
soft sculpture


“The Master” Four fingers manipulate this hand puppet

Mermaid Rag Dolls
This doll had a crazy start. My great niece liked to play with old Barbies from the time she was a baby and she loved the Little Mermaid so I made a tail that would fit over the Barbie Legs. I came across this tail the other day and needing a refresher course in doll making, I thought I will start with this. You see my great niece is 7 now and she wants to make a Mermaid Doll. I made a pattern for the upper body and the arms, assembled and stuffed, embellished and used embroidery to make the face. I will make the hair next. Orange it will be.
- Full View
Before
- Close up of embroidery on the face
Older Mermaid Dolls
These Dolls are made like Raggedy Ann Dolls
These two are the first I made.
I had an idea for some serpentine arms after this.
Here is a pattern for the Sepentine style arms
A work in progress.
The 3 separate parts were machine sewn to make the forms and then stuffed with the fiber fill
Assembled by hand sewing
Older version