RISD Craft...

September 04, 2015 in Work

Is one of the next things on my calendar. It is an annual alumni/student sale during Parents Weekend at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. I loved going to it and seeing all the work when I was a student. This year, it was juried, and the college provides tables and a tent should it rain, so you don't have to have a booth to apply with. I've been curious about art fairs, and this one has a built in audience, so I applied. And I am going. I'm pretty excited. I will take the sewing dolls, animal dolls and some of my MFA dolls. I am also going to make some prints of photographs I have made of the dolls...I had hoped to make new ones with the new doll furniture and environments, but there is just not time. So I am starting to think about hang tags, plastic sleeves, a tablecloth, postcards...what my brand should look like. I've got a month to do it. The sale is one day only, Saturday, October 10 from 10 am - 5 pm. If you are in the area, please come out and see me! If you can't make it to the sale, you can check out the artist spotlight to see what you'll miss.

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.