Category movable limbs

art doll, art dolls, articulated doll, artist doll, assemblage, bones, cloth body, contemporary art doll, Day of the Dead, hand made clothes, handmade doll, Mexican skeleton, movable limbs, skeleton, skeleton doll, winged skeleton, wings

CUTE + CREEPY + COOL

As I mentioned on an earlier post, skeletons are very common things in Mexican life, not only for Day of the Dead, but as an everyday presence. One day I was talking to a very good friend, a New Bedford…

Margarita H Maxson
October 17, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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