Reaper takes a holiday art doll

Finally finished this fellow. He was a stubborn one, gave me plenty of headaches ... lol

"Reaper takes a holiday" is a paperclay sculpt and he stands 14" to the top of his ghost balloon.

You can see more pictures of him in my Etsy shop. Go ahead and look .... you know you want to. :)

Finished several Halloween pieces

I finished a few of my Halloween sculpts. Two of them are an introduction to my new collection Pumpkanoggins.

 Pumpkanoggin: The Magician

Pumpkanoggin: I feel a draft!

Screaming Candle

I will be posting these in my Etsy shop today.

Mortimer found a home!

What a pleasant surprise! Late last night, before I went to bed, I checked my email and saw a notice that I had a sale. So I'm thinking, "Cool, someone must of bought an ornament." I opened the email and saw the amount of the sale and thought, "What the hell did I have in my shop for that price?" (yes, I was that tired) HOLY MOLLY, it was a doll! WOOHOO, I sold a doll! I was so excited that I couldn't go to bed and ended staying up a few more hours. 

Thank you to my buyer, you ROCK and you made my day!

Mortimer ooak ghost art doll

This doll was a real challenge for me. I've never worked with cheesecloth for clothing before and it's very difficult to use but so right for giving a ghostly appearance to this doll. I'm very pleased with how he turned out and a bit relieved that I don't have to fight that cheesecloth again. At least not until my hair-brained muse insists that I do!

You can see more images and purchasing information at my Etsy Shop.
SOLD

Finished WIP Ghost and cat.

I finished my newest ooak art doll. He's the first in a new series called "Oopsied". The series will be dolls depicting weird and wacky ways some of us leave this world.


Title: Cat-astrophe

I like to write stories or poems for some of my creations and this poor fellow deserved one. 

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Cat-astrophe

Melvin's wife was quite the nag,
he stopped listening to her long ago.
He never heard her yell, (the old bag)
"The light's blown out, the stairs are dark below!"

With his tummy sounding a rumble grumble
he put his bunny slipper's upon his feet
Sleepily to the kitchen he began to stumble
not knowing the fate he'd soon meet.

At the top of the stairs he found no light.
"Forgot to mention the bulb?" he said with a shout.
"Not that it matters if I have no sight,
I know this old house inside and out!"

He lifted his foot to take the first stair
when he hit something soft and furry.
The next thing he knew he was high in the air
And then everything went kinda blurry.

When he opened his eyes he found he was quite dead
but the universe would show him no mercy.
The voice of his wife was no longer in his head,
now he spends eternity with a pissed off cat named Percy.

written by Tamara Dozier


You can find him in my Etsy Shop

Painting the day away

I plan on spending most of the day working in my studio, now that I can find things again ... :) Started painting on an ooak doll that I've been working on for some time now. Actually, he would have been done long ago except for a slight accident involving a too curious child. A dear friend of mine stopped in one day and while we were chatting away said kid stole into my studio and picked him up to look at him ,,,,,,,,, and then dropped him! Broke both of his arms, darn it. So I had to CUT off his arms, (good thing he's a ghost and he didn't feel a thing). But he's good as new. In fact, he's even better than new and my studio will now be locked when said child is visiting.

Here he is with a coat of gesso.