Midsummer Challenge

Image : Art doll by Jay Stelling from True Colours Challenge 2017.

ADO CHALLENGE April - June 2018 


MIDSUMMER 
Create an art doll inspired by the theme 'Midsummer' - ideas include "A midsummer night's dream', summer solstice, summer holidays, summer flowers, summer fashion, sunshine,summer pastimes, midsummer history and rituals , festivals,feasting, singing, Maypole dancing... T
his "MIDSUMMER" challenge will start on 21 April and finish on 21 June 2018. 
Please post an image of your doll (s) (completed or in progress) any time from now on this Event Page  You do not need to be a member of Art Dolls Only to participate. 

This is not a competition but a prompt to inspire you to create, challenge you to try something different and a shared showcase of art dolls inspired by the challenge theme. 

Please click JOIN  on the event page if you would like to participate.  .This challenge allows plenty of time but don't stop at one art doll! You can use any medium ie paper, cloth, felt, clay etc but the creation MUST be a doll in representation. 

It is understood by participating in this challenge and posting  images of your work, your photos will also be used ( credit given) on the ADO blog. and/or other ADO social media. You do not need to do anything as I will transfer them to the relevant sites after the challenge. - 
Hope you will enjoy the challenge, Wilma

Please contact me via the comments here or via ADO messages on the Facebook page  if you have questions. 

Color or Colour? Challenge Dolls

Here in Australia, the spelling is "colour" but I know that in other parts of the world, it is "color". What does it matter when  beautiful dolls are made for the Art Dolls Only Color /Colour Challenge which finished at the end of May 2017  . Thank you to all who entered and to all who admire , I hope you will be inspired for the next challenge.  Enjoy these wonderful art dolls ... Wilma 

Forest Fairy
Wings made from organza embroidery beads.The dress felt wool with nice vintage needlework.
 . The doll is made from polymer clay. Doll size 40cm

Wood Fairy for Tickled Pink.
Made from piece of found wood and wire armature wrapped in soft cotton.
I live next to the Shenandoah National Forest, USA. which  inspired my Wood Fairies.
There are lots of trees in our town, so I pick up broken pieces of trees, acorns etc.
The Fairies are bendy and have wool hair.

A doll for the colours challenge:
 'Maybe I'm not all that yellow' (The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger)  

Neon Orange

Brown 

 Blue in the Face:
"Hippie Highness is a hand-painted baby doll wrapped in material and pieces of yarn. Her name comes from the peace insignia scarf, her beaded necklaces and Hand-designed headdress.

Green with Envy:
"Alexa" was once upon a time a mint can.
Now she is an intense little reminder to stand up for yourself and what you believe!

GLAMOR PUSS (Tickled Pink).
Hand stitched and embroidered wool/rayon felt, buttons, polyfill. 7 1/2" tall.

 She was "green with envy"
 but realised that this was not a good feeling to experience....
 Needle felted doll form, with cloth over clay head and some hand stitching with beads 
 Height 18cm /7.5ins

Art Dolls Only Challenges 2013 Part1

Art Dolls Only hosted monthly challenges throughout  2013 – and what exciting art dolls were created for these challenges. All the challenges were open which meant that all doll makers were invited to participate.  All the suggested themes for the challenges came from members themselves. I started the year with a long list of all wonderful suggested themes, so I used Random Generator and we were in business with the first six months chosen even before the ink was dry  on the 2013 calendar!  The photo collages below are representative of the dolls posted for  each month's challenge - not all art dolls have been posted here. However, they can all been seen by going to the  Art Dolls Only Facebook page  and click on to the Events section.

 “Zodiac “ in January was obviously not a popular subject or perhaps we were all still recovering from Christmas and writing our New Year’s resolution lists. 

January - Zodiac 

In February, we seemed to love the idea of 'water' with so many beautiful mermaids, and water sprites.

February -Water

From a cute chihuahua to a sinister satyr ...and all sorts of Animalia inspired art dolls appeared for March 

March - Animalia

Please return here  next week for Part 2 ..... 

You can enter our current challenge, inspired by a Nursery Rhyme  here