Dolls!

Perhaps Day 7 Doll is Millie .... here she is 'in process". With some of her 'relatives'. (re-post from 2008)

This sudden urge to make dolls again (and what causes this??!!) got me seeking out those I have made in the past.

The ballerina and mermaid were done more than twenty years ago and are showing their age.  They are nicely pose-able and on more than one occasion, the ballerina, perched on a shelf, would suddenly have a limb move and startle me considerably. 

These  are English peddler dolls, made with a clothespin base, displaying their wares from toys to bread to cooking utensils; one is knitting, of course.  They are around thirty years old and I only have a picture of them: they were part of an art show. 

This sunbather couple is  part of a series of dolls made from rocks over the past twenty years.  Large ones have occupied the garden and the veranda;  small ones are paper weights in the house.  Each one is named: they are characters!

This is the doll knotted from the interfacing material I was using to wrap Christmas gifts and the first in the recent parade.  I love the fluidity of this doll and how she places herself depending on where she is 'placed'.  For the photo shoot it was a seat; in the kitchen,  on the table, she leans back against a clear glass vase holding knitting needles.

This is a doll in progress.  I'm not entirely sure she is going to 'work' to the vision I have of her but so far it looks promising.  It's a slow progress, a slow unfolding with only a few inches happening in each session.  What is interesting is that her name is Millie - so I suppose, having this established, she is planning on making a definite appearance - and - I had better go and take those knitting needles out of her!!!