I felt inspired to post again to chronicle my experience in this amazing dollmaking course I am taking online. I have been patiently waiting for a spot in an e-dollmaking class taught by a lovely woman who makes the most amazing little dolls I have ever laid eyes upon. I found out in September that I had a spot in a course beginning October 3, and received a large woolly bundle of dollmaking supplies from Europe about a week ago. I am very inspired by the teacher's work, her photographs and her lovely blog and am so excited for the opportunity to study with her, virtual though it is. There are about a dozen of us in the class from all over the world, mainly Europe, North America and Australia.
But since it is all online, I am able to work on creating my doll in the wee hours of the night/morning, which is typically when I have my creative time, anyway. So far I have made the woolen core of the head and am nearly finished with it. The class is set up so that you make your way through one step at a time with video tutorials to illustrate the various techniques needed for that step. Then you take photos of what you have and wait for feedback from the teacher before proceeding. This doll is going to be a Christmas present for Annie and she will have Scandinavian white-blonde hair and green/amber eyes like Annie does.
Here is a picture of what my desk is looking like during this process -- kind of like I just sheared a sheep there! Ha. This wool will becoming the stuffing of the doll's body.
