Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls - Softcover

Horrox, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844487652 ISBN 13: 9781844487653

Publisher: Search Press, 2013

Synopsis

Building on the success of Jan Horrox's previous book, Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls, Jan's new book focuses on her exquisite fantasy dolls, including beautiful fairies, amazing mermaids, an enigmatic witch and a steampunk doll with attitude. These magical dolls are full of character and are amazingly easy to achieve with the help of this practical book. Step-by-step instructions are provided for all the basic techniques, including how to make the bodies, heads, arms, legs, hands and feet; how to make the hair; and how to needlesculpt and paint the exquisite faces to really bring your character to life. There are instructions for making webbed fingers, delicate fairy wings as well as a mermaid's tail, and there are three easy-to-follow projects to put all your newly acquired skills into practice. Jan encourages the reader to use their imagination and create dolls of their own, and the alternative designs that accompany each project show how easily this can be done simply by changing the faces, colours, fabrics and embellishments used.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Horrox’s career began in 1973 when she gained a Diploma in Fashion/Textile Design from North East London Polytechnic (now the University of East London). She went on to establish her own range of fashion knitwear, which she designed and manufactured supplying to high-end stores as well as independent retailers in the US, UK and Japan. Jan has taught knitwear and textiles part-time at various colleges in the UK.

In 2004 she founded Jan Horrox Cloth Dolls, and currently supplies cloth doll requirements, patterns and workshops as well as blog tutorials and advice from her website www.janhorrox.co.uk. Jan’s work is exhibited throughout the UK, where she lives and works between London and Glastonbury.

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• Clear, step-by-step instructions for making heads, faces, bodies, hair and costumes
• Three colourful, contemporary fantasy dolls to make, with an alternative version of each one made using the same techniques
• Adaptable designs that can be altered easily to create your own fantasy dolls

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1844487652
• ISBN 13: 9781844487653
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96