Halloween doll Nelly the skelly in the works

Art dolls every where

I am in the process of building a new website and working on some paintings that will be available for sale and also some new Art dolls that have a little twist to them. I hope you keep stopping by to see what I am up to and move on to my new site which will be available in a week or so.

Some work in progress

I am working on this right now. Don't know what I am going to do with it yet. She looks like she  has got  lots of attitude. I have a new toy that I am playing around with on my computer and this is what I have so far. I sketched this on paper first then scanned it in to the computer. Playing around with it is so much fun. I will post my finished product when it is done.

Halloween Baby In A Buggy

I am working on this little doll right now. She is very tiny, only seven inches tall and the doll she is holding is three inches. Just a few more touches and she will be ready for eBay.

Halloween Folk Art Doll

I have just completed the coffin for poor Bessie May. It turned out better than I had hoped for. I only made it today but it looks like it's a hundred years old. Very pleased.   She was a very sweet lady, loved by all and was devoted to God. She will be sadly missed but never forgotten. A wonderful poem came to mind as I was designing this doll. I will include it with her inside her box.

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New Halloween dolls on the way soon

I have been so busy these last few weeks I haven't had time to get in my studio. I have some exciting ideas for dolls. I hope to have at least one on eBay this Sunday if all goes well. I feel like a mad scientist trying out all the ideas in my head I think that the dolls are going to be great and can't wait to get one finished. Stay tuned.

Folk Art Doll

These are some of the things I have in the works. This is my first attempt at making a ethnic doll. She was supposed to be holding the bundt cake but it's not the right scale. I will have to make a bigger doll for my cake. She will be carrying her bible instead of a cake. My next doll is going to be a bride with a twist so stay tuned.

Halloween Doll In Progress

I am working on my newest doll. I am in a creating frenzy as you can see from my studio. This doll is being difficult. I don't have a finished picture in my head like I normally do. She is leaning a little Goth I think, we shall see. I had to hang her upside down to dry. I don't think she minds one bit. I wanted her to be done by the weekend but it doesn't look like that is going to happen now. I like to sit and draw my dolls on paper first and decide what kind of clothes they will have and a theme but this one is being made totally from a blank canvas. Sometimes it is a disaster but then again some of my best ideas have come on the fly. Stay tuned for the end results.

Primitive folk art

For all of the people that have emailed me asking if there’s any new items for sale. I just want to let you know that I am working on lots of goodies. I had the flu then we had a new baby grand daughter born on Ground hogs day, Jasmine 7lbs 6oz. So cute I can't stand it. I am also in the middle of a bathroom remodel. We are doing all the work ourselves so very exhausting. But as you can see from my studio I am also very busy creating. I am trying to get something finished for next week.

VALENTINE DOLL

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Albert Einstein Humpty Dumpty

 For sale, please email me about this item

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Art Dolls

I sat up until 1 am this morning working on my stuff. I get in these manic artistic moods and all I can think about is making things. Some of my best work comes out of these sessions so I go with the flow. I feel like a mad scientist in my laboratory. I try all kinds of things, use things in a way they were not meant to be used. Sometimes I have what I like to call happy accidents. Something goes terribly wrong and Presto! I discover a new technique. That's what happened last night to my Santa that I am working on. My workroom looks like a tornado went through it so its time to do some clean up this morning and start the whole process again.

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Folk Art Snowman

Working On Christmas Dolls

Well I am almost done with my first of the seasons Christmas doll. I had an idea for a doll but the doll sort of changed during the process. That sometimes happens. I just like to go with the flow. I get my best results that way. Maybe my next doll will be the one I have in my head. I have to do one more Halloween item and that is my grand sons Batman cape, he is coming to Nana's for a fitting tomorrow. I love to sew for my grand babies. It took me a while to get out of the Halloween mode but its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. I have some ornaments in the works right now as well that I will be adding to my Etsy and some on eBay. I would like to thank the people that have sent me wonderful comments about my work. It means a lot to me. It feels really good to know that people out there get what I am doing and like what I do. So thank you all I really appreciate it.

