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Following on from my previous post, I have two more dolls from this series to share.
This is Ms. Rude Bitch. She is a sour-puss. When things don’t go her way, she does not hesitate in making a face and usually blurts out a catty remark designed to make you feel REALLY BAD.
Like my other […]

No more “Ms. Nice Guy”. The time had come to make some angry, ugly art dolls for a cathartic, therapeutic experience.
From time to time, in my otherwise happy life, people appear and really piss me off.
I know, this must be a shock to some of you, Dear Readers. But it is true.
This first fellow […]

I like sushi. And most Japanese sushi bars I visit have a ceramic lucky cat on its counter. It is the “Maneki Neko”, raising one or both paws, welcoming customers, attracting business. You can read more about Maneki Neko in Wikipedia.
I bought myself a tiny porcelain lucky cat not long ago to sit above my […]

This month I’ve been pulling together the articles for issue 5 of Astarte’s Mega-Zine. The theme is “Dreaming”. The articles have been so content-rich! Catherine McArdle, my associate editor said she kept forgetting she was supposed to be editing as she read through these articles because each one was so enthralling.
I designed this double-sided doll […]

I went into the studio intending to make an accordion book. I picked up a deck of cards from my box of collage papers. The next thing I know, I’ve built a little house.
 

A house of cards. It is a metaphor, is it not, for something flimsy; impermanent. A house of cards is at risk […]

In his first project, Arrigo started with an idea and figured out how to express that through a doll – his talisman. (Read his post below.)
I started the challenge in a kind of reverse fashion – I made a couple of paper dolls then considered what they represented to me.
I had some eye clipart print-outs […]