Paper dolls make me feel seven years old. They make me feel like a
fashion designer, a crazy artist, sometimes a dancer, and sometimes a wizened
old woman. They make me forget about my troubles. Making quirky paper dolls is
my “go-to” project when I don’t quite know what to do but I want to have a
little art fun.
I use vintage paper dolls or blank paper doll templates, and combine
body parts with scraps of paper and fabric. Sometimes I use faces I have drawn
or painted, sometimes I use famous faces, sometimes I use vintage photos. I occasionally
take apart dolls that didn’t quite work out, like the Frida doll on the left,
who once wore a Halloween costume that wasn’t quite right. The little child is
a Graphics Fairy image, but I discovered after I printed her on cardstock that
she had a head, chest and legs, but nothing from the waist down. So, I improvised a skirt from some watercolor
paper that was printed with bubble wrap—exactly the right color and concept for
a little girl!
The shoes, black hat and hands holding roses are from the Graphics
Fairy http://thegraphicsfairy.com/. The blue hat used the black hat as a template, but I cut it from my own
paper, blue painted watercolor paper printed with a white commercial stamp. The
striped band is from an M&J Trim bag. Most of the parts are attached with
mini brads to make the dolls poseable.
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