Making Art Dolls and Cloth Over Clay Dolls Using Creative Paperclay

You learn something new every day.   At least on a good day!  ;-)   One of the things I learned last year was that creative paperclay can be rolled out with a rolling pin like piecrust.  I learned this from E. J. Taylor. 

I enjoy making  cloth over clay dolls using paperclay.  It's a very forgiving medium, easily sanded, easy to build up, non-toxic.  Even if you make a mistake, which I often do, it is easy to sand them off, or to add more clay over them.  :-)  I like that!  Be sure to visit the VIDEOS at the top which show me applying paperclay to a doll. 

Tomorrow I will be taking  some in process dolls with me to speak to the local UFDC club about Izannah Walker.  It will be fun to meet some other people who appreciate folk art dolls!

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Jane DesRosier's Cloth and Clay Doll Workshop

NOTE - Since I wrote this I have developed a pattern for an Izannah Walker Doll. For those of you who already have experience with paperclay over cloth it's been a great class. Now, back to the post I originally wrote.... Smiles, Dixie

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I received the following email asking how I make cloth over clay dolls....

Dixie,

.... I've been an admirer of your Izannah Walker websites for a while. I was just looking at your Northdixie Designs website. I love the "buggy eyed" Izannah doll that you're working on. Would you be willing to share any of your paper clay techniques with me? ...

The key to using paperclay is experimenting, and finding what works for you. In the fall I will be offering an online Izannah Walker Workshop. But the main answer to the paperclay questions can be answered by clicking on the banner at the top of this post. Jane DesRosier's Cloth & Clay Doll Workshop, which is a steal at $40, has tons of great information about sculpting with paperclay over cloth. Jane's teaching technique uses great videos to show how to make the cloth and clay doll featured. The techniques you learn there could be applied to many other kinds of creations.