Picture it - five women, lots of tea, wire, stuffing and a whole lot of giggles. That was my two day course making Finders Keeper with four fantastic ladies at Blue Haze in Chesham.
Jenny is an experienced doll maker who brought some beautiful beading that she did on a Patti Culea doll to show us. Jenny bought a fabulous dragon stamp from Blue Haze and embroidered it with beads on the doll's leg - stunning. Jenny also makes doll houses and scale dolls.
Margaret survived her train journey to join us and wowed us with her skills. Even though Margaret had never made art dolls before, she did wonderfully well and her doll's face was just so sweet. (And I'm not just saying that because I was her teacher and it makes me look good).
Pat (on the right) was also a complete beginner at art dolls and also managed to create a stunning face for her doll even though she was delayed at an appointment and missed the first bit of class! Now that is talent.
Linda (on the left) is an experienced doll maker and brought along a gorgeous face that she completed at a Barbara Willis class held at Blue Haze last fall (Blue Haze is becoming the place for cloth doll makers hereabouts). After the first day of class, Linda decided to do a bit of work on her wire armature at home so she could concentrate more on costuming on the second day of class. She placed two bits of duct tape on the table and bent down for some more supplies when her cat landed on the table, square on top of the duct tape and proceeded to scamper with the duct tape attached to her paws! Linda managed to rescue one piece of duct tape, but the other piece is no where to be found. Goodness only knows where that duct tape has gone!
We survived one of my demo dolls getting dunked in coffee (there was much dabbing and she came out pretty much unscathed you'll be glad to know). We ate, we drank, we were merry and we still made dolls and learned things. What more could you ask for?
It sounds like a wonderful time was had by all. Thanks for sharing. Lucky ladies!
Posted by: Kitty Babcock | February 08, 2010 at 04:36 PM