On some earlier post, I'd mentioned finding a monster stash of doll eyes at the thrift shop. Then there were all these gourds laying around, waiting to be turned into something interesting. Besides, I want to submit a gourd art doll to Art Doll Quarterly's gourd challenge. I have gourd dolls already made, but decided to make something for the occasion.
Sooooo.... I gave them eyes. And have sculpted faces. Oh boy have I been having fun sculpting faces!
The end result is a sort of cross between nature totems and spirit dolls. Although I must admit having the silly things all lined up and staring at me was a bit unnerving at first. It's better now they have faces.
Some WIP photos... (don't be scared. They'll get painted later.)
One of them looks a little like Peter Lorre, doesn't he?
These are going to be absolutely fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteTHESE ARE AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see the all finished...and what you submit to ADQ.
i love the little devil guy.
i never could quite get the hang of sculpting around doll eyes. i bought a bunch when i first got into making dolls...but they were hard for me to work with.
how did you feel about working with them..?
Amber, they are tricky--especially since I'm trying to stay true to the shape of the gourd and not create a "face shape" for them to fit into.
ReplyDeleteBut a little coil of paper clay around them...not too bad.
Wow, these are great! I've never been inspired to work with gourds but I really like what you're doing with these. Thanks for sharing, the faces look great and awesome thrift store find, isn't that the best?!
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