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craftgrrlA lot of people asked how I make my stuff, so I will x-post again and not reply to every single comment :) I won't post any of my patterns, because I hopefully will sell some of my designs in the future, but I will try to explain with words.
I won't go into too much details, but I hope you will get an idea!
my dolls:
They are sewn and filled with cotton.
There are a few free doll pattern online, I will post a link to 2 of them. Those aren't the ones I use, because of the copyright-thingy. I made my own to prevent trouble.
free fairy doll pattern
another free doll pattern
My little fairy doll from the diorama is sewn aswell, but she has a wire skeleton inside. I plan to do more dioramas, and the wire will help the dolls to pose.
The doll's hair is made out of wool. I simply root it into the head with a long needle and fix it with a nod. Sometime I make a lot of small braids and just sew them on her head.
For the face I use simple acrylic paints and normal eyeshadows.
The clothes are sewn and decorated with flowers and leaves which are glued on.
The mushrooms are made out of empty yoghurt cups and covered with papermaché. Sure you have to alter it a bit to get the mushroom shape.
The snail: The secret is aluminium foil. I use it to make the shape and just cover it with my beloved papermaché.
The woodspirits:
They are pretty easy to make. Just simply use cables, cables with 5 wires inside. Cut it, glue it, curve the ends and and cover it with ...guess what ;) papermaché.
The inside of the faces is aluminium foil.
You need a little bit deftness to get the foil in shape, but I like it, because it is low in weight, cheap and always in the kitchen.
The ends of the woodspirits' branches are made of fake leaves which I glued on.
The Harlequin:
The face, hands and feet are made out of Fimo. (You can use a lot of different clays here.) For the body I used wooden parts which are combined with small metal loops. So you can handle it like a marionette.
SPIDERMAN:
I used a wooden stick for the backbone and heavy wires for the ribs, thin wooden sticks for the arms, gloves for the hands, and a balloon for the head.
You have to fix all this stuff with thin wires and duct tape and then you can start to cover it all with papermaché. It takes a lot of days to do this Spiderman, because every layer should dry before applaying the next or the whole thing will be too heavy and crush.
I won't go into too much details, but I hope you will get an idea!
my dolls:
They are sewn and filled with cotton.
There are a few free doll pattern online, I will post a link to 2 of them. Those aren't the ones I use, because of the copyright-thingy. I made my own to prevent trouble.
free fairy doll pattern
another free doll pattern
My little fairy doll from the diorama is sewn aswell, but she has a wire skeleton inside. I plan to do more dioramas, and the wire will help the dolls to pose.
The doll's hair is made out of wool. I simply root it into the head with a long needle and fix it with a nod. Sometime I make a lot of small braids and just sew them on her head.
For the face I use simple acrylic paints and normal eyeshadows.
The clothes are sewn and decorated with flowers and leaves which are glued on.
The mushrooms are made out of empty yoghurt cups and covered with papermaché. Sure you have to alter it a bit to get the mushroom shape.
The snail: The secret is aluminium foil. I use it to make the shape and just cover it with my beloved papermaché.
The woodspirits:
They are pretty easy to make. Just simply use cables, cables with 5 wires inside. Cut it, glue it, curve the ends and and cover it with ...guess what ;) papermaché.
The inside of the faces is aluminium foil.
You need a little bit deftness to get the foil in shape, but I like it, because it is low in weight, cheap and always in the kitchen.
The ends of the woodspirits' branches are made of fake leaves which I glued on.
The Harlequin:
The face, hands and feet are made out of Fimo. (You can use a lot of different clays here.) For the body I used wooden parts which are combined with small metal loops. So you can handle it like a marionette.
SPIDERMAN:
I used a wooden stick for the backbone and heavy wires for the ribs, thin wooden sticks for the arms, gloves for the hands, and a balloon for the head.
You have to fix all this stuff with thin wires and duct tape and then you can start to cover it all with papermaché. It takes a lot of days to do this Spiderman, because every layer should dry before applaying the next or the whole thing will be too heavy and crush.
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