Wednesday 28 August 2013

Old And Gray - Design Team Throw Down.

 I'm back again,
Sorry about that but it is the deadline for the Design Team Throw Down hosted by Smeared ink. I am playing as part of the team from the Haunted Design House. The throw down challenge has been running for a little while but is now being hosted on a brand new blog instead if part of their forum, so there is no need to be a member to head on over and see what the different design teams have created and to vote for your favourite team.
 The theme this challenge was selected by last months winners Quoth The Raven, and is 'Old And Gray'
We have until today to get our pieces in  then their will be two days of voting, so if you get a chance to stop by and vote that would be great. xx
The throw down is open to any Design Team, just head on over to see what you need to do to take part x.

 As you can see I have another Dolls head to share today.The theme got me thinking about old statues and I thought a porcelain head could be turned into a Buddha.
There are a couple of pics below on what I did to transform the head.
The head was striped of all the hair and cleaned up, I used Pinflair glue and added all the beads to create the hair. I left it over night to dry and gave the whole thing a good cover of Decoart Gesso, stippling lightly to add some texture and get rid of any brush lines.
The head was then given a base coat of black Decoart  acrylic paint.The head was finished with some dry brushing with some gray paint adding white as the layers built up.

The arch Is from Tando-creative and the base is a small card box, the arch was glued to the base and bot pieces were given a thick coat of Decoart's Dimensional Effects paste, when that was dry it was given a coat of Paintable texture, fine., The same paint technique was used to tie both pieces together.
 The image inside the arch has been stamped with a paper artsy stamp from one of the Lynne Perrella oriental sets.
The colour has been provided using Decoarts Glass stains. more details on how are HERE.
I finished the piece off with a word tag from Tim Holtz. The I painted it red and then swiped it back so the paint remained in the letters and matched the back ground.
 Thanks for stopping by again. It would be great if you have time to swing by the Throw Down page and cast some votes as of tomorrow, there are some fab teams taking part and if you like the alternative you are in for a treat. xxx


Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme this week is Dotty. I have made my Dot's 3d and used the beads to create the hair. x

25 comments:

  1. what you do with dolls' heads is amazing. This is no exception. I thought it might be beads used for the hair, lol. This is one awesome piece. xxx

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  2. For goodness sakes man this is incredible. I really loved it when I saw it on the blog but when I see the step by step I love it even more. Superbly fantastic!!!! x

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  3. FAB-UUUUUUU-LUSSSSS !! This is very cool from a smeggy old doll's head !!! Can't help thinking of Maltezers now though.... what have you done to me Mark ??!!!!

    Hugz
    IKE xxxxxxxx

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  4. wow that's so cool!!!! I'm totally loving this. You are making me think of doll heads in a totally different way. I'm now wondering what you do with all the bodies lol

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  5. Wow thatis some hair do! Love what you have done and the textures you have created here is amazing! Another fab head! Hugs trace x

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  6. I'm always amazed at your doll's head transformations and this is no exception. It so totally looks like stone that I'm blown away. Fabulous, Mark! Gee, I never thought of the bodies. what DO you do with them all? xxD

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    1. Perhaps he makes doll stew for Halloween? Can't you see all the bodies floating in the cauldron? No...I think he puts non-humanoid heads on the dolls, but then he would have to dismember their limbs because playing with dolls isn't fun if one is not ripping them apart :)

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    2. lol, I like the idea of soup ;)
      only one had a china body, the rest were material and went in the bin, I do have lots of arms and legs though. Watch this space lol

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  7. Blimey! This is something special. Brilliant piece Mark. Such a talent!!!!! Px

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  8. I love this the beads make me think of eyes rolling about while it has a definite hint of the East and the Buddha. I look forward all the time to what you will create next.

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  9. So they weren't blueberries after all! Brilliant work, as usual, Mark. It;s nice to see your step by step. Have you tried removing hair from a rooted hair doll? I cut it super short, but short of melting it off, I'm lost! I also have been brainstorming for uses for the body parts. Stay tuned....

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    1. Luckily I have not had the pleasure, but i would probably burn it off too x

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  10. You are so creative Mark! This is spectacular.... I am so glad you showed the 'how to' - it really is fantastic - Wow. Anne x

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  11. Wickedly cool, Mark! Thanks for the little step-by-step you've provided...now I can alter some doll heads of my own :) You are one crazily creative guy. Brilliant piece!

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  12. Cooool

    Love this one. Looks great!!!

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  13. Fabulous Mark! it's awesome to see your photos of work in progress. Looking forward to seeing the next doll head project! :D xx

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  14. fabulous piece, the effect is just stunning

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  15. Mark...WOW oh WOW! This doll head is just stunning. What a transformation! I love it and this definitely is one of the coolest "dotty" entries I've seen this week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Love how you've taken so much "stuff" and turned it into what seems like an ancient, almost Indian influence stone piece. Love it! Thanks for entering it into the challenge. <3 Candy

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  16. WOW! This is so cool! Love your creativity! Thanks so much for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  17. Oh... this is such a wonderful project! Very creative! Love it! :)

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  18. Wow Mark, this is fabulous! Love the how-to pictures. Really great job on the altering. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  19. Amazing project! You did a fabulous job detailing your project. Awesome! Thank you for joining the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge. ~Michelle

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  20. Sheer genius... I'm so sorry I missed the voting. This is drop-dead brilliant.
    Alison x

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  21. Hi Mark another amazing creation with a dolls head love love love it

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