other new creations

I have kept busy over the last month having several weeks at home. I have also been making my little elf slippers using my hand painted fabrics this time. I am very pleased with these and they are so much fun to make!

The top two pictured are made from suede not painted.

These little shoes are less than 3 inches in length the pen at the bottom helps you get an idea of their size. Top pair right orange with red are lace up.

A couple more of my paintings collaged mixture of fabric, paper stamping and copper and brass metal embellishments. These vary in size from 8x10 to 18x24. If your interested in these paintin feel free to email me about price and shipping. oliverlambert08@gmail.com

Welcome to 2012 Year of the Dragon!

Lots of new things to share so watch this space! Coming soon Polymer Clay doll making classes dates TBA. End of March early April after Easter. If your interested in receiving a flyer to tell you all about the class. Send me an email and I will forward you a flyer.

I have also been painting up a storm and collaging all the things I am painting. Lots of canvases, but also collaging handmade fabric pieces and adding them to adorable little over the shoulder bags. Great to add an accent to that black evening outfit when you only want to carry something small or for every day!

We also will be listing dates and places soon where we will be joining a show or market around the Hunter and beyond to exhibit our creations. We hope you will be able to come and visit us when we are near you!

I am meeting with Julie at "Scrapneeds" soon to decide which projects and when I will be teaching at her shop in the coming months. You can follow class offerings also on the web at scrapneeds.com.au. Look under the listing Design Team to find my classes.

If you see anything displayed on the blog that you are interested in purchasing also contact me via email.

One of many new paintings on offer. Such a fun process! This painting is 8x10 acrylic mixed media with air dry clay, stamped silk and copper.

Painting up a Storm!

We have had rain for days and everything is so damp! This afternoon the sun came out and the humidity went up and up!! Stayed in the studio painting and painting!!! So much fun thought I should share with you all the newest new work as of today. Have no idea how well they will sell in our stall but we shall see. Has been great to stretch the creativity! Planning a sculpture in painted fabric to enter in the Maitland Art Prize soon after the first of the year. Will keep you posted on its development. Hope you enjoy seeing my mixed media paintings. They are a mixture of fabrics, copper and painted air dryed clay. The smallest painting is 5"x5" largest 8x10. to go to the pictures - https://picasaweb.google.com/112649711404088730593/November262011?locked=true#

These are hand painted cotton bandanas such fun to do!

This is one of my groups of canvas "Triptic" Ha..three mixed media canvases together. Also includes painted air dry clay and added painted fabrics.

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.

some students from Sherrill Kahn workshop Sydney

here we are, me third from left, Sherrill Kahn second from right. other friends from around Australia!!

Sherrill Kahn workshop Sydney

I just spent a fantastic week with a group of fantastic ladies in Sydney attending a 5 day workshop with Sherrill Kahn. She is a fantastic teacher who gave us nearly non-stop demo's. Please visit her site and see her fabulous work in fabrics and paper and if she is teaching anywhere near you don't miss the opportunity to experience her take on paint, printing, and rubber stamps! I can't wait to start applying some of her ideas to my work. go have a look at http://impressmenow.com/

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!

Happy 2011 filled with lots of creating!

Hi, sorry I have been so busy since last posting here. I have been creating lots of new dolls and sculptures which I will shortly be posting new pictures of. We survived Christmas and the multitude of markets with good sales and lots of travelling. Now we are market/show free until March when we will be showing at a doll and bear show in Blacktown. I will gather the dates and location in case any of you are near and want to stop by and say hello!
By the way, the Opera Singer pictured below won Best Original Doll at the Northern Districts Doll and Bear Show! More creations soon will be posted here. Hope everyone is creating fantastic things and looking forward to a great New Year! Cheers Bobbi and Jane

Lambo Art Bobbi & Jane: Weekly Markets until Christmas

Lambo Art Bobbi & Jane: Weekly Markets until Christmas

Weekly Markets until Christmas

Hi there, just letting everyone know we will be at the Newcastle Farmers Markets at the Entertainment Centre Broadmeadow almost every Sunday between now and Christmas! Below are a couple dates we won't be there but somewhere else. We won't be there if it is raining!!! But we hope you all will have time to stop in and see our wares. Lots of new things in the stall for embellishing your dolls or quilts!! Plus lots of new things that Jane and I have made for gifts. Vintage Christmas cards and great little handmade dolls and Santa's. Our stall is now along the entrance road of the market. We have an outdoor canopy now. If you are familar with the markets we took over the pizza man's space. It is a great location. Hope to see you all out supporting our local artists and farmers!

Hi everyone, just letting you know we will have our stall at the Mittagong Doll and Bear Show the 21st of November. We will also be at the Braidwood Quilt Show in Braidwood on the following weekend on the 27th. We hope will see you there!

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.