Newest Halloween Folk Art Doll

SWEET AND SOUR

Well she is finely finished. Miss Candy turned out very sweet I think. She has very dreamy eyes and a sweet smile. I thought since she is so sweet I should add a bit of sour so I made a sour puss to go with her. She loves him all the same, its just in her nature. His name is Mr. Meaner a troublesome feline with a habit of biting and scratching, hence the name. I painted him in a vintage Halloween style and gave him a fish bone to finish off his ruffled collar. I am very pleased with the end results. Now on to Christmas.

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One more Halloween doll

I am working on one more Halloween doll and then I am moving on to Christmas. I really enjoy working with all the colors of Fall and its hard to put them aside. I have to switch gears inside my head. I will be doing a lot of Santas in the next few months and a few snowmen but I have some creepy ideas as well that I have to bring out. I will post my doll when she is finished on my blog.

Halloween Baby Shoes

These baby shoes are genuine vintage Jumping Jacks that I purchased from an antique store. They have the name George written on the bottom of one shoe. I wonder who that little boy was and how his life turned out. They have been hand painted in an original design on the outside and painted orange on the inside then sealed several times to protect them. They will make a very sweet table decoration or could be used on a teddy bear or doll or even worn by a child if the child is not walking yet as they could get scuffed.

Morbid Marvin

There is something wrong with Marvin. He looks charming in his suave attire but do not be fooled by that and his warm smile.. He has been out trick-or-treating and his bag is full of candy, (which he is happy about) but there’s a more sinister reason for that smile. Look beneath his feet and see what his favorite hobby is. He is a bone collector and he has some treasured finds in his little box.

This is a wonderful character made from paper clay and wire armatures. His legs are wood. He is hand painted in acrylics then sealed several times. The bow tie is made from fabric, hand stitched. I gave him a vivid green shirt that is full of eyes with various expressions His little treat bag is hand made from orange scrapbook paper which I stamped inside and out then aged. Inside his bag you will find sweets hand made from various colored Play- doh that are individually wrapped in iridescent paper. They are very tiny but look like real sweets. I added a picket fence to the box he is standing on then painted it black and added Halloween art on the sides and front. The box has a little draw that opens to reveal bones that I sculpted from oven baked clay that has been aged to look like real old bones. A lot of detail went into this piece and it took quite a while to make. The photos don't do this one justice, it is a stunning piece.The whole piece stands 14 inches high and about 5 inches wide.


This is a one of a kind, Kaz Original signed and dated

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Halloween Baby Pumpkin In Baby Buggy

How happy is she to be out in her pram. Little “Sweet Cheeks” has a smile a mile wide. She comes dressed in her diaper and bonnet and carries her favorite rattle and she never leaves home without her binky. She fits into her pram so perfectly. I couldn’t stop smiling at this one as she came into being. I can just imagine her coos and giggles as she is taken out for a walk on a cold fall day (her favorite time of year of course).

The baby is made 100% cotton feed sack material that has been hand painted, sanded then sealed. Her rattle is paper clay, wood with green thread for the hair (it does not rattle). Baby’s bonnet is vintage lace. Her diaper is a terry type fabric and has a miniature pink diaper pin as a fastener.
The pram is made from Styrofoam and covered in plaster and gauze bandage, painted and sealed. It has metal wheels that turn. The inside of the pram is padded and lined with black fabric that has stars and moons in orange. I have made a custom tag to go with this piece.
The pram measures 9 ½ in wide x 9 ½ high and 11 ½ in deep. Baby pumpkin measures 4 ½ in high x 7 ½ in wide elbow to elbow and 6 ½ in front to back.
This is a one of a kind piece designed and made by me the artist, signed and dated.

This is NOT a Childs toy and is meant for adult collectors only.

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Black Widow

The Black Widow

I had a vision of this doll in my dreams. I saw a doll that was a meld of human and insect. She has had many husbands, none of them survived. Just as with the real black widow spider, it kills its mate and devours them. My lovely black widow is dressed in her mourning clothes and is shedding a tear for her dearly departed. Her dress has the unmistakable red hour glass shape of the black widow spider and her face is covered in black net to hide her dreadful pain.

Don't be deceived, if you look closely she seems to be dancing on air in her blood red shoes. She is already thinking of her next husband to be.

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