Hand Painted Strange Dolls and Creepy Clowns HANDMADE OOAK

New for 2009 Halloween!
mum-cats with tea stained gauze and great grins!
hanging Bats with big yellow teeth (bats with teeth?? ooooh scary) =)
Gothic Pumpkins (What are those?)
Candy Corn Trio's with silly names and wing tipped shoes.
Life-Sized Creepy Clowns and Scary Dolls.
Come on over and get one of your own before they are all gone!
Everything is One of a Kind!
Handpainted, OOAK, signed and dated!
Wonderfully packaged and sent off quickly!

--xoxoxox

Debbie Kirkpatrick

WWW.ODDOLLS.NET Strange Dolls for Strange

Times..

Handmade

Dolls Whimsical creatures,peculiar friends,

strange discoveries, strange dolls

haunted dolls, creepy clowns,

scary clowns & magical places:

the artwork at Oddolls.net combines

magic & mundane, fantasy & familiar,

the strange & unusual.

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Clays I use are: (in order ..most used to least used)
Super Sculpey (because it is very strong)
Sculpey III (for heads and bodies...never fingers)
Paperclay (very strong but hard to do fine features with, I like it for bodies and to make armatures)
Prosculpt (use for fine features and fingers, very strong)
Fimo (Pretty strong, I used for faces)
Primo (Also really quite strong, use for faces and fingers)
Sculpey (for bodies only, pretty fragile)
Magic Sculpt (Very very strong, best for armatures,hard to do fine feature work)
Das paper clay (I use this for armatures , bodies, legs and large heads before I put on fine features with other more workable clays)

With all polymer clays you MUST pretreat it before painting. Acrylics interact with the clay and it chemically melts the clay over a short time period and then you have STICKY surfaces..and it is bad news..bad news. I seal with liquid sealer, just an acrylic sealer, but you can also seal with matte finish spray, if you do it very lightly. I still have better luck with an actual liquid sealer like
Delta Ceramcoat Clear acrylic sealer. Or Folk Art acrylic sealer. The Delta brand works the best for me.

I use acrylic craft paints for painting....brands don't usually matter i have found out. And then sometimes I seal with matte finish...but if I want it to look grungy or rough I don't seal...because even the matte spray can give a shine. But shine does come in handy some times =)

Happy crafting!

-Debbie
www.oddolls.net

Here lies Vladimir Bones. While he may be a bit ghastly at first glance, he's actually quite a pleasant little zombie. Don't be afraid to write in him! Even though he has a big toothy grin, he doesn't bite. He'll even let you use his tongue as a bookmark!

Vladimir has been brought to life by Debbie Kirkpatrick, the lovely creator of the beautiful and strange Oddolls. You can find her other wicked works at www.oddolls.net.

Vladimir is definitely one of a kind. We couldn't make him again if we tried. He is the very first of our collaborations.

His skeleton was sewn together by myself using red waxed linen thread. His covers are binder's board covered with handmade canvas bookcloth that I created special for this project. His pages are recycled 70 lb. sketchbook paper. His insides are a wonderful deep purple. He is coptic bound with a crazy neon orange accented spine. Looking quite naked and plain, he then traveled all the way to Utah so that Debbie could begin the transformation.

He is 6 in. x 4.75 in. (not including his funky mane) 10 signatures. 80 pages.

Debbie sculpted his face from paper clay and then added to his whimsical features with acrylic paint. He has a soft hand-sewn tongue hiding away with the rest of his smile inside his back cover. His hair is synthetic, but looks very real! The wart on his nose even has hairs sticking out of it! He then made the journey back to New Jersey and jumped right back out his box!

He's a sculpture, a painting, a book, and a best friend. From his nose to his teeth, Vladimir is the most lovable zombie you'll ever meet, and he'd love to find an exciting new home.

Feel free to ask us any questions! He is signed by both of us.