Creating Mixed Media Art Dolls
Welcome to today's Material Musings, in this video we will be taking a look at a variety of different ways to create art dolls and a bit about the technique. Have you made mixed media art dolls yourself? They are really fun to create, and practically all of my supplies are recycled or repurposed.
Where to Start?
You start with the armature, which can be made out of a range of materials - wire, foil, wood, clay, paper clay, foam, plastic and once you have the base you can decide the other materials that you want to finish your mixed media art doll with.
In the examples that I share in the video we have ones made from foil, foam - (fiber) and plastic. I then cover them with fabric, paper clay and even wrap some with scrap fabrics and yarn and embellish with beading.
I hope that you see how fun and straight forward they can be to create and I hope that it inspires you to make your own - you probably have all the resources around your home already. You can check out the previous art doll video below:
If you are interested in making your own, I will be creating a mini course to take you through the steps. You can join my course platform and will be alerted when the Mixed Media Art Doll course becomes available.
In the meantime, why not check out some of the other slow stitched and fabric course available on the platform.
Stitched Folk - Online Class
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