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Summary: If you love color, you will LOVE this! What an inspiration!
Review: Get out your scissors, girls, Patti Culea is taking you on an adventure in dollmaking creativity!
This is surely one of the most artful and inspirational dollmaking books to come along. There are three body patterns -- beginning, intermediate and advanced -- they build upon one another and are totally mix and matchable. The instructions for constructing each level of doll are superb -- clear and well-illustrated with the very best step-by-step directions for needle sculpting I have seen. Culea then details how to embellish your doll with fabric, with painting, with beading, with collage, with stamping, with Tyvek, [wow!] to make it your very own.
The best part of the book for me is seeing how all of the doll artists [and there are many in this book] get a full page to share not just their creative process -- but a close-up look at their interpretations of the doll patterns used in the book. What a cool idea, Patti!
This is a wonderful book! If you are looking for creative inspiration, or just want to see what's happening in the world of "doll as art," this book is it!
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Summary: Exciting Book!
Review: I buy lots of books and usually don't feel the urge to write a review, but this book is so great I had to share. Besides being beautifully done, with excellent illustrations and pictures, it's easy to read and understand. I couldn't put it down and can't wait to start my first doll. It's exciting and inspirational. You can't go wrong with this book, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Creative cloth doll making
Review: I have just about ALL the doll books out today and from the past.This book was ALL I needed. Excellent.So inspiring and well worth the cost
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Summary: Superb.
Review: If you don't have an Idea of how to begin making dolls this is the book that will take you from the beginning to the end. You want to get creative and make abstract projects this is it. If you already know the process of making dolls this book will only enhance the way to make them. The book has explanations on how to create a tye-dye fabric for dolls and also painted fabric. I think once you get into the process you will enjoy the book as much as I have.
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Summary: Superb.
Review: Not for the faint-hearted. Newbies should be advised that these dolls are not as easy to make as the author suggests. At the very least, intermediate sewing and stuffing skills are needed. To avoid or minimize disappointment with the finished product, beginners should experiment with a fully adjustable sewing machine and a small selection of the expensive materials required before attempting to make projects shown.
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Summary: Cloth Doll Heaven for other crafters too!
Review: This book contains 3 doll patterns, in levels so you can choose the difficulty of doll you want to make. The parts are also interchangeable so you can select the hand, legs or torso that you wish to create your own doll. There are plenty of pictures and step-by-step instructions for the novice, as well as lots of photos of what other doll artists have done with the patterns to inspire creativity galore. Definately eye candy for the crafty. Patti Culea's dolls are dyed individually for stunning effects.
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Summary: genius idea
Review: this book is just too beutyfull!!!
the idea to give to so many outragess dollartists to create
from the same patterns is simply GENIUS!!!
it is enreaching, and showes what real art and diferent personality means!!!
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Summary: Creative dollmaking
Review: This turned out to be a wonderful book to inspire I am a realist and love to develop dolls with a personality but i do not understand some of the goofy looking dolls out there they have their place I'm sure but not for me.This book has also inspired some of my clay sculpting also.
HAs very good plans for layouts and matierials to work from. As in what to gather,looking at things with a new eye,maybe just what you have in mind to create that new little person indise you wiating to get out nay screaming make me make me!
Sorry I am passionate about creating.
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Summary: FAB
Review: Very, very good book. Every dollmaker of all levels should invest in it.
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