Miniature Porcelain Dolls
Vasi usually begins with something that sparks her imagination, an item that conjures up a character in her mind. From there she looks over the generic molds she has to find the right gender and body posture for her ... [... more]
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Soft Sculpture Dolls
Meet Jane Darin, a doll maker who creates fine art figures for people of all ages. ... [... more]
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Handmade Felt Sculptures
Pope starts each felt sculpture by building an armature, using vinyl-clad copper wire for the spine, arms and legs. Galvanized steel wire is used for the hand armature, and it is finished off with hot glue, foil, ... [... more]
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Dasal Bank's Stick People
The Carol Duvall Show camera crew goes on the road to bring us photography director Dasal Banks. Bank's talents aren't limited to photography, he also sculpts wooden stick people. Banks was chopping wood for a friend ... [... more]
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Nostalgic Clay Doll Art
Annie's 10-inch dolls begin with a face sculpted from polymer clay. Using needles and manicure tools, she completes the basic face structure. Next, she creates the hands and shoes, also from clay. The hands, shoes, ... [... more]
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Cloth Doll Artist
Guest artist Julie McCullough creates whimsical cloth dolls in her studio called Magic Threads. The Carol Duvall Show cameras zoom in to see how Julie brings these dimensional creations to life. ... [... more]
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Crocheted Dolls
In her modest trailer home, Otta has surrounded herself with plenty of crocheted company. What is especially remarkable about these dolls is their level of detail. Under close scrutiny, one can see that they even ... [... more]
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Quirky Sitting Ladies
6. Paint the clothes in your choice of colors. For interest, you can paint the shirt and then imprint a rubber stamp in it to create a pattern. Or, wave your brush over wet paint to give the paint texture (figure D). ... [... more]
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Cultural Fabric Figures
One of Alice's figures begins at the loom with her weaving her own fabric. Once it's woven, Alice begins the laborious process of creating the figure's torso and head by crocheting. With the body complete, Alice next ... [... more]
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Art Fetish Doll
3. Lash the bundles together to form a cross shape (figure A). Use hot glue gun to make this construction easier and stronger. The shorter bundle forms the doll's arms and the longer bundle forms the neck and torso. ... [... more]
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Doll Maker
Jack Johnston, a doll artist in Centerville, Utah, makes Santa dolls from polymer clay. He starts with a sketch for a new doll, then shapes the head and face and attaches the hair (goat hair) to the doll. He ... [... more]
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Spoolie Dolls
Jean Kievlan puts together wooden blocks, balls, and spools to make her ingenious "Spoolie" dolls, whose outfits are personalized with embroidered messages. The style, color and texture of the clothing are a matter ... [... more]
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