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Post by lugg on Aug 17, 2019 19:37:52 GMT
Oberon and Titania are wonderful. Looking forward to seeing your next creation Cheery.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 17, 2019 20:27:19 GMT
Cheery, are all of your dolls more or less the same size, or do you vary between a couple of basic sizes? It varies because I often change the pattern...for example I have a Male slender body (Oberon) and a butch Male body with with shoulders and bigger arms, legs etc used for the Knight ... I made a smaller pattern for my first little grey haired dolly and I hade a very small pattern for the miniature dolly (about 8" tall). For the Egyptian Queen doll I've put darts in the female body pattern to give her a slender waist and curvy hips and...ahem...chest. Her chesticles will be sewn on too never given a doll boobage before. ..altho they'll be hidden mostly by her big decorated collar....
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Post by questa on Aug 17, 2019 23:58:10 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 18, 2019 20:25:54 GMT
Latest Claire...sorry about the photo (I've had a brandy and taken the pic with my tablet!) I think that he needs jewellery...
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2019 0:31:39 GMT
Pearls, perhaps?
Love the way you show it in this picture, so we can see the details and get an idea of the size in relation to the books. This is brilliant. I love all the colors and textures & the teddy is too adorable.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 19, 2019 4:34:39 GMT
I'm wondering where you find microscopic teddy bears.
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Post by questa on Sept 19, 2019 13:58:58 GMT
Definitely jewelry...give a lift to the understated, sombre lines of the sleek classic Chanel style.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 19, 2019 14:24:59 GMT
Needs a bit of jewellery for sure. Something large stoned and kitsch.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 21, 2019 15:42:24 GMT
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Post by mossie on Sept 21, 2019 15:58:04 GMT
Excellent............but she has such an innocent face
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 21, 2019 16:20:22 GMT
Thanks Mossie xxx (she's not wearing any knickers >>blushblush<<)
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 21, 2019 19:47:31 GMT
Cleo probably needs more gold -- her sandals should not be brighter than her jewellery.
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Post by questa on Sept 22, 2019 1:05:45 GMT
I see 2 faces...her left shows the powerful Gueen of the huge Egyptian lands, her right shows the woman who lost everything and committed suicide by asp venom. Brilliant as ever, Cheery.
K2...The jewelry came with the job, right? but a girl has to have lots of new shoes...just ask any millennial. 'Twas ever thus!
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Post by lugg on Sept 22, 2019 19:07:26 GMT
Enjoyed seeing how Cleopatra evolved between the 2 images and from your original thoughts last month. Noted boobage - I imagine that was quite a challenge to get right. Claire is intriguing - tell us more please ??
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 22, 2019 20:13:29 GMT
Kerouac, your wish is my command...she will have more jewellery....and I think I'll redo the circlet...its a bit small. I'll post more pics when she's done. Claire has a necklace now but I think I'll make him more ..again Claire is inspired by the wonderful Grayson Perry.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2019 15:02:30 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 25, 2019 15:53:22 GMT
Lovely, but I confess that I am a bit perplexed by the fried egg on Cleopatra's headdress. Where's the bacon?
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 25, 2019 16:40:08 GMT
Cleopatra is really lovely.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2019 16:57:12 GMT
I copied the headdress from a book I have of ancient Egyptian jewellery maybe there is an egg deity I'm trying to get Jeff to make stands for the dolls out of wood.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 25, 2019 17:59:29 GMT
Damn, Cheery! I thought those two dolls were wonderful before, but your tweaks have elevated them to awesome perfection. Stands would be great, as they'd show the clothes off even better. What about wire stands, which are easier to hide? Or hey ~ plexiglass semi-surrounds artfully painted by you to create appropriate backdrops for the various dolls. Too much lily-gilding?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2019 20:46:20 GMT
Good suggestions Bixa, we tried using strong wire, but they're just not stable enough. I want Jeff to make stands that are half chair, half supports. With strips for the dolls to perch on, a couple of pieces of wood that can be wedged under the doll's arms holding the figures in place. It will only work for Claire and Cleo. Titania and Oberon are wearing cloaks but if Jeff makes a double seat they should wedge in nicely.
The Leicester Open 30 exhibition wont accept exhibits that are fragile or unstable, I'll have to secure headdresses, bags etc so they can't fall off.
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Post by lugg on Sept 27, 2019 18:44:49 GMT
Brilliant Cheery ; good luck at the exhibition
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 27, 2019 18:51:20 GMT
Thank you medear
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Post by questa on Sept 28, 2019 0:27:59 GMT
Have you decided which dolls you will show at the exhibition yet?
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 28, 2019 0:31:19 GMT
Submit all of them!
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Post by questa on Sept 28, 2019 2:00:40 GMT
I second that!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 28, 2019 20:38:24 GMT
Last year they rejected my WW1 soldier, suffragette and nurse. This year I want to submit Oberon and Titania as one piece (on a love seat), Cleo and the latest Claire. We're allowed three submissions. Usually they choose one. I've had stuff accepted three times, an abstract painting, a watercolour of a cottage garden and one of my patterns in blue fine liner pen. I was gutted when all three dolls were rejected, especially as I got such good feedback from Dayle, the city gallery owner. It's just down to the taste of the judges...last year they accepted a lot of photography and abstract work. I suppose the dolls come under the 'quirky' heading and don't appeal to everybody.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 28, 2019 21:12:35 GMT
Good luck Cheery! You deserve to be accepted..
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 28, 2019 21:57:38 GMT
And there are other exhibitions. You might just have to throw out your net a bit farther.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 22, 2019 15:36:15 GMT
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