Marions Indian Dolls

Project finished

2011-11-16T20:02:00.003-08:00

Project finished

2011-11-16T20:02:00.001-08:00

New art dolls in the future

2011-08-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

I have plans to make a series of Indian art dolls that represent famous Indian people of the past.   First will be a set of three women called, " Three American Indian Women". They will represent Pocahontas, Sacajawea, and Sarah Winnemucca. Each of these three women have an important place in the history of our country. I plan to have the three as a group .

I actually started the three women project , made and finished Sarah Winnemucca.   Someone saw the finished doll and loved it  so now that Sarah is in a private collection.    When I get back to the three Indian Women set, I will have to make another Sarah. The second Sarah will be different from the first one, even dressed different and possibly on horseback. I got involved with something else and haven't gotten back to the three women project, but in good time...

Right now I am working on an interesting project.   A client has a large model of a birch bark canoe, the type Indian people used in fur trading in the 1700-1800's. I am making an Indian figure that will be kneeling in the canoe. The canoe will be loaded with fur bundles and accessories which would be necessary to the traveler.

I have finished carving the paddle and am ready to sculpt the fingers around the paddle.

More on this project as construction progresses.
Marion Springer

How fast time flies

2011-07-16T01:06:00.000-07:00

Here it is Friday already and I'm wondering where this week went. I had planned to have my project finished by today , the first part of the project anyway so I could get started on the main part of the work but one small oversight slowed things down . The oversight was, in my haste I bought the wrong JB Weld , a compound that I use to hold things I'm building together.

JB Weld is a two part resin/glue that is just great for many things.  JB sets up in 20 minutes . The mfg. recently added another type that sets up in 4 to 6 hours and that is the one I mistakenly bought.

I wondered what was wrong , why wouldn't my project set up ?   I finally saw the mistake and had someone pick up the right JB for me so now I'm back on track.   I guess that old adage of , "haste makes waste", is right. In this case it was time wasted.

Marion Springer

New Indian doll blog site

2011-07-14T14:26:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,
I have had my web master set up a blog site for the Indian dolls that I create.  Dolls really isn't an appropriate word, for dolls suggests toys.    My creations are not toys . They are my version of Indian people of an earlier time.  I represent them doing the ordinary daily things they might have done back then.

From the time I was a little girl I had two passions-I wanted to fly and I wanted to make dolls.  I have been very fortunate for I have lived my dream...my career was spent in aviation and I am also making dolls.   there's that word again!

The heads, hands, feet and legs of the Indian figures I make are sculped from Pro Sculpt which is made of PVC and plasticizer. In other words, it's a plastic clay . The sculpted part is cured in an oven.

The body of the figure is generally a wire armature with a fabric body-stocking filled with polyester fiberfill. Occassionally the body will all be made from clay .

I have a head full of ' Indian dolls' I want to make...a mother holding her baby,  a young man playing his flute for a beautiful young woman , also   women tanning a deer hide. Those are a few of some things I would like to make. I have more ideas than time to make the figures.

This is my first blog on this site so I don't know if it allows viewers to comment or not but if it does do send me your comments or questions.
Marion Springer

Marions Indian Dolls

2011-06-30T10:07:00.001-07:00

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