Meet the fabulous Miss Zelda! Here's how Zelda got her name: The UFDC Facebook group has an alphabet sharing format and they are on Z so it inspired me to find a Z name. Zelda means strong (a German short of Griselda) and in Yiddish means happy/blessed. I was tickled pink when I received her, and Valentine's Day is coming up! I bought this doll because there were enough features to the doll that were reminiscent of an Izannah Walker doll that I wanted to see her in person. I took a chance because I could only see the fully dressed doll and its face and none of the construction underneath. I didn't even know if the back of her head would be there! Lordamercy! I'm glad I bought her though, because she is GREAT. I photographed an early Izannah Walker doll in 2013 at James Julia auctions. The eyes were flatter, and not as 3D modeled as later dolls. Zelda's eyes reminded me a bit of that doll and that's why I bought her. I wanted to see her in person. But there the similarity in the face ends. Zelda is not an Izannah Walker doll. The hands are extremely similar although the thumb is not separately attached as they would be in Izannah dolls. The bare feet are also similar to a barefoot Izannah Walker doll. But that type of foot design was widely used amongst various types of dolls in the 19th century. The painted stockinette face is interesting, with a stitched joining at the top. But this doll doesn't have a back middle seam that Izannah Walker dolls do. This doll's stockinette goes all the way down over the neck area to the shoulderplate, while Izannah Walker dolls generally have the stockinette only go as far as the neck, and the shoulder plates are covered with a painted plain woven cloth like muslin. Zelda's face does have a 3D mask feel to it. It appears to have been stiffened but this could have been created by needle-sculpting and then painting the needle sculpted face. I would love to see the underneath, but won't. Click here to see an example of an Izannah Walker doll that has the stockinette that covers the neck and shoulder plate area. But stockinette over a 3D face structure was pretty common in the later 19th century. Izannahs Walker dolls, Alabama Baby Dolls, Martha Chase Dolls, Philadelphia Shephard Babies, and numerous other one of a kind dolls share this feature. Here is an interesting lady doll with similar construction said to be from Lancaster County, PA which auctioned at Skinner's some years ago can be found at this link: https://www.skinnerinc.com//auctions/2585B/lots/151 Zelda *might* have been assembled of parts from various dolls ages and ages ago? But I don't think so. This doll could have been made by someone who had seen Izannah Walker dolls and was inspired by them. Maybe a generation later someone tried to recreate a beloved doll for their child, but used an entirely different body. The thread joining stockinette to body appears to be older. I blacklighted this doll and don't see any later painting. I have found another doll that is extremely similar, so perhaps this was a cottage industry dollmaker? Here are two images from Pinterest which don't lead to any site to give attribution. If you know of the site, please let me know. Or if you are the owner of the doll below, please contact me so we can compare construction. This doll in the images below has the same barely indicated ears like Zelda has, as well as a similar face structure and joining of stockinette. This doll in blue has less paint loss but a similar feel of expression and construction around the mouth and nose and the painting of the eyes. The body style is interesting. Here is a post on MAIDA Today of other antique dolls with a similar design. This froggy type of body usually dates to the last quarter of the 19th century. I think there was a body pattern that was sold commercially and people finished it as they saw fit, because the arms and feet are pretty different. As patterns were shared amongst women who sewed, dolls of this type could have been made later as well. This pattern of Zelda is a little different, as the top of the thighs is gathered (and she has a stitched belly button) My guess is this doll was made in the 1890's, if I assume this clothing is original to the doll (and I feel like it might be). The bonnet style is 1890's to turn of the century. The bonnet could have been added later, OR the doll could have been made later and fitted with a child's old clothing. The clothing fits her perfectly. She's a fun doll and I'm going to keep her for a while. In fact, she's a winner because she came with a blue ribbon! The International Doll Association was a doll club formed in Nebraska in 1963 as the "International Doll Club", became the "International Doll Association" in 1973, and then dissolved in 1977. Here are more images of Zelda, in no particular order. The body pattern has no joints for sitting: The hands are very similar to Izannah Walker's hands but the thumb is not separately attached. It's interesting that one hand is cut with the grain going up and down in the directions of the fingers, and the other hand the hand is cut across the bias of the grain. The ankles have repairs, but the feet are a continuation of the leg. Details of the clothing: That's it. Now I need to sell a doll to make room for Zelda.
