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)

Its a Sunny Day in OHIO and The Kitty is Happy!

Finally, a sunny day! We have snow on the ground but we have SUN, yay!
I was sitting here watching the sun peek in and out of the clouds earlier and thankfully now we have blue skies and SUN. What a pleasure it is to see. Im happy for the sun and Kitty is happy to have a playmate, even if it's stuffed :)

Im also watching the dvd of the Coral Reef that I bought a few yrs back for my cat Tiger (who is no longer with me, lost him last May) because I thought that Sophia (my new little kitty) would enjoy it. I thought that it would keep her somewhat occupied as I wrote my new post (she likes to walk across the laptop-not a good thing). Well she was playing with her toys, running all through the house, looked at it a few moments here and there and now she's sleeping. It didnt amuse my Tiger either.

I did buy the stuffed animal for Sophia that I spoke of yesterday. It's really cute. It's a stuffed pink sheep that has a squeeker in the tail end and one in the nose. She likes it and has taken to harassing it instead of me when diverted. I even tried the "hold down" this morning that I looked up on some cat info sites yesterday, which is where I learned about the idea for a stuffed animal.

The "hold down" is where you firmly but gently hold the kitten down once he/she has decided to dominate you by biting and box kicking you very aggressively. You only do it for a minute or two if that and then put he/she-kitty down and ignore them for a few minutes. I used the stuffed animal as the diversion this morning when she did her usual "I want you up" routine of attacking my hands as Im just waking up. I used the stuffed animal at first and tried getting her to understand that she should be aggressive with it and not me by showing her the animal and keeping my hands unmoved at my side. It worked for a few and then she caught site of my arm/hand and went for it, so I used the "hold down" method. It worked but I also think that the stuffed animal was too close at the time and she may have thought that it did the actual hold down and now she's a little bit timid with it now. Hmmm, well at least she's not attacking me LOL.

Ok, I need some refreshment and I should turn off the heater, this laptop does get hot on your lap, phew. I'll be back later, I have some ideas that I've written down...requires some add'l work and some pics.

See you in a few, Dulce