I shot the following photos at the Huntington Library Cactus Garden on June 4, 2011 in San Morino, CA. I hope you enjoy the images as much as I do. I love the interplay of light and shadow, smooth and rough.
Nature Inspires My Doll-making June 5, 2011
Welcome to my world of wonderful dolls! August 5, 2010
Welcome to my world of one of a kind (ooak) handmade art dolls inspired by nature. In addition to fabric and polymer clay, I even use natural objects like leaves, petals, and twigs. They are like a cross between fairies without wings and animal dolls. Your imagination makes them fly! You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
Handmade Art Doll: Alice the Rabbit in Wonderland August 5, 2010
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Handmade One of a Kind Art Doll: Empress of Rabbits August 5, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her cloth outfit, body, hands and feet are machine-sewn and hand-stuffed. Trims used for decoration can include wire, feathers, beads, ribbon, buttons, and netting. Her hat is fabric, and her ears are real, naturally-dead magnolia petals. Her shoes are made by treating the fabric of her lower legs with gesso and painting the gesso. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it. Thank you for visiting her today.
You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
Handmade One of a Kind Art Doll: Pouty Satyr-Nymph August 5, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her body is fabric filled with sand. Her legs are synthetic fur wrapped around wooden dowels. Her arms are grape vine sticks. Her antlers and ears are pods from real plants that grow along the paths where I walk my dogs. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it. Thank you for visiting her today. You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
Handmade One of a Kind Art Doll: Empress of the Forest August 5, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her cloth outfit, body, hands and feet are machine-sewn and hand-stuffed. Trims used for decoration can include wire, glass beads, and ribbon, buttons, and netting. Her shoes are made by treating the fabric of her lower legs with gesso and painting the gesso. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it. You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
OOAK Handmade Doll: Leona the Leaf Girl August 5, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her cloth outfit, body, hands and feet are mach ine-sewn and hand-stuffed. Trims used for decoration can include cloth leaves, wire, glass beads, and ribbon. Her shoes are made by treating the fabric of her lower legs with gesso and painting the gesso. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it. Thank you for visiting her today.
You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio If you see a doll on this blog that is not listed in my Etsy store, please email me and I will add it to my Etsy store for you to purchase.
Handmade One of a Kind Art Doll: Mother Tree August 5, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her body is made of hand-stuffed burlap. Trims used for decoration include sticks for hands, feet, and headpiece, beads for nipples, real acorns for breasts, and fabric trim around head and waist. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it. This doll is for sale at in Riverside, California at Tiggy-Winkles Gift Shoppe 3675 Main St. Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 683-0221 (You might want to call before you visit, to be sure it’s still available.) You can buy my other dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
Handmade One of a Kind Art Doll: Robina Hood August 4, 2010
This dolls face is handmade of polymer clay. (No mold was used.) Her eyes are acrylic. Her hair is yarn. Her cloth outfit, body, hands and feet are machine-sewn and hand-stuffed. Trims used for decoration can include wire, feathers, beads, ribbon, buttons, and netting. Her hat is a real, naturally-died magnolia petal. Her shoes are made by treating the fabric of her lower legs with gesso and painting the gesso. Everything about this little beauty is one-of-a-kind and all personally created by the artist: Karen Grace and she holds the copyright to any images of it.You can buy my dolls at my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/graceworksstudio
