by Alison Jackson | Sep 10, 2020 | art dolls, Uncategorized
Hello everyone, how are we all doing? Well, I hope. This week I have returned my thoughts to cloth dolls although probably only briefly. A prompt from a Facebook follower; ‘thank you’ Rachel; has reminded me of an old doll that needs re-visiting. And I...
by Alison Jackson | Sep 2, 2020 | art dolls
It’s a funny old world isn’t? Ever since I heard of NIDIA I have wanted to go to one of their conferences, but living the other side of the pond, it was not to be. I did meet some of the lovely members and organisers at Doll Prague last year. Actually going to the...
by Alison Jackson | Jul 3, 2020 | art dolls
Good Morning all, how have you been this week? We are easing out of lockdown a little more now here in England and have found out this week that we are able to go on our holiday still. Myself, hubby and the dog are very excited about this. And I made a new sun-hat and...
by Alison Jackson | Jun 26, 2020 | art dolls, BJD
Hello all, This blog starts with an admission and an apology to anyone waiting for the next in my BJD series of blog post. I haven’t got any further! I thought it best to just straight up own up! Sorry. Time has gotten away with me lately. I have never been very good...
by Alison Jackson | Jun 8, 2020 | art dolls, BJD, Clay Art dolls
As far as I know Ball Jointed Dolls have two types of joints. If you know more please do let me know. Probably using the name as a clue, you can guess that they both include some sort of ball, and you would be right. Just like our shoulders and hips are ball joints...
by Alison Jackson | May 26, 2020 | art dolls, BJD, Clay Art dolls
Design Ok this is a stage I really try to skip in almost every area of my life. I am a jump in feet first kinda girl. Planning isn’t really a strong quality of mine. Which is why I often find myself making something that wasn’t what I intended at all. It’s more of an...