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I simply adore harlequin floors. I have one in my kitchen that I have loved for years. I want one in the foyer of my next house! The harlequin pattern originated 400 years ago on Italy's theatrical stages, where performers who had honed their acts on the street would engage in improvisational comedy. Harlequin was a "servant" who wore brightly colored diamond-patterned tights and a mask. The pattern has been associated with clowns ever since.There is something altogether comical about this design, though it can also be quite classic. Thanks to the history that is mentioned above, these diamonds are now something of a sophisticated design. The overall design looks particularly spectacular when it is used as flooring. Furniture painted in a harlequin pattern is also popular. Enjoy these pictures and be inspired to try a bit of this pattern in you home. pinterest.com pinterst.com Harliquin floors are associated with the elegance and classical refinement of past ages. However today they can be brought into many different styles of interiors. pinterest.com Kitchens are perfect rooms to bring in some harlequin to your interior design. liakeyes.tumblr.com google.com google.com Entryways are my favorite spaces for harlequin flooring.. bhg.com This is a beautiful outdoor entertainment area. Not everybody has a stone floor But if you have smooth concrete porch, why not paint it in a harlequin pattern and seal it with polyurathane. sherimartininteriors.wordpress.com thezhush.blogspot.com stylecompass.1stdibs.com Remember it is not written in stone that the pattern has to be black and white!! georgianadesign.tumblr.com google.com contentinacottage.blogspot.com oldhouseweb.com The picture on the right shows how a painted floor can cover a multitude of sins. This floor doesn't match up and has different lengths and widths. The harlequin pattern evens things out. google.com tubler.com Gorgeous! hviturlakkris.blogspot.com Grey and white harlequin is lovely in this shabby chic kitchen. google.com This and the following picture shows the elegance a harlequin patterned floor brings to a room. williamreubanks.com http://thecolorfulbee.com/venetian-plaster-fact-fiction/ Harlequin painted walls are trendy in today's homes. heystudios.com You can find a number of furnishings and accessories in home decor stores today. erasofelegance.com liakeyes.tumblr.com You can choose variations on the pattern. This still gives you the impression of harlequin. google.com This kitchen floor has a larger pattern. Something for every taste. torontodesigners.com A fabulous contemporary twist on the harlequin pattern. pacificheightsplace.com Baths are great spaces to try out a bit of harlequin. desiretoinspire.net This patterns works well with certain other patterns. Just select carefully.
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YEP, you heard it first HERE! My Rayssea doll will have her own Show and Tell page in a future issue of Art Doll Quarterly -- how exciting is that?! Staci Dumoski, managing editor of the aforementioned magazine, approached to ask if she could borrow her for photography! I'm beside myself with JOY. I ran out to the parking lot to call Tien, but (dang it) his cell phone was off. I went to Cloth Doll Heaven or, as they called it, a very special class named The Cosmic Queens Do Faces, with six of the very best doll makers sharing their know-how. They each lectured for a bit, we had student show/tell, stopped for lunch, then broke into small groups for 30 precious mins with each teacher. We left with instruction sheets and patterns from each teacher, plus new knowledge to take back to our studios. Click on my photos to examine details. elinor peace bailey (left) is Queen of All Dollmakers (to me) and absolutely one of my heroes. Here she is with some of her dolls. elinor is an opinionated feminist who asks deeply thoughtful questions and makes her students think too. I just wanted to absorb her. She gave me valuable advice on my work and secured it with a big loving hug that showed she meant it. Barbara Chapman (right) is another hero of mine. By taking her Fun Little Fairies class in Winter 2006 I was able to release unnecessary stitch-pickiness to allow creativity to flow more easily. I couldn't believe my good luck to photo them side-by-side. Aren't they fabulous? This is a doll by Betts Vidal. This was my first intro to her work and, wow, is she ever good. She doesn't like stitching to show on the outside of her dolls, so everything is finished really well. Betts's faces are exquisite and she shared her secrets with us. The delicate eyelashes emphasize her feminine forms. Look at those eyes and that gorgeous chin! Barbara Willis is new to me too, although I'd heard of her and her famous stuffing fork (every cloth dollmaker has one of these). Now I know what her dolls are like too -- just wonderful. This is a soft portrait of a lady by Barbara. I loved all the details: buttons, beads, stamped image, hand-dyed ribbons and trim, machine stitching, lace and silk leaves. Last but not least is a gathering of Patti Medaris Culea's dolls. I have one of her excellent teaching guides, but there's nothing like having the master hold my hand through an exercise in drawing faces, because hers are superb. I adore this lady - she's warm and lovely, and really cute to boot. Li Hertzi and Sally Lampi were also there. Sally taught me soft sculpture at New Pieces quilt shop in Berkeley about ten years ago, but arthritis has changed her path. She shared mould-making from soft sculpture, as well as 3-dimensional paper dolls made of wire, white glue and newspaper - I gotta try it. Incidentally, this woman is hilariously funny.
