The Oracle WIP

Oracle and his follower, newest creation, all original except for the wheels!

I found the wheels online and ordered them to use. They are fantastic wood

wheels that come bare wood to paint or stain as you choose. There is lots

of wood, and copper soldering on this piece. Jane made the all the handmade books in the library behind him on the cart.

another view- showing the Follower that is pulling the cart.

He is free standing and has a combination of leather and fabric in his clothing.

 



 

 

Satin, leather, mohair all make up the Oracle's wardrobe

The library has lots of copper embellishments with soldered corners, a mica window is

framed in copper and soldered into the frame. Just have to finish his umbrella and a few other touch ups. He will be on display for the first Dreamers Markets in Parramatta 20th of July.

Doll and Bear Show Penrith Panthers in Penrith

Hi there, in case you are looking for something fun to do and would like to catch up with us! We will be at the Penrith Panthers all weekend at the Doll and Bear Show being held there 30th of June and 1st of July. So come and see us and a whole bunch of other folks selling lots of wonderful dolls, bears, arts and crafts, lot of supplies and accessories for your projects!
Hope to see everyone there!

More Pixie Nix dolls

These are 3 of my most recent dolls. I am very pleased with their outcome. Polymer clay, fully wired, fabric and other mixed media things added. The dolls if standing are 11.5 inches tall excluding their hats. All available for sale contact me for prices if you are interested. We can ship all over the world and accept Pay Pal. Hope you enjoy. I will add another one here.

All eyes and skin tones are hand painted.

These two are clowns of a sort, I hand painted this fabric. The base in this one is also hand painted fabric. So much fun. I plan to use lots more of the painted fabrics this way!

Sculpting class May 2012

Cam, Leanne and Doris all hard at work in the recent sculpture class. A fully packed day of learning how to create the armature and sculpt the polymer mixed media doll. Next class will be in July watch for the dates here soon!

Beginning Cloth Doll Class

on offer

April 15th and April 22nd
9am-4pm 14 hrs of instruction
2 Sundays at
Lambo Art Studio

Maximum 8 students
Minimum of 4 students
It is time to reserve your seat

Meeting days are 2 -Sundays in a row so work can be done at home in between the instruction days.
The fabrics will be different than what is pictured, but evevery bit as nice as what you see!
Things you need to bring -
sewing machine, (You need to know how to
thread and operate your sewing machine)
basic sewing tools needles, good quality scissors, straight pins, a variety of cotton colours (thread)
one spool of heavy duty thread soft flesh colour, pink or cream.
small paint brushes 2-3 sizes for eyes small points (good quality)
I will supply some tools and have some for purchase.
Pen and paper
for notes, and your lunch

This class is to learn the basics of doll construction, cutting out, sewing, turning, arms, legs, fingers, stuffing, and putting it all together, sculpting the cloth doll head and drawing/painting the face. We will explore choosing fabrics for dolls, combining
colours and textures for effect and creating expression on your doll’s faces.

Kit includes,
pattern, fabrics, inner facing, hair, stuffing, use of tools, paints, glues and much more.
Coffee and tea provided all day. Microwave and fridge are in the studio.

Refunds only if class cancelled-
Full payment expected to reserve seat $125.00 cash or check

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO:
Barbara Oliver
53 Government Road, Thornton, 2322

Ring for INFO 02-49663897 Email: oliverlambert08@gmail.com

If you have any
questions don’t hesitate to ring!

New things to share

Hi all, we have been busy as usual with shows, work, and playing in the studio. I have been making some new little pixie nix dolls. We did a show at Mittagong last week and a lady ordered a witch doll. I made 2 so she could choose one and I would have a new one for our display. I also have been producing some hand painted bandanas and small canvases. I am adding some pictures of all here. I hope you enjoy seeing them. I love using the methods I learned from Sherrill Kahn.

Taliesin the Wizard!

Taliesin WON Best Original Doll at the Northern District Doll and Bear Show in Sydney, Australia

19th of November 2011

I have just completed a new doll and wanted to share here. I haven't had time to post here for some time. But felt it was time to warm up the Blog again with current works. Taliesin is about 18-20 inches tall. I sculpt the head, hands and feet out of Living Doll polymer clay. He is completely wired so can be posed. Many elements embellish Taliesin, silk, rabbit fur, leather, metal and glass. Mohair for his hair and beard. I am very pleased with how he has come along. I am hoping to get into a few more dolls this size in the near future.

