There is a lot of information available on making human-sized wings for fairy or angel costumes. Some of these techniques won’t apply to dolls, but they might inspire you to try something you hadn’t thought of before, so here are some pages with wing instructions:
Instructables.com is a great resource with lots of costume and [...]
Patricia Buzo makes tiny terrariums out of live moss and itty bitty handmade accessories. Don’t you just want to stare at them and imagine the tiny little people who might keep these gardens?
See more at her etsy shop, Doodlebirdie.
via Folklore and Fairy
Check out Haute Nature’s guide to making fairy houses and furniture from twigs, moss, and other bits found around the garden with your kids. Google on “twig furniture” for inspiring photos of real-life stuff.
Geez, it’s only December and I’m already longing for spring. I hate winter.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the USA, so I thought I’d give you a selection of holiday-themed morsels from Etsy.
An excellent use of the soft texture and colors available to needle felters by WonderwulAnnette in her piece, Fall Forest Maiden.
Good seasonal cheer by SunshineCupcake in this piece, Kevin Jr. Pumpkin.
Fall Pumpkin Doll by Beansandrice is [...]
Deb Wood is one of the most talented eBay fairy artists around. Her work has personality as well as realism and elegance. She’s also generous enough to have made some very good tutorials about aspects of her process that few people share in tutorials, like how to pack a fairy for shipping, how to test [...]
Hanger-on is a polymer clay sculpt by Debbie Williams.
It’s time for the first ever Needle and Clay Halloween Party! My friend Debbie Williams and I got together to join the Blog party over at A Fanciful Twist. Take a look at what happened and then go see the other partygoers by clicking on the picture [...]
Programming note: This is a big week for Needle and Clay, which must explain why it’s been so hectic. Today I bring you the first ever Needle and Clay artist interview, with Kamila Mlynarczyk, who very kindly responded to a few e-mail questions I sent her last week. Then, on Saturday, swing by for the [...]
Continue reading about Kamila Mlynarczyk–The creepy art of Wooded Woods
If Maurice Sendak sculpted scrawny kids in Halloween suits, it might look something like a Mealy Monster. Awkward is probably too gentle a term to use for these big-eyed, buck-toothed, skinny-legged kids, but then, maybe Halloween should be the one day that pretty children are banished in favor of their gangly siblings and beady-eyed [...]
Continue reading about Nicole Johnson — Mealy Monster Madness
These have some applications to dollmaking.
Uncialle’s How to Haunt instructions for making Amon-Ratep, the mummy.
Shawn Nagle tips on sculpting a werewolf worthy of the movies.
Instructables, which is apparently a whole website full of do-it-yourself stuff (I’m bookmarking it for when I get around to reupholstering that sofa!), has this entry on a crazy franken-mad-scientist mask [...]
Mark your calendars for the online Halloween Blog Party being sponsored by Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist! On Oct. 18, everyone who has signed up will feature special Halloween-themed art, recipes and decorations to inspire you for your Spooky Day celebration. I’ll post a link to the list of participants on that day so you [...]
