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Ceramic Art Doll Faces

ABOVE: Ceramic Art Doll Faces from Etsy.com

Last week I added a couple of posts to the Craft Diva site about two art doll pieces that I have created. On one of the posts, I mentioned that I didn't remember the name of the artist that made the ceramic doll face that I used to make my art doll pin.

ABOVE: Funky Ceramic Faces from All My Own Too

I did a search on the Internet, but still couldn't remember the name of the artist that made the ceramic goddess face. I kept searching and ended up finding two craft artists selling their ceramic art doll faces on the Etsy.com website. I purchased some funky ceramic doll faces from Marlene Gaige of All My Own Too and a bunch of ceramic goddess faces from Sheree Pechin of Fired and Fused.

ABOVE: Ceramic Faces from Fired and Fused

I can't wait to start creating some fun, funky and artist works of art using my new treasures. I'll post up pictures of any projects, that I make in the future, which incorporate the new ceramic art doll faces.

Other Craft Diva Art Doll Posts
6/02/09 - Warped Women Doll Pin
6/03/09 - Art Doll Pin or Necklace

ABOVE: A Plethora of Ceramic Faces by Fired and Fused

Take care,
Lynn Smythe AKA the Craft Diva

Art Doll Pin or Necklace

Here is another art doll piece that I created a few years ago. I attached a special jewelry finding to the back of this art doll piece. It enables you to either wear it as a pin, or as a necklace. The pin finding has a loop at the top, that allows you to attach a thin chain or neck cord, if you would like to wear the piece as a necklace.

I made the fused glass piece which is shown below the doll face. I can't remember the name of the artist that I purchased the porcelain doll face from. I used to sell her doll faces in my bead store, but that was years ago. If anyone knows the artist, please let me know. I'll be doing some research to try and find her, as I would like to order some more doll faces from her. She does beautiful work, they are handmade so no two pieces are exactly alike.

I used the techniques of bead embroidery and peyote stitch to complete this piece. The fused glass and doll head were first attached to a piece of suede. The beading circles each piece then comes up and over the pieces to secure them in place. The back of the piece was covered with a piece of snake skin textured smooth leather, to create a professional finished look.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe AKA the Craft Diva

Warped Women Doll Pin

ABOVE: Fiber woven doll pin by Craft Diva Lynn Smythe

Yesterday I posted up a picture of my miniature art doll project. Today, I decided to continue with the art doll theme and post up a picture of one of my warped women doll pin projects. A pin back was sewn to the back of the dolls head, so that it can be worn as a pin, or attached to a tote bag, etc...

Warp & Woof Creations
The technique used to make the doll is called pin weaving, or fiber weaving. I purchased a kit years ago from Donna Rhodes and Kathy Stachowicz i.e. the Warped Women. I also purchased their book Warped Women and Material Men.

I'm not sure if they are in business anymore. I did a search on their company; Warp & Woof Creations, and found a website but it hasn't been updated since 2003. If anyone knows if they are still in business, and has updated contact information for them, please let me know.

Free Form Pin-Weaving
I made 3-4 warped women pins from kits before starting to design my own projects. I will be posting up information and photos on some of my pin-woven necklaces in future blog posts. I found the inspiration for creating my own pin-woven necklace designs after reading the book Beads & Threads; A New Technique for Fiber Jewelry by Helen Banes and Diane Fitzgerald.

Take care,
The Craft Diva

Art Dolls

ABOVE: Miniature art doll by Craft Diva Lynn Smythe

I have experience with a multitude of craft and jewelry making techniques including:

• Fused glass
• Beading
• Sewing
• Macrame
• Pin weaving

The photo at the top of this post shows my first attempt at making an art doll. I used one of my fused glass cabochons as the dolls face and embellished it with a lot of beads and fibers. It was a fun little project, which went together relatively quickly and didn't take a lot of supplies. I used a fat quarter batik fabric for the body and bits of leftover yarns and beads for the embellishments.

Take care,
The Craft Diva