PuNKin! Nu OOAK Halloween Barbie

The weather is perfect for apple and pumpkin picking. Apple cider, caramel popcorn, a good horror movie. Under the influence of such and intoxicating autumnal presence, I made a new recycled doll.

 I call her PuNkIN! She has a kind of deathrock look done in wool locs. I hand-dyed them orange and green. The right side is shorn, buzzed like a mohawk.

PuNKin comes dressed in a handmade black skeletal gown which--unlike many OOAK horror dolls--is removable. The collar, however, is not and should you try to remove it her head will roll off and demons will pop out.

Made some matching sparkly black pumps, too.

Title: PuNKiN!
Mold: Barbie, Mattel, unknown doll with 3 studs, factory molded into her left ear.
Born: Sept 15, 2010
Doll artist: Byrdie
Favorite food: popcorn
Favorite song: Anything from the album Juju by Siouxsie and the Banshees

For Sale on eBay!

Indian and African Contemporary Fashion Dolls

I'm posting two gorgeous dolls I made a while ago, Pink Prachodayat and Cenye. Prachodayat, which means "enlighten"in Sanskrit, is the very last phrase chanted in many Vedic Mantras. She was the first girl I made with a broader global flare.

Except for the ceramic jar (which I embellished with a tassel handmade from thread) and Barbie's actual body, everything is 1000% handmade.  I even designed and cut the suatika pattern into a stamp, sized just right for the doll.  Pink Prachodayat has plenty of jewelry and embellishments. She was an organic creation which I'm proud of.

 FOR SALE! 

My second doll was Cenye, a Malian name for beauty. I rerooted her hair in plain wool, undyed for stark contrast and a bold shock.  Again, lush with little embellishments. Cowrie corset (which I want to make for myself), cowrie earrings, etc...

 FOR SALE!  

I also made the tiny stamps which I needed to print the bogolanfini (or mudcloth) pattern. I need to make more heavily embellished dolls!

Lady Gaga By Request

I'm not a huge pop music fan and find the industry lacking as far as the organic musical process is concerned. I haven't listened much to Lady Gaga but her outfits are exciting ventures for fashion doll designers. To me the costume is a synthesis of the Sorceress from Masters of the Universe (1987) and Björk's wintry white swan dress collection--although the last time Björk played Madison Square Garden she left it sweating rainbows.

Anyhow, here's Lady Gaga...in the Fantasy Flesh.

More photos on my album.