Learn about needle felted art dolls in this issue of Felter Skelter by Zoe Williams. Old ladies in felt to snow creatures are all featured.
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The Wild West Buffalo features two life-size portrait bronzes in it. The right side has Sitting Bull welded in it and the left side features a portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody. The two famous characters starred in Bill Cody's Wild West Show that toured the all around world. The idea to put the two bronze busts featuring Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill came about during the 2012 Christmas fair in Lemmon. Kavan Donohue was looking through a book in front of Phyllis Schmidt's booth and saw an old poster that showed a picture of Buffalo Bill in a running buffalo (pictured below). Kavan pointed it out to me and said if you like to put faces in your pieces put Buffalo Bill in a Buffalo like this. This is the face I cut off a twelve foot Angel and welded into Top Knot a life-size horse I was building the summer of 2012. This face inspired Kavan to have an idea after seeing Buffalo Bills face in the poster above. This is a big deal because know I am not just building a scrap iron buffalo. It now has a theme to it and the face helps tell the story. In the case of the Wild West Buffalo pictured below Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill being in the same buffalo gives it this new feel that my piece didn't have before this. Thanks Kavan! I talked with Kavan on the phone when I started sculpting the Buffalo Bill bust in clay and he said it really needed to be trying to get out of the buffalo. I remember taking the clay that I had just started the day before to the shop and cutting the armature to push one shoulder down and turn his face. The action in this portrait really adds to the finished piece. Here are some progress shots of The Wild West Buffalo while in the welding shop. I can really feel my style coming together in this piece. This is quintessential John Lopez with a touch of Kavan Donohue mixed in. I liked to hide my bronzes in the Hybrid Metal pieces but in this one I feature the bronzes in an obvious way. The Sitting Bull Bust is not hidden it is intentionally framed so that your eye is drawn to it right away. The Wild West Buffalo is finally complete. If you want to see the piece in person come to Rapid City, SD June 22 and 23rd for the Art and Wine Festival in the Main Street Square. After we installed the buffalo in New Hampshire we met this gal on a whale watching excursion. She called the next morning because she wanted to come and see the two pieces I have at Pinacle. Kavan Donohue and I in front of Dakotah after a photo shoot for Faces Magazine.
