Category hand sewn clothes

air dry clay, art doll, artist doll, assemblage, bones, children's attire, Day of the Dead, figurative sculpture, fish, fishing, hand sewn clothes, handmade doll, interactive art, Margarita Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican skeleton, skeleton, skeleton doll, surrealism, whimsical, wire skeleton

A skeleton boy goes fishing

Since I came to the USA I found many people that liked skeletons and Day of the Dead themes, among them are my friends Howard Park and Sarah Seip, owners of 4 Starr Frame Shoppe & Gallery, located in the…

Margarita H Maxson
October 25, 2013

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

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

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