EXPLORING

I want to show you these wonderful fantasy dolls by Rosa Grueso, a polymer clay artist from Barcelona, Spain. She says: "...this art form (doll-making) offers me creativity with endless options to explore".

You can see more works by Rosa at nenufarblanco.etsy.com, as well as at her web site and blog.

BEAUTIFUL

Elena Loukianova has reach imagination and great skills to match it. She makes her art dolls out of the highest quality polymer clay and dresses them in beautiful garments of silk, fur, and lace, adorned with beads and crystals.

Besides Elena's Etsy gallery, she has two web sites, elenacreative.com and elenaoriginals.com, which can be explored and marveled at for hours.

JAPANESE

Efi Warsh (efiwarsh.etsy.com) made these cute Japanese dolls using her own canes and following Janice VanBeek's Sayonara Dolls tutorial published in Summer 2007 issue of Polymer Cafe.

ALIVE

Anybody who tried free-hand sculpting would be impressed with these polymer clay dolls by Lori Schroeder. Capturing moods and face expressions requires a tremendous skill, especially while working at such a small scale.

Find these and other dolls by Lori in her shop, FairiesAndMermaids.etsy.com.

PRACTICAL

My friend, who believes that objects of art should be useful in our everyday lives, sent me a link to this shop: tkdoll.etsy.com.

I love the idea of combining an art doll, a wall decoration, and a clock into one beautiful piece.

EXPRESSIVE

Did you know that polymer clay was originally marketed as a material for doll-makers?

These unique art dolls are from the shop of another Canadian artist, Sue Barton.

I love art dolls and have seen many of them, from many artists. Some dolls are moody and spooky, others are simply beautiful to look at. Sue's dolls tell their own stories, and that's what makes them true works of art in my eyes.

There are more pictures of Sue's art dolls in her blog and on her web site.