september, seriously?

September 02, 2015 in Work

Things have been nuts. There has been no time. My classes started, my son's school hasn't. I made a trip to my mom's in California with my son and mules were ridden. I installed my piece "Ligatures" at Artistry in Bloomington, and a week later I attended the reception. The exhibition is titled "It's Personal" and I am showing with Paula Barkmeier. The city of Bloomington's communication specialist produced this short video on the exhibition if you would like to take a look: "It's Personal."

so close....

June 30, 2015

But I will have to finish it at home. I can tell the ball joints are going to be really fussy. I have to cut the clay off and remove the center so it is hollow, then glue a guide wire inside and add two small holes for the elastic to pass through. I am a little nervous that the joints aren't big enough for all that, but we will see. I will need to paper all the parts before I assemble it, but can paint the body once it is together. If this works, I will have to figure out ball joints at the wrist and ankles, and maybe a bigger figure.

out walking....

June 29, 2015

and I came across this great property wall. The front end of this creature was on the left side of the gate, and the back end on the right. And someone was playing a guitar inside while I walked by.

more ball jointed dolls....

June 25, 2015 in Inspiration

by blackeyedsuzie at her website.

She plays with all sorts of different joints...ball, bead, thread....they are really quite ethereal.

ball jointed

June 23, 2015

figures. I have been mooning over them for months now and I finally screwed up the courage to order some supplies. I should get them with still a few more days at Starry Night to start playing. I have been looking at this tutorial on deviantart.com.....

And found these wonderful images by Alana Cora.

These last two are not ball jointed, but they are really lovely. Wish me luck!

been working....

June 22, 2015

and nearly have four new sewing dolls complete-ish, I will have to raid my limbs pile when I get home as I didn't bring enough tools with me to make limbs for all the bodies. I've been thinking for quite some time about accessories for the sewing dolls that might make an environment for photographs. Yesterday I finished a table top. It is paperclay, and the frame and legs are portions of this really great folding ruler I found at a thrift shop earlier this summer. You can see the legs next to it. I will wait to assemble it until I get home as it will be easier to ship in pieces.

A wardrobe with drawers, suitcase, sewing machine and an ironing board are all in the works as well.

inflatables...

June 14, 2015 in Inspiration

My 3-Dimenisonal Design class ended the semester on a beautiful day with our inflatables project. The students mostly worked in groups, and had to create something that was at least ten feet in one direction. This are some of the results.

It's done....

June 12, 2015 in Work

I finished this piece today!

except for a tab system I am going to have to add to the back to hang it from when I get home. Each square is 3x3 inches and has hook and eyes on all sides that will link in to the hook or eye of the one next to it, so they will all be attached. Some squares are just the painted pattern paper...some with masses of eyes sewn on, and most with masses of eyes as well as hair like thread masses on top. I can't tell you how excited I am about this piece! The picture is terrible, but all I can do here with my iPhone in my studio. I should have installation shots to show later in July when I bribe my husband. I hope you will come back and look at it then!