Creative Cloth Doll Making: New Approaches for Using Fibers, Beads, Dyes, and Other Exciting Techniques

by Patti Medaris Culea

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564969428
• ISBN13: 9781564969422
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for beginners to experts!!!

As a brand new dollmaker, I found this to be an inspirational book filled with dramatic color photos and easy-to-follow instructions. She includes several doll patterns from beginner to advanced with instructions and beautiful examples from other doll artists. As my doll materialized, I was so excited to move to the next step! I also highly recommend "Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Using Paints, Pastels, Fibers, Beading, Collage, and Sculpting Techniques" !

If you love color, you will LOVE this! What an inspiration!

Get out your scissors, girls, Patti Culea is taking you on an adventure in dollmaking creativity! This is surely one of the most artful and inspirational dollmaking books to come along. There are three body patterns -- beginning, intermediate and advanced -- they build upon one another and are totally mix and matchable. The instructions for constructing each level of doll are superb -- clear and well-illustrated with the very best step-by-step directions for needle sculpting I have seen. Culea then details how to embellish your doll with fabric, with painting, with beading, with collage, with stamping, with Tyvek, [wow!] to make it your very own. The best part of the book for me is seeing how all of the doll artists [and there are many in this book] get a full page to share not just their creative process -- but a close-up look at their interpretations of the doll patterns used in the book. What a cool idea, Patti! This is a wonderful book! If you are looking for creative inspiration, or just want to see what's happening in the world of "doll as art," this book is it!

Superb.

Not for the faint-hearted. Newbies should be advised that these dolls are not as easy to make as the author suggests. At the very least, intermediate sewing and stuffing skills are needed. To avoid or minimize disappointment with the finished product, beginners should experiment with a fully adjustable sewing machine and a small selection of the expensive materials required before attempting to make projects shown.

Dolls for the Amateurs

If you don't have an Idea of how to begin making dolls this is the book that will take you from the beginning to the end. You want to get creative and make abstract projects this is it. If you already know the process of making dolls this book will only enhance the way to make them. The book has explanations on how to create a tye-dye fabric for dolls and also painted fabric. I think once you get into the process you will enjoy the book as much as I have.

Cloth Doll Heaven for other crafters too!

This book contains 3 doll patterns, in levels so you can choose the difficulty of doll you want to make. The parts are also interchangeable so you can select the hand, legs or torso that you wish to create your own doll. There are plenty of pictures and step-by-step instructions for the novice, as well as lots of photos of what other doll artists have done with the patterns to inspire creativity galore. Definately eye candy for the crafty. Patti Culea's dolls are dyed individually for stunning effects.