Showing posts with label Dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dolls. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Dollhouse

Who doesn't love to play with dollhouses? 
A miniature dollhouse made for friends' daughter.

This is a 30cmx30cm dollhouse. All the parts of the dollhouse are made from reused materials.



The walls and the floor:
Cardboard covered with scrapbook paper

TV unit:
The floating shelf is cardboard painted in yellow. Speakers, remote and the box are cardboard painted in black. The butterfly image is cut out from an old magazine and glued on yellow paper.

Wall decor:
The flower is made of pistachio shells painted in red. The artwork is made with beads.
The mirror is made by gluing a plastic silver sheet (part of a wrapping paper) on cardboard. 

Bed:
The structure is made from cardboard. The sheets and pillow cover are made from an old t-shirt.

Couch and coffee table:
The structure of the couch is made from cardboard. 
The cushions are filled with paper strips and covered in old t-shirt. 
The coffee table is made from an old bottle cap covered in felt cloth. 
The flower vase is made from a small piece of plastic straw.
The rug is a piece of satin ribbon.

Windows:
Cut out a piece of scenery from an old magazine and gave white paper outlines to form the window. Miniature books are placed on the shelf above.







Monday, March 4, 2019

Kathakali Doll

"Kathakalī is a major form of classical Indian dance. It is a "story play" genre of art, but one distinguished by the elaborately colorful make-up, costumes and face masks that the traditionally male actor-dancers wear. "
- Wikipedia

My friend's father is a great lover of the art form and so made a Kathakali Doll as  birthday gift for him.



All the parts of the doll except the jewellery are made from recycled materials.


Making the structure



The base is a circle cut from cardboard. Each leg is attached to the cardboard base. Newspaper coils are shaped into bust and head.


The entire body is covered in newspaper strips.


Apply paper napkin strips covered in glue and water mix and cover the whole structure. Quilled rolls are applied for crown and earrings. Circular piece cut from cardboard forms the base of the headdress. Black thread is used to make the long hair.


An old white cloth is used for the skirt.


Another piece of old cloth is used for the upper portion of the body. The skirt is painted in white.

Other finer details and jewellery are added.


Finished doll




Sunday, April 15, 2018