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Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge: ISLAND OF MISFIT T... - 10/24/2008 10:02:01 AM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		OK so here is the Nov. Doll challenge:

1. Find a vinyl toy (doll or otherwise) which is either a reclaimed item ie. thrift store or dollar store.
Something that would otherwise end up in the trash.

2. Turn it into something original, and preferably outlandish. Turning a doll into a prettier doll is great but lets see how far we can take this.

feel free to use ANY vinyl/plastic toys , use more than one combine them in new and interesting ways ! Create Mythical monsters, create you own self portrait, create the toy you always wanted but knew was too weird to ever be manufactured!

The doll/toy does not need to be free standing it can be mounted on a background if necessary.

I will start a thread the week of Nov 16-22 for people to post their creations, and judge them by the end of the month.
The winner will get a cyber certificate & little surprise from me ( but I'm crap at sending stuff out on time, so be wary of delays!)

OK go and have fun

< Message edited by blumoo -- 11/24/2008 12:08:38 PM >

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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge - 10/24/2008 11:55:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Noelle: I almost hate to ask this because I may not get mine done in time anyway, but could this include altered cloth dolls in this too? Since cloth dolls are cheap and easy to pick up at the GoodWill or dollar stores, etc.? Maybe it will spur me on to get the four vintage cloth dolls that I bought altered. Thanx.

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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge - 10/24/2008 12:45:15 PM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		Annie I was kinda hoping to keep it to plastic/vinyl, becuase that was what the live presentation was about.:D
You are encouraged to reclaim materials from thrift/junk stores !! Thats where a large percentage of materials come from.
The only real cost would be the primer, you could attempt to just use gesso, make sure you really rough up the plastic/vinyl before using it though.
It could work for a static object or one that is being mounted on some kind of a background

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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge - 10/24/2008 1:24:51 PM   
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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge - 10/24/2008 5:56:35 PM   
espressojoe


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Status: offline 		Please let me know when the transcripts of this live presentation are up! I couldn't make it, and might actually want to try this challenge, just ennd some pointers......

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 11:58:54 AM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		Just a bump to remind people this starts taking entires NEXT WEEK!!
so go make yourself a toy for the Island of misfit toys !!!

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 1:05:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		I went looking for a vinyl doll at thrift stores in santa rosa and only found collector dolls with porceline faces. I stopped at this one junk store that fancies itself as an antique store and found the two dolls - one was a giant barbie doll with super ratty hair and the other was a generic vinyl faced doll with ratty hair. I asked the guy how much for the small one and he told me 8 dollars. It pissed me off. This doll had seen better days about 8 years ago. I didn't even bother asking about the big stupid barbie.

So I am still searching. I wish it was during yard sale time of year - you can find stuff like that at yard sales very easily.

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 1:43:41 PM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		the dollar store is a great place to find these kind of things cheaply. 

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 2:17:24 PM   
swirlygirl

 

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Status: offline 		I will find something. I just wanted to find something that was an unloved junk toy. It suits my mindset

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 2:22:13 PM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		yeah I know what you mean, I validate myself using the 1$ store becuase I know they break almost the moment they come out of the box and end up in land fill LOL. I figured I'm just removing the middle man. :P

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 3:24:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Noelle, is your presentation posted anywhere?

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 3:43:34 PM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		Here it is :D

http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_668.htm

ignore my typos

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 4:37:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good job on the tutorial

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RE: Island of Misfit Toys - 11/10/2008 4:45:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the link, I'd like to try (if I can get to the dollar store sometime soon).

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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge: ISLAND OF MISF... - 11/15/2008 5:24:54 PM   
nelliex


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Status: offline 		REMEMBER WE START POSTING ENTIRES TOMORROW!
NOV 16th though 22nd


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RE: Novemebr Altered Art Doll Challenge: ISLAND OF MISF... - 11/15/2008 11:24:30 PM   
lobsterlu


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Status: offline 		oo..I think I'm going to have fun with this.
I found some tiny vintage doll parts in the basement.

I AM GOING TO WIN THIS THING!

I just need to get started.

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