Creative Cloth Doll Making
Title | Creative Cloth Doll Making PDF eBook |
Author | Patti Medaris Culea |
Publisher | Rockport Publishers |
Total Pages | 134 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Cloth dolls |
ISBN | 9781564969422 |
A guide to dollmaking covers the basic techniques, working with embellishments, creating faces, and making the body, and includes three doll patterns with interchangeable parts.
Cloth Doll Artistry
Title | Cloth Doll Artistry PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Willis |
Publisher | Quarry Books |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2011-02-09 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1616735384 |
In this unique and beautiful book, beloved doll-designer Barbara Willis guides readers through various approaches to doll design and basic and advanced construction techniques. Through the creation of three complete step-by-step projects, readers will develop color boards, learn to use vintage images, create both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional cloth dolls, learn sophisticated costuming techniques, and gain knowledge of elaborate soft sculpting. A gallery shares the inspirational work of several well-known doll artists who have created their own versions of each project. Complete patterns and templates are included.
Cloth Doll Workshop
Title | Cloth Doll Workshop PDF eBook |
Author | elinor peace bailey |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | 131 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1610594037 |
Three leading dolls artists share doll-making techniques, as well as step-by-step instructions to creating beautiful dolls of your own. Patti Culea, elinor peace bailey, and Barbara Willis are three of the leading doll artists and teachers in the country. They are also friends. Each of these artists has her own distinct approach to the design and development of a cloth figure. In this book, each artist’s process will come alive through their choice of fabrics, sketches, simple patterns, and skill-building variations. The book is oriented toward beginning doll makers but offers unique variations and embellishments to please even more experienced doll designers. Two introductory chapters cover basic materials and techniques. Each artist’s chapter includes step-by-step illustrations, instructions, and patterns to make a complete doll, plus variations that create completely new figures. Readers are treated to full color photography and a look inside of each artist’s workspace. A gallery of additional creations by each artist, along with commentary on each work completes the collection. This is a must-have book for any aspiring or experienced doll making.
Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls
Title | Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Horrox |
Publisher | Search Press Limited |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1781267405 |
Building on the success of Jan Horrox's previous book, Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls, Jan's new book focuses on her exquisite fantasy dolls, including beautiful fairies, amazing mermaids, an enigmatic witch and a steampunk doll with attitude. These magical dolls are full of character and are amazingly easy to achieve with the help of this practical book. Step-by-step instructions are provided for all the basic techniques, including how to make the bodies, heads, arms, legs, hands and feet; how to make the hair; and how to needlesculpt and paint the exquisite faces to really bring your character to life. There are instructions for making webbed fingers, delicate fairy wings as well as a mermaid's tail, and there are three easy-to-follow projects to put all your newly acquired skills into practice. Jan encourages the reader to use their imagination and create dolls of their own, and the alternative designs that accompany each project show how easily this can be done simply by changing the faces, colours, fabrics and embellishments used.
Creative Cloth Explorations
Title | Creative Cloth Explorations PDF eBook |
Author | Patti Medaris Culea |
Publisher | Quarry Books |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2011-02-09 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1616735309 |
Introduces new, creative techniques for the fiber journaler, scrapbooker, doll maker, beader, and sewer through fairy-inspired projects. This book is the fifth installment on making creative cloth fiber arts from popular art doll designer, fiber artist, and workshop instructor Patti Culea, following Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Creative Cloth Doll Couture, and Creative Cloth Beaded Dolls. This book builds on the previous four by delving into how to make fun and elaborate-looking projects using the same old materials in a new and unique way. Readers will learn to make flat figures, fabric books, and a fairy-style fan. Culea covers the basics and provides new techniques–such as using Shiva paint sticks and stencils, working with silk rods and waste, and using lace and trims as a frame–while teaching you to how create a flat figure doll, memory journal with embellished cloth pages, and a beautiful fan. Professional tips, ideas for embellishments, cutting-edge techniques, and complete patterns for all the projects are included.
The Complete Book of Dollmaking
Title | The Complete Book of Dollmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Peake |
Publisher | Watson-Guptill Publications |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9780823007738 |
Provides information for making all types of dolls, including techniques for drawing and coloring faces, styling the hair, dressmaking, and tips on what type of equipment to use
Creative Cloth Doll Faces
Title | Creative Cloth Doll Faces PDF eBook |
Author | Patti Medaris Culea |
Publisher | Quarry Books |
Total Pages | 129 |
Release | 2011-02-09 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 161673941X |
The face is the most important feature of a doll -- it is also the most challenging. So it is surprising that there is so little instruction available on creating doll faces. This book fills that void. Author Patti Medaris Culea began her career in art as a portrait painter and she puts that experience to work when creating her doll faces. In this book, she shows readers a simple technique for easily creating faces using her step-by-step approach. She gives her tips for how to divide the face into quadrants, graft features together, and much more. Every aspect of doll making is covered -- from the basics to detailed techniques for making the various faces to instructions for putting a pattern together. Readers will learn how to use watercolor pencils, acrylics, and fabric paints to color a face, how to create a face using collage techniques as well as stamping and beading, and tips for working with stretchy fabrics to create indented eyes, separate eyelids, and sculpted lips.