I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes life is like that. I went on making the next dolls, Fridas, of course, I …
I had a doll living in my mind for 3 years. She came real just 5 months ago, when I started actually making her. To start with, I made her head in rock clay. This step took me nearly 2 months. Tuve una muneca en mente por 3 anios, apenas se volvio real hace 5 …
I became fascinated with clay dolls, and started making them out of that feeling of amazement, serenity, and wonder that I get every time I see one. Clay dolls are something between fine sculpture and playthings, they reminded me of those clay dolls made by ancient people from Egypt, Italy, Greece, Germany, Brazil. We humans, …
As I said in an earlier post, making Black Mammies started to come up to my mind more and more until I designed the pattern and got one, which I gave to my dear sister-in-law as a Christmas present. Then I reduced the pattern to 80% and 60% smaller sizes and got a bunch of …
It took me months to figure out how I was going to make shields. Finally we (my quality control manager and I) got a solution, and we made very strong, sturdy shields following the traditional technique of paper-mache plus air-dry clay. Me tomo meses el encontrar una manera de hacer los escudos. Finalmente mi jefe de …
Yeah, they are back, and they are ALMOST done. These guys got their helmets and clothes! Si, han regresado, y CASI estan listos. Ya tienen cascos y ropa! Hospitaller Knight/Caballero Hospitalario English Knight/Caballero Ingles Templar’s helmet/Casco templario I finished the helmets in 3 steps, letting the paper clay dry between stages, it is easier. The …
Hi there everyone, I have left alone my crusader dolls, letting the clay and textile paint get dry before I kept moving, and I started a new project, that one of designing my black Mammy doll. There are a lot of ideas and actual mammy dolls all over the internet, many of them really expensive, specially …
This week I was working with paper-clay, it is very interesting what one can do with it, the only thing that hits my nerves is the fact that it is necessary to wait until it is dry for certain things. Really it is a way of mastering patience. I worked on the crusaders’ helmet and …
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this video. No copyright infringement intended. Everything belongs to their respective owners. Kingdom of Heaven is one of the best movies I have seen. Director Ridley Scott made a great job as he did with Gladiator. I got a big deal of information from this movie for making …
The holydays are gone finally, I went trought 4 birthday parties, Christmast, and New Year, without making much of my doll making work, just thinking about how I could scape to the studio and do something. I wish my hands worked as fast as my mind.One of these days I got the idea of making crusaders, …