The ODACT Bendi Challenge

Today my doll artist group here in Connecticut met at Dawn Alice's-(www.dawnalice.com) house.  I showed up with some paintings I've been working on  for our show and tell moment and a bag of paints as I planned to plunk myself down and finish some little ACEO's-(what are aceo's?) I started yesterday.  Not exactly doll art but we doll artists find we have issues with sticking with one particular art form. Donna May Robinson (www.donnamayrobinson.com) showed up with a luscious pile of textile eyeglass holders she's designing to sell at the next NIADA conference.

Dawn's had success with her whimsical painted wooden bendi-type dolls that she sells on her ETSY store-(Dawn Alice Designs). Her wonderful little handpainted wooden dolls are line up all over her house, many with their signature feather boa doo's, some with pensive faces some smiling all with adorable felt clothes handmade by the artist herself.

As we sat at Dawn's expansive dining table showing and sharing and painting and sewing, Donna May and I were admiring the little blank wooden dolls with bending limbs that Dawn had purchased to paint and clothe-see above picture). Dawn graciously  gave one to Donna May and me and  instantly a challenge was born to see what we could possibly create with these blank wooden creatures.

Stay tuned. . .

Comments

[Suzanne Urban]

Thank you M'oa your encouragement helps-the head is getting bigger and bigger though on this little body!

[Mo'a]

I love what Dawn has done with her little dolls.
What fun you are having...I miss you gals.
I look forward to seeing the results of the challenge :)

[Dawn Alice Rogers]

I am so excited to see what you guys come up with!