Riot Grrrl Paper Doll/Marionette
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craftgrrlThis would have to be the best use of rubber stamps that I have found to date. Tonight I was playing around with stamps and scraps of cardstock, paper, and fabric when I came up with this . . .
This would be the riot grrrl paper doll/marionette. She's wearing a Huggy Bear t-shirt, a cuff bracelet, and ripped fishnets. She's also carrying her self-printed zine. (Please note that my grip on what riot grrrl fashion was like in its heyday is rather tenuous, so if I've screwed up royally, please be kind; I ended up just going with an amalgam of punk rock fashion, the cover of the first Bikini Kill CD, and a few ideas of my own.)
Obviously this is easy enough for anybody to imitate, but I thought I'd detail how I did it anyway. I started with a rubber stamp that looks like this:
I stamped it onto card stock and drew on the hair, face, and fishnets. Then I cut out all of the shapes. Next, I stamped the torso and arms again onto a scrap of pink paper to make the t-shirt. I cut out the shapes I needed, wrote the logo on the shirt, and glued the shirt and sleeves to the card stock torso and arms. After that, I drew the boots and glued them to the legs. I cut the skirt out of a felt scrap and then attached it along with the arms and legs with miniature copper brads (the skirt isn't glued on; it's held in place by the brads). This ensures that the legs and arms fully movable. Then I made the cuff from a scrap of white vinyl that I cut, colored, and glued on. Finally, I made the zine from a small, folded piece of card stock and glued it to her hand. And there you have it. If you wanted to turn this into a marionette, all you would have to do is glue thread, string, or fishing line to her hands and legs. It might not be particularly movable (the brads are tight unless you enlarge the holes for them), but it would look cute.
I'm definitely thinking about making some more of these in different hipster styles. I've got plenty of leftover white vinyl that's just waiting to be turned into white belts . . .
This would be the riot grrrl paper doll/marionette. She's wearing a Huggy Bear t-shirt, a cuff bracelet, and ripped fishnets. She's also carrying her self-printed zine. (Please note that my grip on what riot grrrl fashion was like in its heyday is rather tenuous, so if I've screwed up royally, please be kind; I ended up just going with an amalgam of punk rock fashion, the cover of the first Bikini Kill CD, and a few ideas of my own.)
Obviously this is easy enough for anybody to imitate, but I thought I'd detail how I did it anyway. I started with a rubber stamp that looks like this:
I stamped it onto card stock and drew on the hair, face, and fishnets. Then I cut out all of the shapes. Next, I stamped the torso and arms again onto a scrap of pink paper to make the t-shirt. I cut out the shapes I needed, wrote the logo on the shirt, and glued the shirt and sleeves to the card stock torso and arms. After that, I drew the boots and glued them to the legs. I cut the skirt out of a felt scrap and then attached it along with the arms and legs with miniature copper brads (the skirt isn't glued on; it's held in place by the brads). This ensures that the legs and arms fully movable. Then I made the cuff from a scrap of white vinyl that I cut, colored, and glued on. Finally, I made the zine from a small, folded piece of card stock and glued it to her hand. And there you have it. If you wanted to turn this into a marionette, all you would have to do is glue thread, string, or fishing line to her hands and legs. It might not be particularly movable (the brads are tight unless you enlarge the holes for them), but it would look cute.
I'm definitely thinking about making some more of these in different hipster styles. I've got plenty of leftover white vinyl that's just waiting to be turned into white belts . . .
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