ADO Blog Event: Wonderland

Art Dolls Only (ADO) is having their second annual Alice in Wonderland blog event.  Participants from all over the world are creating their own unique interpretation of a character from the cherished story.  My entry for the ADO Blog Event:Wonderland is Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum!  Well, I fell down the rabbit hole for sure with these little guys!

This is a bit of a different direction (artistically) for me! I usually work very realistically. Always wanting to try something new, I played around with some "found objects" scattered throughout the house! Their bodies are small bottle gourds, their faces are old buttons and their ears and beanies are sea shells. Their funny clothes were sculpted with Apoxy Sculpt and of course their limbs are from my stash of hardware! I hope you will enjoy the twins! :)

Wonderland ADO Blog Event

It's been quite a busy summer!  I've been working on a baby ensemble (cross stitch) for a needlecraft company and it's almost done!  Whew!  It's a lot of work - but fun!  I've also decided to go back to school!  Yikes!  More about that in another post!
Finally, I haven't forgotten about the Wonderland ADO Blog Event!

I had to listen to my gourd friends and see which one spoke to me...

After a bit of silence, two little gourds called out from my collection...

TWEEDLE DEE & TWEEDLE DUM

:)

Lots to do before the deadline!

2nd Annual ADO blog event art doll challenge

On Thursday July 8th, doll artists from all over the world will be posting images of the art dolls that they have created for this fun event that is open to all art doll bloggers!  Come join the fun!

Hop on over to http://www.artdollsonly.blogspot.com/ and sign up today!!!  Create your Alice in Wonderland doll for this fun event!

Cleaning Gourds

If you read my blog last summer, you know that I grew gourds!  I not only grew them, but God grew them and they took over our entire yard!
I wasn't sure what to do with my massive harvest, but most of my research encouraged me to let the gourds harden outside (where they had grown) over the winter months.  I did this with more or less positive results, although some of the gourds split :(
Now I have to clean them - ugh!  Again, back to the internet...  "Bring them in after a good soaking rain."  Sunday we had a downpour!  On Monday I brought about thirty mouldy and crusty gourds that were good and wet into the kitchen, filled one side of the sink with water and covered the gourds with a wet towel.  One by one, I used a scrubber on the gourds to remove all of the yuk!
This morning I looked at them all with great satisfaction!  They are *beautiful*!

Jack In The BeanStalk!

It's hard (at least for me!) to capture size and scale... but this is one of my gourd vines. I'm pointing at a canteen gourd and the vine has climbed all the way up and into our Leyland Cypress trees! Now I know where the inspiration for Jack In The Beanstalk came from! The author must have grown gourds!

Growing Gourds

I'm growing gourds for future doll projects! Last night I made an interesting discovery and captured it on film. Some of my gourds bloom only at night! The white blooms are the night-time bloomers.

Pandora and The Seven Sins

Ever thought of taking an online doll making class? I'm taking a very interesting and fun online class at "That Creative Place" with doll artist extraordinaire, Marilyn Radzat!

This past week I finished adding Pandora's tutu to her (gourd) body. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have time to work on her hands and arms!

Stay tuned...