weekend at Lexi's

My girl Lexi was kind enough to lend me a table in her spare room for me to set up camp for the weekend and make some dolls.

This was my home for the weekend.  That was an inaccurate statement.  This was my home for six hours a day over five days, when I wasn't bunking off to go find coffee.

I had a little snoop while I was there.  Of course.

 

I did manage to make a few things.  The worst was this scary squirrel.  The body proportions are a bit off.  But that's really the least of its problems.

For the record, boy child is completely smitten with it.  Which goes to show, love is blind.

And then there is a little dear that I made for Lexi.  I love little deer that fit in the palm of one's hand.

You may notice both the deer and the scary squirrel are made from the leftovers of girl child's apron that I upcycled from a thrifted button down shirt.  I still have two whole sleeves left.  Too bad neither of my childs fit into sleevy pants anymore. 

And, another deer, which happens to be 150% larger.

Why do I make so many deer?  I cannot know.  Perhaps in the future a good reason will present itself.

Lexi happens to have a bit of a thing for Guy Fawkes whatnots.

 

 I took this as inspiration and used my new friend, paperclay, to make a doll sized Guy Fawkes mask, along with another head for a doll, to be finished at a later date.  Paperclay is... challenging.  It doesn't smooth down like polymer clay that I have worked with in the past and drying out seems to be an issue.  Still, I'm looking forward to further exploring this new to me medium and smoothing out my rough edges.

When the mask is dry in a couple of days I should be able to paint it... and maybe some sandpaper before the paint?

This is the total haul for the weekend (excluding cups of coffee drank):

The other dolls I will share with you in due time. 

I hope your weekend was equally fabulous.