Extending the Boundaries- The Sculpted Doll - Susie McMahon
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Level
– this class is designed with primarily experienced doll makers in mind
but those with less experience would probably gain a lot from it. All
levels are welcome.
The aim of this class is to get students to thinking beyond the
“norms” of what a doll should be, to extend it into uncharted
territory. Over the three days
students will work on their own individual project.
Susie has extensive experience working in a number of different
media and she will help each class member realize their own creative
vision. Often people have
great ideas, but lack the experience to bring them to fruition – this is
where Susie’s expertise is invaluable.
She has worked in cloth mixed Ferro-cement!
She can readily see solutions to three dimensional problems thrown
up by students.
Though there are a few guidelines for this class, most students will need
to create a head and or body parts as a starting point.
Once that is done students will need to take their own path, so it
is a good idea to begin the class with at least some idea of what you
would like to make. Apart from
a basic list of requirements, what you need to bring to the class depends
on what you plan to make. You
may choose to work with fabric, clay or armature bodies.
Or your inclination might be more towards something constructed.
You might want to create an anthropomorphic creature or add wings,
fins and a tail. Perhaps you
would like to think completely beyond the square and think of a doll as a
container, book, album or a disembodied form. |
3 Day Workshop
Sewing Machine is optional so is Pre Work before class. Please read class description above
Kit Fee: $ none
Supplies
EVERYBODY
BRING THE FOLLOWING:
*Roll
of Aluminium foil (thin, cheap stuff is best)
*A
one pound packet of air-dry clay (Creative Paperclay, La Doll, Das)
*Sculpting
tools (nothing special - improvise)
*Roll
of masking tape
*Sharp
X-acto knife and spare blades
*Cling
wrap
*Sketch
book or paper, pencils etc
*Gesso
*PVA
(white) glue
*Acrylic
paints, brushes & palette or plate (include a half inch bristle brush and a
size 00 round Taklon or sable)
*Containers
for water etc (good idea to have a couple with lids)
*Clean-up
cloths (rags)
*Cutting
mat
*Sand
paper (medium and fine grades)
DEPENDING
ON HOW YOU PLAN TO WORK ON YOUR PIECE, BRING WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED FROM
THE FOLLOWING LIST:
*Fabric
(a couple of yard of good quality muslin is always useful, as is an open-weave
cotton like butter muslin)
*Textures
(paper or fabric or both)
*Pre-made
body/parts (contact me if you need help with this)
*Hand
sewing supplies
*Cardboard/Foam-core/wood
scraps
*Found
objects - natural or man-made (sticks, shells, mechy bits, rusted metal, beads,
buttons, old lace etc)
*Fibrefill
*Pipecleaners
*Pre-made
boxes/bases
*Fibre/yarns
*Images/words
printed onto paper or fabric
*Photographs
*Wire
and tools to work with it
*Celluclay
*ApoxieSculpt
*Special
paints (metallics, iridescents etc) or finishes
*Paverpol
or similar if you want to stiffen fabric
*Hairdryer
*Metal
ruler
*Acrylic
gel medium
*Modelling
paste
THIS
IS A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS - YOU MAY THINK OF OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO BRING THAT
ARE NOT ON THIS LIST
You
will need to have something of an idea before you come - please give this a
little thought in the coming months. It doesn't need to be a complex or fully
developed idea - just a beginning to give you some direction (and to help you
find the right "Stuff") is all that is required. You might be a sewer,
a constructivist, an embellisher, a collager, a painter, a modeller or a bit of
all of these. However you prefer to work, I should be able to help you create
something truly unique in this class and I look forward greatly to working with
you!
*EXTRA
NOTE!
I
will be bringing with me a number of pre-sewn bodies and arms which will be
available for a small sum. I will also have some "head starts" for
timid sculptors.
The bodies and arms will be similar to what I used as a base for the dolls in the attached pictures.
