Today is Australia Day, so I'd like to wish all the Aussies a very happy Australia Day and I hope you enjoy the day off with your families and friends! Boy it's hot here today, so make sure you slip, slop, slap!
Today I'm here to share our latest Art Doll entry, and to introduce you to it's creator, who is a mixed media artist and passionate art doll creator who has been published in a number of issues of Somerset Studio!
Please welcome Laura Haviland from Canada to the blog, with her art doll entry "The Eggs are Blue":
From Laura:
"When I was creating this art paper doll, my imagination said she has two faces. She has her human face and her clock face. The clock face of time and her face is of peace".
"The eggs are a little blue in the nest on her head and I thought that was a fun quote to add. She is wearing men's boots and they fit her perfectly. I love boots, they always complete a fashion diva's look. The doll parts are from Character Constructions art stamps".
Awesome work Laura!
After checking out Laura's other amazing art dolls on her blog I asked her if I could share a few more of them with my readers, and I am pleased to say she agreed!
"She Flew Up To The Moon":
"Big Dream":
"Stop by for a Spell":
Laura says:
"There is nothing more fun to me than creating art paper dolls. I started by trying to come up with a theme for each one I create".
"I use Character Constructions art stamps created by the talented Catherine Moore. I enjoy mixing all the different clear stamp plates to create funky art paper dolls".
"I stamp my images using black ink on to cardstock, then glue the images onto heavy paper. Then cut your paper doll out, you must love lots of cutting with scissors, LOL. Then I colour in all my stamped out images with pencil crayons and a dove blender pen. I also ink all the edges with a matching colour".
"I like to add words to every paper doll, just before they are completed. Each paper doll has their own story to tell. I glue together most of the doll parts or use tiny brads for moveable body parts. There are endless possibilities creating art paper dolls!".
Thanks for sharing your lovely work with us Laura!
To see more of Laura's work, check out her blog.
Stay inky!
~Sarah~
7 comments:
Oooh, what lovely dolls. Thanks for sharing xx
Laura's paper dolls are so whimsical and lively, but she is such a doll herself how could they not be.
THey are beautiful full of whimsy-my kind of Art Doll. Laura puts so much into her creations. I love the stories she creates with each doll.
Hello Laura and welcome! I've been over and visited you via blogland and I love your creations they are truly inspirational.
absolutely stunning dools, beautiful work, i loved the blog too...jenxo
thanks for sharing Laura's dolls...they are fantastic
They are lovely art dolls, thank you for sharing your gorgeous ladies with us Laura :)
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