A new approach

I have been taking class with Mary Hettmansperger, multi-media fibre artist, here in New Zealand at Textile Fibre Forum Aotearoa. I was intrigued at what such a prestigious tutor could add to my current skill set - which is mostly fibre and paper based.

I was thrilled to find myself cutting and shaping, colouring and stitching into copper and finding myself with new doll shapes and ideas to explore.

I can see myself taking this much further as I loved using such a strange but lovely material and find the chance to use copper with my other fibre arts really exciting.

The image is a work in progress with insets still to be added.

Halloween Sisters Autumn Challenge

This was my challenge piece to get in the Fall mood :]. I enjoyed working in a very strict color palette for these two. I made the candy pails out of miniature buckets I purchased on the Papier Valise website. I covered them in polymer clay and sculpted happy pumpkins.

Jessica

Halloween on the Brain

"Syn Likes Silent Films"

Oooh, it's almost Fall! My favorite season. I've been making a few witches and other autumn-themed pieces. The doll above is one of my favorites so far! I love her bride of Frankenstein hairdo!

Jessica

Commissions

Mia felt Right at Home.

Deb wanted to be the Black Sheep.

I just finished several commissions. It is such a lovely feeling to complete them! A huge weight off my shoulders. Today, I am working more Pin dolls. My shop supply of pin dolls has dwindled.

Jessica