Bearpile

This week I have been working on a special order of tiny bears. 

Small does not mean speedy!  With all the little extra things that happen to slurp up one's time, I am not nearly as far as I hoped to be.  I'm excited about what is taking shape though.  Will be posting pictures over the weekend as I progress.

Pin cushions and a bear

Here's a little pin cusion bear and two cupcake felt pin cushions that I finished this week.  They are gifts to relatives in Germany.  The bear is a variation on my Sabine pattern, and the cupcake pin cushions are a reduced size version of my Cupcakes! pattern.  I made the sweet and cake pins and the doll pins from polymer clay.  I've enjoyed making something 'just for fun'. 
Wishing you a relaxed and creative weekend!

Finished it on Friday

This week I spent a lot of time at the clay table.  The doll with the eyes that have been bugging me so, got eyelids, ears and a neck a with flange so that it can be attached to a cloth body.  Once the paper clay has completely dried, I will be able to cover the head with fabric and start painting the facial features. 

I have never painted a cloth doll face before.  This is an adventure I am looking forward to!

Viola Ruth got arms this week.  Making hands with fingers are also a first for me, I love the way that they turned out.  If you look closely you will see a little heart on her chest.  It is not a heart at all... it's her ears, ready to put on her head later!  She is ready to have her head covered in cloth now, and then will follow several layers of gesso and lots of sanding.

Isn't the bird feeder just the sweetest thing?  Henning brought it home from the greengrocer.  I think it is too lovely to put in the garden, I will play with it here in the studio for a while first.

I have a new photo editing program.  Am still finding my way around in it and learning lots. All this doing things for the first time is quite exhausting, I feel as though I am spraining muscles in my brain.  What a privilege to have the time to experiment and learn though!