Hahahaaa I sure had fun with this little rascal !
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Dolls . .. . . .
I had to put my little Sloth twins aside, there was something about them , I don't know what, so they are now cosy together in a little box, patiently waiting until I know what it is.
Last Saturday I began making an owl but he is also in a box. . . .
I'm in a slump !?!
Mmmm, Sunday I visited my mother, she has just moved house and she was in desperate need for help.
My mother has some beautiful antique dolls,lots of bears and two dolls I made when I was 18 years old.
They are made of Fimo and although the colour has darkened they are still in good shape.
I had been making a doll as a present for someone the last week and I realized I missed making dolls.
The doll I made last week was inspired by this picture :
Geppetto carving Pinocchio, he only had his head done and Pinocchio started already making fun of him.
I love this pic !
I first made him of wool felt but I couldn't get the details right and decided to make him of cotton fabric.
So this is the Pinocchio so far, his face is a bit naughty and I have to adjust a little something here and there but I'm pleased.
The lower half of his body is going to be painted as a tree log.
I sooo enjoyed this !
Helen x x x
Helen
Friday, March 30, 2012
BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS !!!!!
ALL NEEDLE FELTERS ALERT !
This morning I sat as usual with a cup of coffee in front of my laptop, checking this and that and also as usual checking what's new in Blog-land.
Haaa! My eye catches the little thumbnail from Mobifilz ( http://mobifilz.blogspot.com/ ) on my blog ,what's that ??
Well, I'm still jumping up and down about this, this great lady who makes great needle felted objects has invented YES INVENTED !!!! a needle felting device !
She worked on this for 3 years ! And now she presents her addiQuick Turbofilzmaschine !!!
No more painstakingly stabbing ! This machine works with 2500 jabs per minute.
She demonstrated it on the Craft Trade Fair in Cologne and you can watch this video : I have to tell first, it looks like she is poking the wool but that is only in the beginning, to fixate the coarse wool a bit.
When that's done you slide over the wool like using a pencil or brush.
Well, I hope you are getting as excited as I am !
It's in store coming September !
Jessi, you are brilliant !
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Twins . . . . . .
I wanted to make more Sloths, twins !
And a bit smaller then the other two, the other two are life size 4 Months old and these about 1,5- 2 Months.
I found the noses where good ( especially the first sloth baby) but it took forever to paint, paint again, paint again and varnish.
So I decided to experiment with rubber/latex ?!!
I made a nose with a bit of mouth out of clay, then a plaster mold of the clay nose/mouth.
The liquid latex must be applied with a brush in a thin layer on the inside of the plaster mold.
You have to let it dry and apply another layer, eventually you have to build up eight layers of latex.
I did two layers :-) , quick dried it with the blow dryer and then poured the latex in the mold and poured it out again. Again the blow-dryer on the hottest temperature and VOILA !
The rubber nose has a softer feel but I didn't figure out yet how to paint it. I used a skin-coloured latex and painted it with acrylic paint , it holds but I don't think you can get an even layer.
You can not use oil-based paint on rubber ( oil is a NO NO on rubber) so that is something I have to figure out.
Here is a close-up :
You can glue it with the liquid latex on the wool ( very firm) and and . . . . with the reverse felting needle you can pull out wool through the rubber and make it a bit hairy :-)
So, if anyone is interested I can make a photo-shoot from the entire process ! ( I don't think I described it very clear)
Well, here are the twins, not ready yet but cute so far
Helen xxx
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
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