I am not a kind of person who'd make dolls. No.
Even when I was a little girl I had lots of animal soft toys but not a single doll. Dolls never appealed to me as a girl. So it was a pleasant surprise that I actually really enjoyed making them this time!
Many thanks to the lovely returning customer C in UK for the opportunity! She wanted me to make a doll for her 6y.o. daughter. It's a challenge and time-consuming to try to make something for the first time. To make a doll with arms and legs was definitely outside my comfort zone. I said 'yes' just because I did not want to disappoint her, I thought "Hmm.. Let's see what I can do!".
Now I am in love with these little persons that sit on your palm. I made them in a way that their heads can rotate and they can sit by themselves without support. I think they are full of characters. I think I'll make more! So, what I learnt was 'never say never' :)
In fact, my mother was a doll maker till I was 16. She came up with an original recipe for her clay with very fine saw dust, rice glue, fibre from newspapers. Once completely dried, when the body parts hit with each other, they made beautiful sounds like hard wood which was amazing...
The memories of watching her drying these body parts started coming back to me... :)
A group of vases dressed up with flowers!
I love how they are only complete with with flowers and plants.
The flowers for them act as dresses, accessories, the language that speaks for them... :)
Hope your week end was a lovely one!
x
Erin
