Wyncia

Spring is in the Air: Bunnies by the Basket

These guys are multiplying like ... well, rabbits. Good to be using my doll making skills again!

Made in yummy angora/wool knits, they are soft as kittens.

Winter Mice: Knitted

These little guys are so much fun to knit, stuff, and to give.  They fit right in the palm of your hand!  In the background iyou can see the skirt of an ancestor doll, a bee's wax candle, an Earth marble, and the blue foot of a fairy!

 

To give a friend a wee mouse, I hold it gently in my closed hand and pass it to their open one.  And unlike Charlie's mouse, these can be petted as much as one likes.

Namaste,  Wyncia

Holiday Fairy Story Ornaments

Truth is fairies like to be a bit illusive.  Oft times I have nearly walked right by Hollia Flower Hands because she-he was hidden in the snowy holly.

 

Hollie Berry shows up where the doves coo. As Rene Marie sang, "When you're feelin' like a cooing dove, ain't nothin' but love."

 

Lady Red Skirt may be hiding in the winter poinsettias. boosting their rouge with her own.

 

Her sister, Prius Fairie, plays at being a hybrid, waving white blossoms around her red skirts. A shade shifter, she may change her colors on a white snowy night.

Autumn leaves provided good hiding spots for Fairy Berry Face.  But he burrows in with Momma Bear when the snow falls.  When she gets up from a winter's nap for a stretch, Berry Face protects her wee cubs who, about as big as he is, are blind and  toothless! 

Flower Face is all ablush with embarrassment when spotted by one of us wingless big folk, but what can he expect being so mixed up: spring flower face, summer leafy cloak, autumn colored wings, and winter berries.  He blends into no season at all.

 

Spruce Berry is an angel.  Really!  If you are very quiet you can hear their singing chorus. Hark!

 

This wee chubby Snow Elf waves from the cross sticks.

 

All the way, way to the south, Madame Sunnia Floress enjoys a summery holiday among the palms and the bananas!

 

Look real close, out doors and in.  Listen with your heart, and I promise you will see a fairy this holiday season!  Namaste, Wyncia

Doll Repair at my Dining Table, Mountain Style

At the Boulder Farmer's Market last month a customer bought a Gemini doll based on a stump doll pattern from Frowning Francis. The doll is made of  Japanese style quilting cotton treated with transparent gesso, then highlighted in acrylic.  Her arms are hand dyed and stamped.  At her heart center window hangs origami peace crane.

Later the customer called to say that she discovered a crack in the hollow wooden base of the figure which may or may not have been there when she purchased it.  This crack was at eye-level for the purchaser when she places the doll on her shelf.

Hard to see the crack, but it needed to be repaired.  She also said that she wanted the figure to "lean forward a bit more" to look better on the chosen shelf. So I gathered the necessary supplies for evening doll base repair. The lovely dark beer is Pearl Street Porter created by Twisted Pine Brewing Company for the 150th birthday of Boulder Colorado, the town down the hill from my studio. 

Wood putty was colored with a jar of mixed paint that had been used on the base.  (Tofutti sour cream is great stuff, but it will not fix a crack in wood.) It was  not the exact same, because I paint by mixing acrylics on palette (usually a pie pan or something like that).  I squirt out colors, dab a bit of each, and go at it for many layers.  But this jar of left over paint was close.  Mixed unevenly with the putty it made a gooey, spreadable mix.

I urged the stuff into the crack and painted it over the rest of the stand.

In the back I urged some of the goo between the base and the stump bottom.

Then I leaned the doll forward, balanced on a couple of paint tubes in hopes she will lean more forward as the customer requested.

She looks okay on my shelf, an old piano that doesn't get played much anymore. 

 

I hope the customer is pleased with the results.

Sharing Artist Stories: Mimi Kirchner

One of my favorite doll artist has made a video of her life as a doll maker.  I am sharing it with you here

My favorite work of hers are the swaddled babies with embroidered gardens.  They are a wonderful combination of simplicity and elegance.  You will see them in the video.

By the way, the little girl pictures of Mimi look a lot like me at a tender age.

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Earth Air Fire Water: Elemental Art Figures

Recent work includes two series of elemental art figures. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water spirits, just 9" tall.  Inspired by elinor peace baily's Fire Dancer pattern. Take a look!

 

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Check out individual figures HERE

Soon they will be for sale at ETSY online and Uniquely Natural in Lafayette, Colorado.  See you there.

Need one right away?  Contact me using the link on this page!

Summer time design

Wow!  Look at this new design.  It is summer all over!  Yummy!

Let's see what I have made the is summery too.
    

Large bag as wall hanging: Spring Palace        Skies of summer origami bag

      

Earth Momma Summer garb        Ballerina summer dance

      

Michelle's summer dream                        Summer rising yogina

More soon.  Namaste, Wyncia