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Cloth dolls are a huge hit in the creative world and textile artists have taken up the challenge, using them as the perfect three-dimensional vehicle for expressive textile art. A range of innovative textile techniques can be used to make stunning dolls. In 'Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists' the author provides patterns for different doll shapes, from the simplest stump doll to the more complicated jointed doll. The book gives practical instruction on needle-sculpting expressive faces, as well as details on how to use the patterns to make the basic cloth doll. Then you can really start to express yourself by using a range of textile techniques on the doll, whether directly on to the body or on the clothes -- from beading, hand embroidery, machine embroidery and stamping to dyeing, felting (ideal for hair!) and even quilting.
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Ray Slater trained as a textile artist at Goldsmiths, University of London. She also trained as a costume maker for theatre and television. She curated an exhibition of cloth dolls from the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK in 2003 and is now one of the leading teachers on the subject in the UK, where she is based. She is also embarking on a teaching tour in the USA. Ray Slater lives in London.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Does what it says in the titile.,
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This review is from: Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists (Hardcover)
If you want a book to help you make pretty,sweet-faced dollie dolls then this isn't it! But if you want exciting, stimulating, funky dolls and you are really interested in innovative textile techniques, then this is it. The title is 'Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists' and if that is where your interests lie or you want to try something different, then this is the book for you.
I'm new to doll making, not really my thing, but after finding first Jan Horrox and now Ruth Slater, a whole new window has opened for me. Ruth Slater starts off with stump dolls, which I had never heard of, but with her approach they become intriguing soft sculptures. Then lively wire dolls which make you smile, and then stuffed cloth dolls using more useful ideas and all interspersed with lots of textile art techniques, hand and machine stitching, dyeing, printing, you name it. This book is not for everyone, and may disappoint conventional doll makers, but for those with more adventurous attitude, this get this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists (Hardcover)
I'm new to doll-making but not to textile art: this books provides easy-to-follow instructions, simple patterns, and loads of ideas for techniques and embellishments for your cloth doll. Excellent pictures and diagrams.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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fabulous!!,
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This review is from: Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists (Hardcover)
As a very traditional 'doll' person my first doll book was by Jan Horrox and it is an excellent book. I passed over this one because the dolls looked a bit too 'funky' for my taste but having now made 5 dolls with Jan Horrox's patterns - all of which have turned out far better than I expected - I find myself looking for dolls with a difference and also to exploying new techniques. I was particularly looking for a book which included stump dolls and ways of individualising fabrics rather than just using them straight from the shop. This book arrived this morning (hardback not paperback as advertised - not complaining) and I have had to force myself to put it down long enough to do this review. I would still say that a beginner should start with Jan Horrox who takes you through every step very thoroughly and the patterns really work but, having done that, Ray Slater has certainly turned out a real cracker with this offering giving lots of new thoughts and ideas - good patterns and excellent instructions for creating individual fabrics. I had spent a day dying Wensleydale 'curls' but was nervous about how to needlefelt them to the dolls head - all the instructions are in this book as well as lots of other 'hair' ideas. All in all, just what I was looking for to feed what is rapidly becoming a bit of an obsession with each doll becoming more and more intricate - where will it all end, well, thank goodness they have shut Newgate is all I can say.......
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