The Iris Map
If you can color-by-number, you can make beautiful eyes for your dolls every time.
Use colored pencils, paint, pastel, or chalk to blend the eye colors according to this helpful iris map.
Hide The Seams
Here's a great tip to take your cloth doll to the next level: make it into a mixed media sculpture by filling in the seams with Paperclay.
This Dress is for the Birds
Here's a very quick sketch of a technique that you can use to make your doll's dress "poof" out. Make a bird cage!
Dyeing for Mohair
If you make dolls, you probably have some white mohair lying around. I have lots of it. But I don't need white mohair. I need some color! Let's see how easy it is to dye it using Kool Aid!
Elsie – Faery Seam Ripper
Please meet Elsie, my house elf.
She holds the portkey to the sewing room of every doll maker in the world, and secretly travels around randomly, stealing sewing needles. If you are missing your needles, let me know.
Class With Deanna Hogan
This past weekend, I had the privilege of taking a class with Deanna Hogan. What a treat it was, and what an absolutely inspiring artist she is.
I learned so much and I enjoyed myself more than I have in ages. Deanna is a fine teacher and she has incredible patience. No wonder her dolls are so beautiful.People Dolls
This is my newest doll craze. I decided I am going to make arbitrarily shaped whimsical dolls with faces of real people. the body is different
Looking Good
Eyes tell a story about the character. They are the focus. The window to the soul.
Let’s learn one way to create eyes that will capture attention and make your doll a masterpiece. Let's make eyeballs!
Needle Felting a Hard-Headed Doll
If you are familiar with making cloth dolls, you probably know that you can use a felting needle to root natural wool into a doll's head.
This makes the hair look like it's growing out of the scalp. Working with a clay doll is different because the hair has to be glued onto the head, or the doll needs to wear a wig. Here's a technique that allows you to root hair, even if the doll is "hard-headed."
Mavis & Lulu