Dolls, Puppets & Sculptures

Dreidel Delivery Guy and Bagel Delivery Guy; paper wall art.  Approximately 7" x 10" each.

Sculpting today.

Finished just before Summer's end.  Albert and Armand Goldman Hand Puppets played by Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in the 1996 movie, The Bird Cage.  Sculpted Paperclay heads with fabric bodies.  Wish I had just a little more summer.   SOLD

Dancing Geisha Hand Puppet; Paperclay and silk.  SOLD 

Jean Lafitte Hand Puppet published in Art Doll Quarterly, Summer 2018 issue.

Texas Association of Original Doll Artsits & Girl Scouts

June 2018, TAODA will celebrate WORLD DOLL DAY with the GIRL SCOUTS of SAN JACINTO. Each TAODA member is sewing 10-5"x7" rectangle Pillow Dolls for Girl Scouts to stuff. Scouts will stuff two dolls each, one doll to keep one doll to donate to a child in a Houston area hospital. 
 Here is the Pillow Doll Pattern . . . Enlarging the pattern to fit an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, will give you a 5x7 doll.

HAPPY SEWING . . .

 GALVESTON, 'OH' GALVESTON!

Coast Magazine of Galveston, July 2017

 Pirate Jean Lafitte Hand Puppet; Sculpted Paperclay, velvet, leather and wood burned base.  SOLD

Puppets!

Tyrion Lannister

Finished!  Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister Hand Puppet.  SOLD on Etsy: WithHueInMind

Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister ready for costuming (as soon as I get the super glued doll hair off my fingers).

Sculpting Tyrion Lannister

'Wild at Arts' Gallery Show

'Wild at Arts' Gallery Show.  May 24 - June 18 at the Galveston Art League in Clute, TX.  This is a combined show of the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists with the Bee Wild Fiber Artists.  This should prove to be an amazingly colorful show.

'I Heart You' by Gwynne Ross; 8 1/2" x 11" x 2" Cardboard, Paper, Paperclay and Acrylics.

DREIDEL MAN; Paperclay, fabric and leather

Automata

 There is definitely beauty in hand cutting metal, but I don't think we should overlook the advantages of using power tools.  Just saying...

Made in Gary Schott's class.  Woodworking and Metalsmithing:  Making Movable Objects at Art League Houston.  The head turns and bobs.  FUN!!