Woven mixed media dolls – Links
May 1, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, doll and dolls and dollmaking, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, small loom weaving
Here are the links for my mixed media woven dolls:
Woven Earth Listener Angel Doll
Dame Julian and Neni
Three young spritely spirited mixed media dolls
Mixed media dolls with found objects
Woven mixed media dolls – 3
May 1, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, crafts, doll and dolls and dollmaking, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, inspiration, small loom weaving
The previous entry had pics of my spritely mixed media dolls
Here are some more of my mixed media woven dolls:
A woven Menopause Fairy Doll
and a collection of my ‘Reclaiming Dolls’ (Dolls that have parts made from reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed components and found objects, as well as weaving):
I’ve put together a Links posting so you can catch the group of postings on mixed media woven dolls.
Hmm, it just struck me that they are like three dimensional collages. Neat!
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Woven mixed media dolls – 2
In my last posting, I showed pictures of my woven mixed media dolls, Neni and Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich.
These dolls are more whimsical:
I spun the yarn and then wove them on potholder looms and combined them will all kinds of mixed media: Leather, wood, stones, metal, wire, buttons and more….
Next posting:
More whimsical mixed media woven dolls.
Some of my readers are on dial up so they’ve asked me to not put toooooooooo many pix in each entry.
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Woven mixed media dolls – 1
May 1, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under doll and dolls and dollmaking, small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
Yesterday, I posted pics of my latest mixed media woven doll, the Earth Listener Angel Doll (click on the name to see her).
Several people asked if I had pics of any of my other woven mixed media dolls. Why yes! Here are some:
Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich. I wove her on my inkle loom and several small vintage looms. Her hands and face are crocheted. I used cotton and linen to make her. Her body is wood that I carved before stitching on the weaving and attaching her armature.
This is Neni. She’s another Earth Angel …read more
Spinning yarn to weave a doll
April 24, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
I am working on a new doll.
I’ve finished sculpting the head:
and have finished spinning the yarn for the doll:
My best friend gave me a bag of lovely merino/tencel:
That I spun on my wheel, then plyed with my navaho spindle:
I warped up the loom
and wove one panel that just didn’t do it for me,
So, I frogged it, and re-warped the loom.
I am one of those people who would rather take something apart and re-do it rather than leave it if I don’t like it.
Taking it apart is quite contemplative, as it allows me to give myself a second (or …read more






