Tiny dolls

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I have been working all-consumingly hard on a picture book these last few months but my local illustrator-artist’s group had pegged December for an art exchange and there was no getting out of it. I took a few days out of last week to mould, stitch and paint these little polymer clay/fabric ladies. There were late nights where I tested the limits of my eye-sight and there were moments of panic but it gave me more joy than I have felt in ages.

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And of course, I had to make myself one… she’s the risqué one of the crowd.

And the gifts I got in exchange? A beautiful oil painting, a ceramic mug, a digital illustration made just for me and a floating universe.

More of this sort of stuff in 2015 I think.

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9 Responses

  1. Maiboo says:

    So gorgeous!

  2. Dawn says:

    These are quite wonderful! Please do play at dolls more in the coming year.

  3. Ilona says:

    Oh wow! So cute.
    Yes more in 2015 🙂

  4. Abigail says:

    These are so lovely! Their outfits, accessories and expressions are all wonderfully perfect.

  5. Jas says:

    Wow. These dolls are quite stunning; you should definitely make more. They remind me of the models used for all of the Laika projects. So, so awesome!

  6. Victoria says:

    You’re so talented on the toy front Clare, how lucky these ladies were x

  7. Gayla says:

    So great! I love the risqué doll! Great detail.

  8. Gina says:

    These are gorgeous. Sometimes switching creative gears like that creates the best work. Love the risque doll too!

  9. Kirst says:

    The winds blew me into blogland and yours was the first I checked. Lovely to see you here and your glorious dolls. Clever, wonderful Claire – I miss you. xxx

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