Daisy

Daisy

Daisy was an uncomplicated girl who appreciated the simpler things in life.....
good coffee in the morning, fresh flowers in the house and good friends to share both.
However, on some days, she put her tap shoes on and just danced - because you never want it to be too simple......

FREE on-line learning class

I made this pattern up a while ago and it has appeared in a couple of magazines - so you may have seen him before. However I have written up a 4 lesson online class now and I am offering it for FREE. I want to show you all how great on-line classes are and how easy they are. It is a self paced class that you download the lessons and work on in your own time. I have set up a yahoo group for the lessons, class discussion and uploading pictures to share. You can only access the class by invitation so you will need to click on the button to join (best way) or contact me by email and let me know you want to join. You can find this info on my picturetrail link above as well. The process is simple and I will aim to get you invited into the classroom as soon as possible. Once in, I will around for you to ask questions of and help as best I can. Hope to see you there - Kind regards, Linda.

"For my children"

So February is nearly over and I am settling down into the year. School is back and I have been working on a new doll. She is called "for my children" and is made of fabric and paperclay. You may recall her face - she started life with a lamp shade base but, you know , sometimes you just can't get the stride going. Anyway, she morphed into a light base that one of the kids had owned - still wanting the light to shine through, so to speak! Around her base are the words which refer to collecting and putting things in order so that my children will understand.....a mothers role but with the value of recycling integral to the meaning. I have used many found objects that the kids are familiar with to re-enforce that visual knowledge. She has a Silver eye bird on her arm - a local dweller - and computer part hat and I have created the fabric for her clothing with the embellisher machine and free machine embroidery. As too, the fabric in her hand.
Paperclay legs are a new step for me and overall I feel that I have achieved my intention.

Finally got around to posting some new pics. This is the doll I am working on at the moment using 2 recycled lampshades. So far I have sculpted a head and shoulders in paperclay and made a torso which has then been attached to the 1st wire lampshade base. The other 2 shots are the next step with fabric layered over the sculpt and a rough face drawn to give me a guide to the final look.
Next is to cover the work with an underglaze, more sanding and then the final paint.
So, what do you think? She is an elongated head shape and I have a whimsical costume planned for her with some layered textile techniques. She will also have a light bulb under her skirt so I intend on making the light shine through!