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Little Art Doll

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Little Art Doll
Swap Coordinator:revolutionoise (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Dolls 
Number of people in swap:11
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:March 24, 2010
Date items must be sent by:May 8, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

You will send one partner one handmade art doll. The rest is up to you. When I say art doll, I dont mean a dotee doll, normal fabric doll, baby doll, etc... I mean a doll that can be made of ANYTHING as long as it has a face of some kind. Think paper mache, old wooden spools, clay, painted fabric assemblages, stones, sticks, yarn, ribbon, maybe an altoids tin or found object for the body? Maybe you decide to not give her arms? Or maybe give her an abstract figure? You can make an art doll out of practically anything, as long as its decorated, embellished, painted, garnished, distressed, etc.. This should be mixed media. I will make only two rules for the art, just to guide you guys. The art doll must have a face or head of somekind, and cannot be made solely out of fabric. Make something unique thats your style, something that makes your partner amazed and want to keep it forever! I encourage people who have not done this before to join, it can be so inspiring to do something with so much latitude for creative expansion. Your art doll must be between 4-7 inches long/tall, so she wont be huge but also not microscopic. Put love into it, maybe give her/him a name? Maybe put a charm or two on her that are meaningful, or even give her a crystal, things like this can turn something ordinary into something spiritual if not special. pm or comment for questions.. Im sorry I have to do this to you new guys, but since this is a somewhat difficult swap, im going to have to allow no newbies, you must have ten mailed swaps. Please also have a score of 4.9 or above. Thanks :] I hope you guys have fun with this little swap.

Discussion

threesweetpeas 03/18/2010 #

just checking, could you possible extend the sendd ate a bit, its such a quick turnaround and if i am able, i would like to perhaps include some elements from my partners profile into the making of the doll.......

but if not i will still join!

lovely idea, i have mostly everything i need to make one....

if my doll body is fabric i will paper clay on a head...but i do need some days for the clay to air dry...so in fact i will really need a wee bit more send time so she looks pretty!!
otherwise i can make an art doll in a totally different style,

i am somewhat new to art dolls so thanks for making thiss wap beginner friendly!!

is that possible????

revolutionoise 03/18/2010 #

Yes, I will extend the sending date two weeks :]

threesweetpeas 03/19/2010 #

ooh thank you!!!!

threesweetpeas 03/22/2010 #

oh wow! just a note as a person who hostss waps often, since this swap is public and there are 33 people watching.....please check participants well before handing out partners, question low ratings, ( i have a 1 myself, explination on my profile page).i am wary about public swaps with so many participants and really dont want to get flaked on in such a high level of crafting efforts.

sorry for being a pain in the arse, i know you cant prevent someone from flaking but.its highly likely in a large numbered participants swap like this...

but i will still give it a go since it sounds so lovely!

threesweetpeas 03/22/2010 #

ok its on my watchlist till i see how many sign up............sorry.........

revolutionoise 04/11/2010 #

Im going to extend it just a bit more for those of you whove pmd me :]

smmarrty 04/12/2010 #

Thanks - I can use the extra time. Idea #1 didn't turn out as planned.

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