New Catarina Halloween Paper Clay Dolls

Making the best of the day, getting my new Catarina figures finished and ready for their debut tomorrow evening. These dolls have taken quite a while to get made up. I have been wanting to create them for quite some time now I just haven’t had the courage to make them, mostly due to their size. I have always primarily worked on smaller projects with the exception of my Halloween candy pails. However; now that these ladies are finished I have definitely fallen in love with them. I wantedto give these ladies a touch of spookiness by incorporating the exposed bone chest and keep with the day of the dead theme by adding the hand sculpted floral touches.

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Halloween Folk Art

Eek! Halloween is 100 days away and I have been working on tons of vintage inspired Halloween folk art goodies to spook up your Halloween decor this year! Here are a few of the items I have been working on this month: You can find them at Etsy.com/shop/VanDollsFolkArt

I have finally finished working on my Halloween light up candy buckets! Whew that took me a while. I absolutely love the vintage look and feel of these buckets. They are also an absolute joy to have hanging around my studio.

Making 2 Part Silicone Molds

It’s time to make molds! I have been working on this set of Johanna Parker Designs inspired trick or treat buckets for a few weeks now. I have decided the best way to keep their original charm would be to make up a mold for casting. This is such a messy process! I made the mistake of wearing my favorite pants while I applied the many layers of silicone to the exterior of these spooky cuties needless to say I ended up wearing a bit of silicone as well! It takes between 4-5 layers of this sticky goop to build up enough layers to make a solid mold, with roughly 2 hours in between coats it is assured I will be at it all day(totally worth the effort though!)

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