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doll history and thoughts
Nov. 28th, 2016 09:58 amI walked over to Barnes & Noble yesterday and spent a while browsing. I leafed through the current edition of Art Doll Quarterly; that's always inspiring. Noticed that in their upcoming submission categories was "Self Portrait Dolls. I think my life-sized crazy quilted tattooed Paisley doll would fit in that category. Of course, I need to finish her first. (deadline isn't until this summer, so plenty of time)
So, I then also spent some time websurfing for more inspiration and ideas. Below are links to some of my internet search results: keywords: Life size doll
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/PAJJ_a_00311
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/20/almost-human-why-art-so-obsessed-with-lifesize-dolls
https://3dprint.com/77375/3dkitbash-bold-machines-quin/
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/theres_a_life_size_david_bowie_pillow_doll
/http://unusualplaces.org/nagoro-a-creepy-japanese-village-where-dolls-replace-the-departed/
http://www.mayforth.com/?section=news&article=15143&d=true
I weeded out the Real Doll and Japanese sex doll sites, even if there are some interesting articles about the dolls and their construction, there's also a bunch of porn I don't want to get into.
Speaking of porn, that made me remember when I owned a plushie anthropomorphic bat girl who was "Functionally equipped". That wasn't why I bought her, I just thought she was cool.. But also heavy and unwieldly and in need of repair. At some point I sold her to another furry. But here are a couple photos from when we played "dress up": Dress up...I really think a couple of my furry costumes, in particular Bunnidoll and Tazzell were as much doll avatars as outfits for me.
http://kids.nunodoll.com/lifesize/ best DIY site for dollmaking. I used the pattern as a starting point for Paisley and Suzie-Rose.
I also eventually want to make a couple male dolls--a krampus figure and a circus strongman (who would be B to my Paisley).
Found a couple doll patterns on Etsy that I ordered, two of them were for digital downlaod, so I gotthem right away--an adorable plush sloth and a head pattern to use with a dressmaker's dummy. I also ordered a lifesize guy pattern and another male doll from another company. So much for my Cyber-Monday purchases.
So, I then also spent some time websurfing for more inspiration and ideas. Below are links to some of my internet search results: keywords: Life size doll
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/PAJJ_a_00311
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/20/almost-human-why-art-so-obsessed-with-lifesize-dolls
https://3dprint.com/77375/3dkitbash-bold-machines-quin/
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/theres_a_life_size_david_bowie_pillow_doll
/http://unusualplaces.org/nagoro-a-creepy-japanese-village-where-dolls-replace-the-departed/
http://www.mayforth.com/?section=news&article=15143&d=true
I weeded out the Real Doll and Japanese sex doll sites, even if there are some interesting articles about the dolls and their construction, there's also a bunch of porn I don't want to get into.
Speaking of porn, that made me remember when I owned a plushie anthropomorphic bat girl who was "Functionally equipped". That wasn't why I bought her, I just thought she was cool.. But also heavy and unwieldly and in need of repair. At some point I sold her to another furry. But here are a couple photos from when we played "dress up": Dress up...I really think a couple of my furry costumes, in particular Bunnidoll and Tazzell were as much doll avatars as outfits for me.
http://kids.nunodoll.com/lifesize/ best DIY site for dollmaking. I used the pattern as a starting point for Paisley and Suzie-Rose.
I also eventually want to make a couple male dolls--a krampus figure and a circus strongman (who would be B to my Paisley).
Found a couple doll patterns on Etsy that I ordered, two of them were for digital downlaod, so I gotthem right away--an adorable plush sloth and a head pattern to use with a dressmaker's dummy. I also ordered a lifesize guy pattern and another male doll from another company. So much for my Cyber-Monday purchases.
