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Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Hankering for Yarn

Woven mixed media dolls – Links

Woven mixed media dolls – Links

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

Woven mixed media dolls – 3

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!
Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright

Woven mixed media dolls – 2

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.
Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay(c) 

Woven mixed media dolls – 1

Woven mixed media dolls – 1

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

Spinning yarn to weave a doll

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

Worry dolls- almost

Worry dolls- almost

When I was designing and making this Worry Doll:

I started out by basing my measurements on another little doll that I made a few years ago:

and I ended up transforming her, too.
So, she ended up like this:

I figured that she’s such a little cutie that I should probably upload a tutorial on how to make her too.
And, I have:
Here’s the Tutorial for the Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll
It took a few days, as I had sick family, so I spent the day tending to them, and making chicken soup and such.
So, the Worry dolls took a little longer than …read more


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