Work in Progress

Quarantine Diary 9

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Netflix and molds. This is the last stage of my new costumed doll that I've been working on for the past two months since quarantine began. I'm injecting modular components of her costume for lost wax casting while binge watching Ripper Street. I love problem solving to a backdrop of crime solving (already burned through Murdoch Mysteries TWICE!)

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The Messenger

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“People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.”― James O'Barr, The Crow

The prize resin doll for Birthday Contest winner!

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Last week I took a few days off engraving my new porcelain doll codenamed: 'Madman P', to finally finish making a resin doll prize for this year's winner of my annual Birthday Contest. It was a welcome change for my engraving hand and my routine after a few months of doing basically the same thing. Even art can get boring without variety.

 

I had spent oh, maybe 2-3 solid days fighting with all of my mohair to make a wig for this girl. With the drought going on right now, it was so static-y and frizzy....and with the glue drying so wonky, I basically just wanted to set everything on fire in my bathtub and watch it burn. But, as usual, it all worked out in the end. Can't make a good doll without a good struggle, and this doll turned out extra-good! Stay tuned for more pictures next week.