I have been busy making a circus-themed doll, for the Art Doll Quarterly magazine circus doll challenge. The deadline is September 15.
I sculpted the doll over a cloth body, along with three dogs, in Paperclay. She was to hold rings for them to jump through. I was going to crackle and antique the dogs, and was calling them in my mind the "crackle dogs"... "Snap, Crackle and Pop." The one going through the ring is Pop.
I liked the dogs, and the doll; but after getting most of the project done, except for hemming everything, I had to admit: the doll's face wasn't very cheery, for a circus.
I often, when a project is almost done, go off on a tangent or something, and try something else.
So, I decided to try
a different doll, using a head that I sculpted a few months ago. Here is a work-in-progress picture, below.
I made his hat by stretching felt around a finial, securing it with a rubber band, pulling the felt very tight and then painting it with diluted Elmer's Glue. Then let dry.
Tentative name... Binky. or maybe Emile. I think it's important to feel cheered when you look at your work, and he makes me feel happier. Hopefully I can get him and the dogs done by the mailing deadline.
