Flapper Doll

Finally back to dolls! I started what I hope will be a whole line-up of flapper dolls. This one is paperclay with jointed hip, shoulders, and knees. Her hair is mohair, which ended up just as wild and woolly as I was hoping. She sits well, if not exactly like a lady. Next stop, cocoon coat

Victorian doll - saucy style

A couple of years ago I made a mini bustle dress and loved working the little details, so I made a full Victorian badass doll - bustle style. She's made of polymer clay and has cotton bloomers and petticoat. Her dress is made of silk, her top hat of wool felt and lace. Victorian ladies knew how to put a look together. This from someone currently in sweatpants, but still...

Steampunk doll

For my next doll, I went steampunk - as much punk as steam. She has brass chain for arms, brass rods for legs, a steel coupling torso, and marabou hair with a silk dress and sleeves. Her goggles go on her face or up on her forehead. I gave her a hat but took it away again - it took away from her hair. She's available on Etsy (see link on side of page)

True Grit doll - Mattie Ross

Love me some Coen brothers, especially True Grit. Mattie Ross is my favorite character of the year, so I made me a doll. I made a hat block out of paperclay before I shaped the hat, and I found a replica of the Navy Colt revolver she uses in the film.

Pirate Doll - Suited for Battle

My latest pirate doll is French. I wasn't aware of this when I started, but she just started talking in a French accent. Go figure. So I think her name is Babette. I gave her a dagger-and-heart tattoo. She'll go up on Etsy tomorrow. Here she is with the rest of the crew.

Pirate doll 1

A pirate doll with a pegleg! Who doesn't love pirates? I mean, unless they're slaughtering your loved ones. And such a variety of deformities. My first has lost her leg. I also didn't want her to look coquettish or harmless, so I put a dagger in her mouth.

I started with polymer clay and the muslin body. For the face, I made eyeballs out of white clay and baked them, painted, and glossed them before sticking them in Pirate's skull. Her nose is a little ball of clay, and her mouth was made when I shoved in the dagger. It fell out while baking, but a little super glue solves everything,doesn't it?

The dagger's from a piece of sheet metal wrapped in leather, and the pistol in her sash is polymer clay over a thick wire.

The hat is wool felt, blocked on a ping pong ball.
Argh! Love me some woman pirates!