We had a good show at Stanhope/Blacktown Doll Bear and Craft show. We felt the attendance was very low. But a nice group of vendors and the promoters are trying to make a good show. Just needs more advertisement and some incentives to get the public out to support the event. We won't go back next year though as they plan to move it back into February. TOO hot to be in an un-air conditioned venue for these two ole ducks!! We wish them well.

Also a quick note about the Maitland Prize Sculpture Show held recently. I entered "Time Explorer" (pictured here on the blog). I was awarded the Peoples Choice Award and won $250.00 very nice feather in the cap from the show! I also will have a picture in the local Maitland Mercury newspaper with the local Member and my sculpture. Very nice to have the recognition. Thank you all who voted for me.
We are off to America Friday, we have some great friends that are going to house sit for us and keep our doggies company! Thank you Lois, Chris and June!! We will be gone 4 weeks and return on the 8th of April.

new Dolls!

Have been busy producing a few new dolls for our Show stall for sale. Thought you all might like to see some pictures of them. These are with Living Doll Sculpy clay. It is fantastic to work with. Love it. All of these dolls are between 6-8 inches tall. I am having fun exploring Steampunk so you will see a couple of these!

Art Dolls with Living Doll clay

I have been exploring using the Sculpy Living Doll clay. I love it! It stays firm while you work with it, and it's not as easy to change the shape. I love the way it bakes, and the fact you can super cure it which makes it even stronger. It is so forgiving and easy to do fine details.
If your sculpting in Super Sculpy please consider trying Living Doll. Also check out Mark Dennis' blog. Madsculptor! He is a wealth of knowledge!! I read every post he made last year and so far this year as well. I will be checking every day for new words of wisdom!

I hope you enjoy my new pieces please leave a comment if you have a look! thanks for viewing!
Watch out for a new page on the Time Explorer, this is a mixed media paper mache piece I am working on. Picture soon to come!

New Creations

Well where does the time go! I have been very busy in the studio producing for our Christmas fairs, plus just out there doing the fairs. But thought I would share with you all some of my newest creations. These dolls are polymer clay attached to wire armature. I created the accessories/embellishments, all except the butter fly on Mr. Sleepy. I hope you enjoy. None of these dolls is over 9 inches in height. The birdcage is about 20 inches tall. I made the cage by wrapping wire with copper tape. Effective but I will have many scars on my fingers from cuts of the tape. Next time I will wear gloves!! Check out the additional page on Hey Birdie Birdie below in the blog on the right handside.

Old Man Time

I have been busy again just finishing this little doll I call Old Man Time. He is 38cm tall and is fully wired. He can have his pose changed. He has semi-precious stones, leather, various fabrics, angelina fibers, metal embelishments, watch parts just to name a few things included in his costume. We hope you enjoy viewing Old Man Time. I sure enjoyed creating him. He will be exhibited in the Maitland Society of Artists Members Show 13th of August in Maitland and will be a part of my exhibit in the upcoming Liverpool Doll and Bear Show 24th & 25th of July. Please leave a comment if you have time. And if you have questions or are interested in purchasing Old Man Time, please contact us oliverlambert08@gmail.com Thanks for visiting our blog.

Bead Beggar

Hi there, I just couldn't wait to share my newest doll with everyone. I call him the Bead Beggar. Hand sculpted polymer clay face, completely wired soft doll body. He is easily posed and has a bag full of beads that he is collecting I hope you enjoy the pictures. I plan so show him in the Newcastle Charity Doll Show so he won't be available for sale until after the first weekend in October 2010. If your interested in him drop me a line. He stands if he was standing about 7-8 inches tall. He has glass eyes and wired fabric hands. There is a mixture of fabrics, leather and metal embellishments. I hope you enjoy him.

Christmas Craft Stall

Finally our ISP has allowed us to load pictures. One of the prices we pay for living in Paradise is a slow connection! I have attached a bunch of pictures here of our most recent stall at the Fine Food and Craft Market held in Newcastle. We will be back at the show every Sunday in December. Next Friday we are off to the USA for a visit to see friends and family. I can't wait! We will be in AZ with our friends Sharon and Val both are crafters in a big way! They are taking us to a huge craft show while we are there next Saturday. I am so excited. We will also spend some time in Lakeport, California my ole stomping ground visiting friends. We will fly then to Oklahoma to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I hope we are going to take a drive to the Ozarks to check out the crafts for a couple of days there. Anyway, hope you all enjoy the pictures of our stall. I sold 3 large dolls and 8 small ones in the recent market. It is all very modivating to keep working! See you all when we return. I will try to update along the way. We have a house sitter looking after our puppies! That is the hardest thing to leave behind.

