Day 7 of Soft Dolls- Sculptured... :D

Well I've done some of the sculpturing of the face of my new doll. It's definitely proving to be someone I had no idea I would make....but I really think that it has character.

 I took out the initial sculpturing that I had put in and gave this one a few tweeks. I really do love how it's coming along..I had a smile on my face the whole time I was working on it. It may not look like much at the moment but it will, I can feel it and definitely a "character".

I want to work on the body for a few days and then come back to the face so that it develops. I have to gesso the face and then let it dry. I will then have the pattern for the body, which I think I will make partially costume and flesh. I have some very unique material that I bought some time ago, knowing once I saw it that it had a place in my doll world. We shall see.

I love the process of doll making because it is so abstract. I have painted for many years and my favorite style has always been abstract because there are no boundaries. It is the same with sculpturing dolls, the faces and styles have no boundaries. Dolls and the characters they become are as limitless as your imagination.

A little note about me, I have always kept my distance from faces in painting for some reason....but with sculpture..I don't feel that hesitance. I feel a necessity to help these faces come to life, it has become so exciting. It's almost as if each one is being born as you work with it. It's also a welcoming hurtle for me as well in the painting/creation realm.

Let me leave you with some pictures of the face I have sculptured and I will be back tomorrow. I did go to the clubhouse today, to walk on the treadmill and also to work in peace, haha. I made progress on the doll face as well as the sweater (knitting) that Im working on. I have promised myself that I will finish it even if im well into spring, I can always wear it in the fall next year.

An amazing find, lol, my camera battery has no power! I plugged it in and will be able to take my doll pictures soon. I'll post in a few hours, see you back then.

Dulce' the dollweaver  (just a few pics of some late may 10' skies)

Just another day....

just wanted to say hello to the world that listens.....im home from work and today was a good day. My husband always asks...so, how was your day? And by that he means, good, great, stressful, eventful- good or bad, and he wants the details! Each day is like that, depending on the events that im taking care of or how many servers call off. And added to that is the ADD-ONS!!!Yep, each day I go to my mailbox at work, which I playfully have dubbed "crap in the box", You know, Jack in the box? (with a twist). That's because each time you look at your mailbox (which is 3ft by 3ft square with slots and names of each dept head)you have a mound of mail. Most of this mound is just that, crap. And even when its something that you need, it still can be considered crap because it comes at the wrong time.

Our event coordinator is a bit scattered to say the least. She has never dealt with the "real" f & b side of the equation so things do not run as smoothly as they should or could. She never has all the event sheets done when we have the f&b meeting which means for me that I have half the info for scheduling that I need. She changes times and counts without telling anyone that they've happened. Makes my job that much harder. So........when my husband asks me "how was your day?" It varies greatly !!

Well, as I said in my earlier post re: my non-vacation, we went on a hike. It was nice, I mean, Iknow my husband was trying to make me happy and make up for the fact that we werent going on vacation. I just couldnt grasp the fact that we werent going, when I had looked so forward to it. I mean I had my heart set on being in the outer banks.!, watching the ocean eb and flow. geesh!
Ok Im over it.............

These pics are of the trees that we saw on our hike, with woodpecker holes. You gotta love-em, the woodpeckers i mean. You know, how many creatures do you know that would bash their heads against a tree all day just for a bug>? That's determination in my opinion. Or maybe just really hungry?

Gotta go


Got some pics for you :)

Thanks for listening,
Dulce