Bindweed Studio

I've started and almost finished another piece - she is an Enchantress casting and enchantment.
I had alot of trouble making her and almost gave up and threw her away at several points - she is just a little to big to fit comfortably in my small clay oven and burnt during baking a couple of times meaning I had to amputate her legs and rebuild them aswell as having to reposition her arms twice!  I'm glad now that I didn;t give up on her as making her costume was alot of fun and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
She is almost done now - just her base to finish. I am undecided as yet whether to enter her into the International Art Doll Registry May show - the theme is "Ancient Magic" - if time permits I have an idea for another piece that I may enter instead.

There are lots of work in progress pictures - click on the photo below to see them.

Just a quick post to let everyone know about the Craft Fair on Sunday the 29th of April at the New Bath Hotel in Matlock Bath from 10am until 4pm. Its in aid of the Derbyshire Poppies (and also the Royal British Legion)

Bindweed Studio will be there along with loads of other stalls, come along for a great day out and support a worthy cause :)

I was recently commisioned to make posable Francouer and Lucille dolls from the film 'A Monster In Paris'. They were quite a challenge as they are a totally different style from my usual work, but were such alot of fun to make!
For those of you who are not familiar with the film (I wasn't) Lucille is a caberet singer and Francouer is a giant 7 foot flea!

Click here to see some work in progress photos, and click the photo below to see more pictures of the finished pieces.