Category Mexican dolls

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

articulated doll, bones, Day of the Dead, Gesso primed doll, handpainted doll, Mexican dolls, movable limbs, sculpted doll, skeleton, skeleton doll, wire armature, Workshop Chronicles

Lady Skeleton Part II

Lady Skeleton’s clothes are being cut and sewn, meanwhile she got make up. El traje de la Srita. Calavera esta siendo cortado y cosido, mientras tanto ella fue maquillada. The next step is putting some hair on her head,…

Margarita H Maxson
July 6, 2010

articulated doll, bones, Day of the Dead, Gesso primed doll, handpainted doll, Mexican dolls, movable limbs, sculpted doll, skeleton, skeleton doll, wire armature, Workshop Chronicles

Skeleton doll awaiting for clothes

Skeleton lady doll is ready to get a dress, she is going to get a traditional Mexican outfit from Michoacan State, which is a black long skirt, and embroidered blouse, she will have human hair -my hair- for making long…

Margarita H Maxson
June 18, 2010

articulated doll, bones, Day of the Dead, Gesso primed doll, handpainted doll, Mexican dolls, movable limbs, sculpted doll, skeleton, skeleton doll, wire armature, Workshop Chronicles

New dolls: Non-traditional dolls

Hi! I started making these dolls last year, around November; they are still incomplete, so I promised to finish them as soon as possible. My son has given me a little bit of free time, and I got back to…

Margarita H Maxson
April 24, 2010