Merry Marbles

Hi everyone I am so slack about writing here. But I have finished some little cute gems from a pattern by Michelle Munzone called Merry Maubles. It is an easy pattern and very cute. I have added my bit of flair and made polymer clay faces to mine! I have a couple pictures here. But will take some more soon. Hope you enjoy. You can purchase a pattern from Michelle online at http://www.mmunzonedesigns.com/index.html I am sure she won't mind me giving her website a plug! We have been busy creating and showing at the Newcastle Fine Food and Crafts markets. We are going to the USA in 3 weeks and then when we return we will be at the markets several times before Christmas. Hope we see you there. The market is at the Entertainment Centre if you wonder where! We will be there on the 1st of Nov, 6th of Dec, then every Sunday after that til Christmas!! Wish us luck. I will post some pictures of our stall after the next show.
Hope you enjoy.

Newcastle Charity Doll Show

Hi, well we have been very busy and slack at adding things to the blog. But this last weekend was exciting and worth a mention. We had a stall at the Newcastle Charity Doll and Bear Show. I also entered some dolls in the competition and won Best Original doll for "Blue Skies Forever 2". I was thrilled! We also had good sales in our stall. Wilma Simmons joined us for the day and brought bead work, dolls, vintage bits and pieces, felting and many other wonderful items to enhance our stall. We had a great day chatting up a storm about all the great projects and plans we have. Sharing ideas and working out problems together. I am going to try and load a slide show of our stall for you all to see. So have a look and let us know what you think!. Thanks Wilma for all your help on Friday setting up and all day Saturday!

6th of the 6th Tag

Hi Wilma and everyone, Wilma challenged me to load my 6th photo from my 6th folder to share. I actually had to cheat a little bit as the 6th of the 6th was already on my blog! ha. So I picked the next one. This little person is called "Reaching for the Stars". My original idea was to create a doll that had an uplifting theme, plus I wanted to attach the doll to a large metal ring and make it pleasing and fun to look at. I also wanted it to be hangable to display. All are a challenge when working with fabric, wire and fiber fill. That is if you want it to look natural and really sitting and holding on to a ring. being fully wired made all that happen. I am very pleased with the results and only had it a couple of weeks when I took it to my workplace to share with my work mates. One just said to me, how much would you sell one like that for. I gave her a price thinking she was just interested but not serious. She said I would like to buy that. I just smiled and said thanks not thinking she was serious as I told her it was going to be in a show in Sydney the next week. About 2 weeks later she asked when I was bringing her the doll and how had I done? I nearly fell over realising at that point she was serious about buying Reaching for Stars". I did win a First Place for the doll as well. So now I only have a picture and ribbon and my workmate has this doll hanging in her bedroom. Thank you Chris for buying Reaching for the Stars!

Blues Skies Forever 2

Hi there, Well today with the cooler weather I was able to really get work done on my newest version of Blue Skies Forever'. Hope you enjoy. This one has just come along in leaps and bounds. All hand made, the head is made from Super Sculpy a polymer clay with glass eyes. The body is fabric and wired so easy to pose. The flying chair is wood, fabric and copper. This was so much fun!! hope you enjoy. will try and get some pictures loaded of it and the finished version 1. Let me know what you think!

Flying Machine Blue Skies Forever

HI everyone, sorry I am so slack and not making many posts but have been very busy getting back into work mode but even so I started a project a few weeks ago of making a flying machine with a little doll pilot. I accomplished the task after purchasing a torch and soldering copper wire and pipe together to create a frame. I then created a seat, and dashboard with a combination of pine and balsa wood. There are many other bits and pieces as you will see in the pictures.
I plan to show this project in a upcoming Art show. Will let you know the results later.
Hope you enjoy. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or contact me on the email. Thanks for having a look. Bobbi

Newcastle Chairty Doll Show

Early in September 2008 we attended the Newcastle Charity Doll Show. We took all our wares and set up a stall of dolls, handmade cards and craft tools that we have for sale. I also entered several of my dolls in the doll competition. I was luckly and won a First Place trophy for Penny who is pictured here in the blog. She is one of the pair Poppy & Penny dolls I made from my own original doll pattern. This pattern has been very successful and I have taught it in classes a couple of times from our studio. If your interested in the pattern let me know I can send you one. They are $15 each. The show and sale was a big success for us and many others as well. Inspite of the very rainy weather there was a really good turn out of customers.