Finally our big secret is out.....I am utterly thrilled to announce that one of my all time most favourite altered artists is coming to teach at ArtsyCrafts. Yes it's true, the Lynne Perrella will be here to teach classes alongside our regular ArtsyCrafts October event at the Warrington venue on October 14, 15, 16th. To say my mind flipped when an email from her landed in my inbox on the 6th of October last year asking if we would be interested in hosting her for some classes ....well it wasn't just flipping... I was screaming down the phone to Lin and running all over the house like a total nutter! Excited! MUCH!!! And I still haven't calmed down! There are 2 people whose work has had a huge impact on my own creativity, and Lynne is one of those people, so for me personally, this is such a delight to be able to meet her and bring her to the UK so you can learn direct from her yourselves. A bit about Lynne Perrella I adore Lynne Perrella's style, her artistic flair, her bold use of colour, the way she assembles pieces together, the layers and layers of papers & paint lovingly pieced together and applied, the mix of ephemeral elements so carefully selected... ...the way she uses vintage imagery often as a focal part of her compositions and yet so amazing blended in with other elements of the composition, and the way she can flexibly work as an illustrator, as a mixed media artist or do a stunning assemblage.... yet across all these different styles/ methods, she still has her uniqueness etched in everything she does. She is truly original in her style, and I think has always been held in high regard an iconic muse for many crafters all over the world. She has shared so willingly her creativity via many books and numerous Stampington publications. And of course, I adore her striking stamp designs from her Acey Deucy collection; they are some of my most favourite and most-used stamps in my collection. Lynne is so keen to bring to you 3 different full-day classes and I know you will absolutely enjoy every minute with her. Her style is such a perfect fit with ArtsyCrafts ('mistakes' are a great learning opportunity is part of her mantra too), and yet she will bring something very new to this ArtsyCrafts. Obviously you will enjoy learning her tips and techniques of creating a unique-to-you project under her guidance and encouragement, but we are so thrilled that her specialist skills in the specific area of collage/ assemblage are ideas that we have note explored at ArtsyCrafts before. So to learn from the number one mixed media expert with papers and paints is such an awesome opportunity for us all. Please do take some time to go and check out her site here to get an idea of what she creates. All the pictures you see on here are just a small sampling of her beautiful work. So....How will it work? At the Warrington ArtsyCrafts, Lin and I will teach two different 1 day classes on October 15th, 16th, and in her own classroom, Lynne Perrella will teach 3 different 1 day classes on October 14, 15, 16. You will be able to book any combination of day-long classes with any combination of teachers. You might come for 1 day, or maybe 3, it's entirely up to you which class you attend each day. The maximum you will be able to attend is 3 of the 5 classes on offer. Newport Pagnell ArtsyCrafts on October 22nd, 23rd will be a regular 2 day ArtsyCrafts event. It will only be available to book as a 2 day inclusive event (as normal) Booking Procedure So what next? Well if you have been following us for the last couple of weeks on twitter/ facebook or here on the blog, you will already know that tickets go on sale Sunday evening (24th July) from the PaperArtsy Website. We do not know an exact time yet, as we still have some crinkles to iron out, so watch the twitter feed, but we are aiming for 8pm. At the moment you can see an information page with dates and costs, but sometime tomorrow below that information the class descriptions will be up so that you should be able to read up on the classes and can plan out which you want to book. And then at 8pm, we will release the tickets so you will be able to add classes into your basket, proceed to checkout and pay. Ordering and Payment......insider tips... The fastest way to book classes is to add classes to your basket, and then click 'telephone payment' at the checkout. Your order will be placed immediately. We will then call you sometime next week for your credit card details and process your payment over the phone. It is equally as fast (only for people in the UK) if you select 'bank online transfer' (BACS) but this does require you actually go online and transfer money into our account, so this is not reccomended for EU or international customers. If you wish to pay online with your credit card, please use 'secureform' this is a third party secure payment gateway. Once we have received your order, and we are ready to bill your card, we then can then approve your card to be charged sometime later this week. Paypal is not ideal for various reasons that I won't bore you with, but in this situation it is slow as you have to leave our website to go to paypal, log in to paypal, make payment and then eventually come back to our site when finally your shopping basket/ waiting order will recognise your payment was successful. We would really prefer for administrative reasons that you don't use paypal to pay for these classes if possible, especially if you are an international student who will need their invoices amended to include 20% VAT. For every single order we do like to manually check that each order is correct before we take payment. For example, that you have got the right number of classes or that nothing clashes. If you have ordered something in error, we can easily make amendments (particularly to add VAT to international orders), and check back with you BEFORE we take payment. We can't do this so easily with paypal, so this is why we are asking you to avoid the paypal gateway on this occasion. So for this post, let me leave you with some quotes from people who have attended Lynne's classes, and we hope to see many of you in the autumn at what is going to be another fabulous ArtsyCrafts event. Competition Winner PS. the winner of the 'guess the artist' competition after collecting entries from blog, facebook comments and twitter guesses was randomly selected as Mel aka Humel aka Tigger (she bounced all over at the Tim event) whose hilarious blog is called 'I Speak Melsh' ....Mel please contact me with your snail addy and a list of the 6 fresco paints you *need* July 21, 2011 4:58 PM humel said... Ooh - it is Lynne Perella, isn't it? Wow, amazing!! *bounce* .
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