It's a pixie!

He is turning into a pixie!  I need to fill up his body a bit though.

And here his is painted. I think that is all I will be able to do here but I will see if I can find some more paint to finish the parts that need to be painted. I will do his costume when I get home.

A friend of mine who is returning to England tomorrow asked me if I could get her some fabrics today. Fabrics! Yippee! Of course I said and went shopping for fabrics. Once I am in a fabric shop in India I am lost:) my eyes go roving in a fabric shop and I could not resist picking up these lovely silks for myself. The picture does not do justice to these fabrics. They have a lovely sheen and some have a slight  shimmer. The ones on the top right hand are embedded with tiny sequins which glitter when the fabric moves

Waiting for me

This doll is all mummified and waiting for me to get to work on it . But at the moment my mum's health is giving me concerns so I am not able to put my mind on it. I brought this project along with me so that I could work on it in my spare time but that's not happening at the moment. Also I am a bit unsure whether it is going to be a he or she. I was thinking of making a he but looking at the face it is more girlish than boyish  :)

Red Shoe Walk on London's amazing bridges

On 17^th May, I’ll be getting up early in the morning, wearing a pair of Red Shoe and walking on the Bridges of London along with a group of others for The British Red Cross and I’m hoping to raise a total of £1000

I’ve chosen to support British Red Cross because British Red Cross work locally in the UK as well as internationally. They provide support at home and in local emergencies, as well as large scale disaster response and support for vulnerable communities. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are, a crisis can happen to anyone at any time. This year people have needed help in the UK with the floods, the Red Cross has been there for them.

If you’d like to show your support, you can make a donation through my fundraising page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/thecrazyquintet .Anything will help, no matter how big or small.  Make sure you put your company name on the donation message so all other donors can see you’re supporting me.

 I have also put a button in the left hand column of the blog. Just click it and it will take you to my fundraising page.

Thanks in advance for your generosity, and support.

Waiting

So here is my sculpt my mould and the final paper clay face. I am now waiting for it to dry.  Then sand it and hopefully a doll will be in the making soon. I think I will make another one a bit smaller. I thought this was small but it turned out bigger than I thought it would. Well I am learning :-)

Trying to sculpt

Haven't done much today. Have been so busy until now. So decided to try sculpting as I have an idea forming in my head. Also it is a way to unwind a bit before I go to pick up a friend.

Blue Doll

This is my Blue colour doll that I made for my doll club exhibition. The main theme of the display dolls is rainbow colour dolls. All the members were asked to make a doll from one of the colours of the rainbow. I got the blue colour so here she is. Her body is all cloth, decoupaged and soft sculpted. Since blue colour is associated with many moods I did tried to combine all the shades of blue. Blue is for bright skies, deep oceans, deep deep shades of night embedded with bright stars. Blue also is associated with sadness. I hope all that can be seen in her. She holds a rose in her hand. It could be, it was given to her by a dear friend or she could be just thinking of someone and wears her heart on her sleeve. You maybe able to see the heart on her sleeve if you look carefully. But her face tells me she is thinking of a happy moment or dreaming of something nice. Well I leave it to you to decide. To me she looks like an opera singer:)

PS. I do not know why there is so much colour variations in the pictures even though I took them all in the same setting. Maybe my camera is at fault. I would say the first and the last pictures are more the actual colour of the doll. Her skin tone is light blue.

 

 

Not giving up

He tries and tries again and again till he gets at the food somehow. He is a persistent guy.