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| Estelle an original articulated paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
I’ve been engaging in paper doll exchanges through the Progressive Paper doll group on Facebook since last fall. It has been such fun group and a good way to stretch my creativity. For the most recent exchange themed Enchanted Garden I created a paper doll named Estelle and a Little Book of Enchantments to go along with her. Estelle was inspired by my long love of Tuck Comb Grodner Tal dolls.
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| Estelle an original articulated paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
If you are unfamiliar with Grodner Tal tuck comb dolls, they were wooden carved dolls with tuck comb hair ornaments hand crafted in Austria, Germany, and Italy. A very small version of the dolls, often coarsely carved were the peg woodens that were jointed with a wooden peg joint.
Many
of these dolls also had tuck comb hair ornaments and were sold for a
penny. Queen Victoria was quite fond of
the peg wooden dolls and spent many hours dressing her delightful collection.
Estelle an original articulated paper doll and Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
Since the theme of the paper doll project was
Enchanted Garden Estelle became a fairy with dragonfly wings. The entire paper
doll was hand embellished with metallic ink, archival ink, and sealed with
satin acrylic medium before cutting. In order to make Estelle jointed I used
miniature brads that I hand painted to match her dress and skin tone.
Estelle an original articulated paper doll and Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
For
the presentation of the doll I was absolutely fascinated with a pop-up book
video tutorial presented by Einat Kessler on her blog and on her YouTube
channel.
Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
I
had never made a pop-up book before and found the concept intriguing. There are so many different ways to create
one!
Going
along with our project theme, Enchanted Garden, I decided that there was no
better way to enter an Enchanted Garden than to go through a beautiful antique
wrought iron gate embellished with flowers.
I designed and cut out the gate and decided to have the doors open to
give a 3D embellishment to the first two pages of the book. The flowers adorning the gate and used to
adorn the rest of the book were prints of watercolor flowers that I had painted.
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| Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer |
The backgrounds for the first two pages of the book and the second two
pages of the book are prints of a watercolor sketch I painted of a view from my
studio window. The water fountain, used
in both the first and second two pages of the book, was a print from a
watercolor sketch I painted of a beautiful garden on Boldt Castle Island close
to where I live. The greenery used to
embellish the book was also from a watercolor painting that I painted and made
a print of.
Estelle an original articulated paper doll and Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
The
watercolor and ink fairy embellishing the last two pages of the book is a print
of one of my original works of art. I
also designed the pockets which hold Estelle the paper doll.
Estelle an original articulated paper doll and Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
The images for the book were hand embellished with metallic ink, archival ink, and sealed with satin acrylic medium before cutting.
I
also designed and hand painted the original bookplate that I then made a print
of to use for the front cover of the book.
Little Book of Enchantments by Marla L. Niederer
I hope you enjoy Little Book of Enchantments as much as I have enjoyed creating it.
And
if you would like to make your very own Estelle, she is now available as a
digital download in my shop. You can
find out more about the download by clicking on the picture below.
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| Estelle an original articulated instant digital download paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
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Until next time…….
Warm hugs,
Marla
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