Category clay doll

air dry clay, albine, angel, art doll, articulated doll, assemblage, blue dress, blue ribbon, clay doll, doll house, dream, green, handmade, La Doll, red roof, sand, sleeping doll, whimsical, white hair, wings

BREAKTIME

I got ready last September 2012 for my first solo exhibit after 4 years of retirement due to the birth of my son. I had very few time for finishing my work, only 3 months for filling a whole gallery.…

Margarita H Maxson
April 23, 2013

art doll, artificial hair, artist doll, assemblage, blond, buoys, clay doll, constellations, dollhouse, figurative sculpture, fishergirl, mixed media, paper-mache, sea, sky, starfish, Swedish, whimsical, white

Bernice and the starfish house / Bernice y la casa de las estrellas de mar

Starry Night I painted the above oil picture in 2007, the name was “Starry Night”, it depicted Bernice, an 8 year-old starfish hunter. She seems to be floating in the night sky, which is also the sea. I think is…

Margarita H Maxson
April 5, 2013

art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, clay doll, contemporary art doll, doll sculpting, handpainted face, La Doll, Mexican artist, movable limbs, sculpted face, white, winged doll, wings, wire armature, wool hair

THE DOVE

Everything has its opposite: Left and right, black and white, day and night, sugar and salt, etc,. When I started thinking about making a crow-like doll, I had in mind to make a dove-like girl all of the time, they…

Margarita H Maxson
February 28, 2013

air dry clay, art doll, artist doll, black, clay doll, contemporary art doll, crow, doll sculpting, figurative sculpture, La Doll, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, movable limbs, painted boots, painted face, sculpted face, stripped stockings, winged doll, wings, wire skeleton, wool hair

The Crow

Once I dreamed about a hybrid creature, mix of a girl and a crow, her face was human, somehow I could make her features bird-like, design black clothing, even giving her wings. Also she had to be very elegant. Una vez…

Margarita H Maxson
January 31, 2013

air dyr clay, art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, button jointed doll, clay doll, cloth doll, hand sewn dress, handmade, La Doll, rock clay, sculpted doll, sculpted feet, sculpted hands, white hair, wool hair

Cloth and Clay

I had a doll living in my mind for 3 years. She came real just 5 months ago, when I started actually making her. To start with, I made her head in rock clay. This step took me nearly 2…

Margarita H Maxson
September 8, 2012

air dry clay, angel, art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, button jointed doll, clay doll, hand sewn clothes, La Doll, quilted wings, sculpted doll, vintage apron, winged doll, wings, wool hair

AN ANGEL IS BACK

I became fascinated with clay dolls, and started making them out of that feeling of amazement, serenity, and wonder that I get every time I see one. Clay dolls are something between fine sculpture and playthings, they reminded me of…

Margarita H Maxson
August 27, 2012