Category wool hair

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, Workshop Chronicles

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, Workshop Chronicles

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

button jointed doll, cloth doll, earrings, Frida Kalho, handmade doll, hands, Mexican women artists, Mexico, Oaxaca, self portrait, shawl, surrealism, thorn necklace, whimsical jewelry, wool hair, Workshop Chronicles

“Self portrait with hand earrings”

Autorretrato con aretes de manos, Frida Kalho, 1940 There she was, looking at us proud of herself and her accomplishments as artist, but still hurt because her personal life was not what she wanted. Frida paints both her success and…

Margarita H Maxson
January 4, 2013

art doll, artist doll, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, dough flowers, Frida Kalho, handmade, handpainted face, Mexican artists, Mexican painting, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpted fingers, Oaxaca, stuffed doll, Tehuantepec, white dress, women artists, wool hair, Workshop Chronicles

Self portrait as tehuana, or Diego in my thoughts

Autorretrato como tehuana o Diego en mis pensamientos, Frida Kalho, 1943 This particular portrait is among my favorites, Frida’s work reveals maturity and mastery of the medium, we have to remember she was a self made artist, who learned from…

Margarita H Maxson
December 28, 2012

artist doll, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, Fine Arts Painting, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, muslin dolls, needle felted hair, Oaxaca, paperclay accesories, surrealism, Tehuantepec, wool hair, Workshop Chronicles

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird/Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibri muertoFrida Kalho, 1940 This painting is very impressing, it talks about Frida facing divorce, loneliness, and physical pain; later she remarried Diego Rivera in December 1940.…

Margarita H Maxson
December 24, 2012

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, Workshop Chronicles

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, Workshop Chronicles

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

braided face, button eyes, cats, cloth doll, coffee stained dolls, Folk Art doll, hand made clothes, hand painted face, hand sewn doll, ice cream, muslin dolls, needle sculpting, primitive dolls, raggedy Ann, stitched hair, stripped stockings, wool hair, Workshop Chronicles

A new journey: Doll making

I learned to use the sewing machine and basic handcraft skills at my mother’s sewing workshop. She used to have a production of 300 coats a week.But it was very different to make dolls. It was new for me, and…

Margarita H Maxson
April 13, 2010