Hi All, I’m changing my focus a bit and I’m really excited! My new site is definitely a work in progress. But it would be great if you could update your bookmarks. Thanks a bunch, Beth Here’s the link Stouthearted
Hi All, I’m changing my focus a bit and I’m really excited! My new site is definitely a work in progress. But it would be great if you could update your bookmarks. Thanks a bunch, Beth Here’s the link Stouthearted
16 comments on my last entry! I am so heartened by the responds many of you left. I hope the rest of my visitors take the time to read them. I’ve spent the last week or so thinking about a way to respond. And I’ve decided to tell you my motivations for the last blog. I think I know as well as anyone that solitude is really important for making art. It gives me space to grow ideas, improve my [...]
I think I have to admit something…I have a really hard time making friends. I’m a pretty private, insecure person. I don’t want you to think that this is self pity, it’s just a fact. I guess that’s why I like to play alone in my studio. And I just sort of realized that’s kinda why you hear almost nothing from me except stuff related to my work. I get embarrassed when I talk to new people. I worry that [...]
Sorry for the loooong absence. Let’s just chalk it up to summer vacation and distractions. I did indeed spend a week up in Leelanau County Michigan which is about 6 hours north of where I live here in Chicago. I’m not well traveled, but this is one of my favorite places. Heat is my enemy, so it’s a great place for me in the summer. It’s around the 45th parallel, which is far enough north to keep it from getting [...]
I was down for the count with a headache for the last few days and, obviously, didn’t list my newest lamb as soon as I wanted. But here she is freshly listed. Designing with the fuchsia was really challenging. Like I mentioned in the last post, I just LOVE the color. But finding other colors and a print to go with it was harder than I thought it would be. The stripes in the body were the worst! I pulled [...]
Here’s a shot of my newest clover lamb in progress This little guy will most likely be in the shop tomorrow. The color is even more of an eye-hurter in person. It’s one of my hand-dyed and I LOVE it! I used Jacquard Acid Dyes which are great. (Turquoise and Kelly Green are screamers like this one, too.) The fuchsia is so loud that finding coordinating colors is a real [...]
Here’s a simple little bear I finished at the end of last week. You can get him in my shop! The fabric in his ears is one of my favs. I spent a lot of time determining the right placement for the sequins. I wanted them to look like they were sort of floating around his eyes. Hopefully that worked out I guess I’m glad that I got anything done last week, although in reality I feel damn frustrated. The [...]
Penny is the newest girl in my shop. I set myself a lot of new challenges with this doll. In the photo above you can see her cowl neck sweater and her soft roving hair. The sweater was pretty much just simple math, so that was no big deal. But her wig took awhile to get right. I’ve never worked with roving before, so it took some time to get comfortable with. In the [...]
So, obviously this head is a mess and I wont be using it for a finished doll. I’ve been dissatisfied with the knitted wigs for awhile. They are too generic for my taste and not expressive enough. As my mom put it, “the wigs are really perky-looking…they don’t fit the woebegone attitude most of your dolls have.” I think she’s right. (Plus I am uncomfortable making something so close to a hallowig.) So I wanted to show some of the [...]