parts, clothing and accessories.  I chose Miss House Wren because of her beautiful face.  I stamped her 2X:  once on a white tag and once on decorative paper.  I colored the face on the white tag with pencils.  I cut out both faces and  attached the tag face over the other.  Next I stamped the torso of the Venetian Tea Party lady on striped decorative paper.  I cut out the torso and attached the face to it.  I stamped the arms on one of Catherine's Belle Jardiniere papers of a tree, placing the arms overthe limbs with leaves.  I cut these out and attached them to the blouse of the torso.  Next I stamped a bird cage (Stampers' Anonymous) over a large robin on one of Catherine's papers and cut out.  I glued it to a heavy piece of cardstock and cut it out.  I attached it to the waist of the torso.  I stamped the legs from the French Laundry #14 set onto the same striped paper as the blouse.  I cut these out and attached them to the lower part of the torso.  Next I cut out and glued the bird in the cage to a sturdy piece of cardstock; I punch a hole in the top of it and a hole in the right hand.  I used  a gold thread to tie through both holes and it hangs at her side.  I cut the nest and the small bird from Cavalini's Bird & Nest sticker set and attached them to the doll as shown.  I used the tiny bird and "d'oiseau" from the French Laundry set and stamped them on tiny tags that I glued together for a "front/back" to tie to Miss House Wren's hat.  I tied varigated green threads through the top of her hat.  I added a touch of lace at the top of her blouse.

4 comments:

  1. Sharon....this is an awesome "practice" art doll! I love Character Construction stamp images, too!

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  2. This is one of the nicest dolls of this kind I have ever seen! What a wonderful doll. I love bird/nest/cage stamps and this doll just appeals to me in every way!

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  3. Sara, Don't know how I missed this so long ago....I've been going through my blog and looking at comments on my artwork. Thank you so much for commenting on this doll. She was such fun to make. I'm glad I kept her for myself, but was very happy with the one I made for Jan, too.

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  4. Lynne, Thank you so much for your gracious comments. I've been browsing your "Altered Alice" and just love your work. Thanks again.

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