Category braided hair

animal dolls, art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, braided hair, button jointed doll, cloth body, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, handmade, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican dolls, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, movable limbs, muslin dolls, needle felted hair, Workshop Chronicles

Autorretrato con monos

Self portait with monkeys, 1943 / Autorretrato con monos, 1943 This was one of the 5 pictures I chose for making a Frida Kalho doll -with monkey dolls-. She painted herself in the company of four monkeys, for Frida they…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2012

art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, baby blanket, braided hair, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted doll, hand painted face, hand sewn clothes, hand sewn dress, hand sewn joints, handmade, handsewn doll, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican dolls, Workshop Chronicles

The Frida Series

I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes…

Margarita H Maxson
December 18, 2012

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, minuature doll, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, Tehuantepec, Workshop Chronicles

Frida Kalho, the second chapter

I went back to make Frida dolls, but this time they shrunk! Frida is now 3 inches tall, join me in the making of mini Frida, as well as I share the previews of other mini dolls such as Alice…

Margarita H Maxson
September 2, 2011

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Las dos Fridas, Mexican artist, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, tehuana, Tehuantepec, The two Fridas, Workshop Chronicles

Las dos Fridas

They are my more recent dolls, based on the original painting by Frida Kalho “The two Fridas”. Join me in the journey… Ellas son mis munecas mas recientes, basadas en la pintura original de Frida Kalho “Las dos Fridas”. Acompanenme…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2010

braided hair, cloth doll, coffee stained doll, Folk Art doll, hand painted face, hand sewn joints, handmade doll, handsewn doll, pet doll, pink dress, raggedy Ann, Workshop Chronicles

A doll for Beverly

I met Beverly few years ago, she is the kindest lady I have ever met, I wanted to make something special for her since she celebrated her birthday last week. I made this doll and the black bunny specially for…

Margarita H Maxson
June 18, 2010