PRICES NOW DISCOUNTED! PLEASE READ! MORE DOLLS AND MIXED MEDIA ARTWORK FOR SALE...now for $45 each see my Nov. 16th post too!

YES!!!   I HAVE DISCOUNTED MY PRICES. THANK YOU!

HELLO EVERYBODY...
HOPE YOU ARE ALL ENJOYING THIS LOVELY AUTUMN WEATHER (UNLESS YOU ARE DOWN UNDER AND ARE ENJOYING THE BEGINNING OF SPRING!).

I HAVE TWO DOLLS AND TWO MIXED MEDIA PIECES FOR SALE TO HELP MY OLDEST SONS ON-GOING FINANCIAL STRESS WITH HEALTH ISSUES DUE TO FLARE-UPS OF WEST NILE MENINGITIS WHICH AFFECTS HIS BACK SO THAT HE CANNOT WORK ON A NORMAL BASIS.

THE FIRST DOLL I HAVE TO OFFER IS 'WENDY THE WITCH' FROM MEALY MONSTER LAND, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR GIFTS.  THE PRICE FOR THIS DOLL Has been discounted from $75.00 to $45.00 AND I AM PAYING FOR THE SHIPPING.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE CLOSER PHOTOS, PLEASE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO FOR A MORE VIBRANT VIEW.  THANK YOU!!!

HERE IS WENDY THE WITCH WITH HER LOVELY CREEPINESS WHICH IS THE TRADEMARK OF ALL OF MEALY MONSTER'S CREATIONS.   THE PRICE FOR THIS DOLL IS now $45.00 instead of $75.00 WHICH I WILL PAY THE SHIPPING.

WENDY COMES WITH HER CHARMING CAT AND HER VERY OWN MONSTER IN A CAULDRON.  SHE HAS PINK POLKA DOT STOCKINGS AND ALL DETAILS ARE HAND PAINTED.  WENDY STANDS 8 1/2 INCHES TALL TO THE TOP OF HER POINTED HAT, AND SHE IS SCULPTED FROM POLYMER CLAY.

THIS DOLL WAS FEATURED IN ART DOLL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE IN THE FALL ISSUE OF 2011.  I KEEP ALL OF MY DOLLS IN A PRISTINE GLASS DOLL CABINET, IN MY SMOKE-FREE, PET-FREE HOME.  I CAN ONLY ACCEPT POSTAL MONEY ORDERS OR PERSONAL CHECKS AT THIS TIME, WITH A DOWN TIME IN THE BANK UNTIL THE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER CLEARS. (I AM SORRY, BUT I CANNOT ACCEPT ANY INTERNATIONAL FUNDS AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO SET UP FOR PAY PAL.)

HERE IS WENDY WITH HER CHARMING CAT!

THE NEXT DOLL I HAVE TO OFFER IS WEDNESDAY ADDAMS, MADE BY MARINA LENZ.
THIS DOLL WAS ALSO FEATURED IN ART DOLL QUARTERLY IN THE FALL OF 2011. THIS DOLL IS FOR SALE FOR $45.00 INSTEAD OF $80.00(SEE MY NOV. 16TH POST) AND I WILL PAY FOR THE SHIPPING. AND REMEMBER, I WILL ACCEPT LAYAWAY IN THREE EQUAL PAYMENTS WITH A MONEY ORDER OR PERSONAL CHECK.  UNITED STATES ONLY.  SORRY, NO INTERNATIONAL AT THIS TIME.

HERE IS WEDNESDAY ADDAMS IN HER LOVELY PALE SPOOKINESS.  I AM OFFERING THESE DOLLS JUST IN TIME FOR THIS FALL SEASON.  SHE IS SCULPTED FROM POLYMER CLAY.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE A CLOSER PHOTO, PLEASE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO FOR A MORE VIBRANT VIEW.   THANK YOU!!!

WEDNESDAY ADDAMS IS  8 3/4 INCHES TALL AND HOLDS HER PET SPIDER.  SHE HAS STRIPPED FABRIC STOCKINGS AND A FABRIC DRESS, WITH BLACK MOHAIR FOR HER HAIR.

I KNOW YOU WILL JUST LOVE HER PET SPIDER!!!  WEDNESDAY'S SHOES ARE ALSO HAND SCULPTED FROM POLYMER CLAY.  THIS IS A RARE ONE-OF-A-KIND DOLL LOVELY TO HAVE IN YOUR OWN DOLL COLLECTION.

THIS IS TITLED 'THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS' WHICH IS A MIXED MEDIA CANVAS MADE BY ME (TERESA SWANSON) WHICH HAS VINTAGE PAPER CIRCUS EMBELLISHMENTS, AND RED TRIM ON EACH SIDE, WITH A LACE TRIM AT THE TOP WITH ROUND WOODEN HAND-PAINTED RED AND BLACK EMBELLISHMENTS AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH FRAMES THE PIECE MAKING IT APPEAR AS IF IT WERE UNDER THE BIG TOP.   THE PRICE FOR THIS PIECE IS $45.00  AND HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED FROM $54.00 AND I WILL PAY THE SHIPPING.

THIS PIECE HAS A GRUNGY, DISTRESSED LOOK ABOUT IT, AS IF IT WERE FROM AN OLD CIRCUS POSTER FROM YEARS AGO.   THE TRIM AND LACE ON THE TOP AND SIDES ARE VINTAGE.

A CLOSE-UP OF THE VINTAGE LADY BAREBACK RIDER.  ALL IMAGES ON THIS PIECE CAME FROM THE GRAPHICS FAIRY SITE.

FOR A CLOSER VIEW OF EACH PHOTO, PLEASE CLICK OVER THE PHOTO.

THE PRICE FOR 'THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS' HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED TO $45).  I WILL ACCEPT THREE EQUAL LAYAWAY PAYMENTS EITHER WITH A MONEY ORDER OR PERSONAL CHECK.  THANK YOU!!!   UNITED STATES ONLY.  SORRY NO INTERNATIONAL SALES AT THIS TIME. 


THE PRICE FOR THIS NEXT PIECE TITLED 'METAMORPHOSIS' HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED TO $35.00, WHICH I WILL PAY FOR THE SHIPPING.

HERE IS 'METAMORPHOSIS' ANOTHER MIXED MEDIA PIECE HAND-MADE BY ME.  THIS PIECE HAS MANY EMBELLISHMENTS, GREEN AND BLACK VINTAGE BUTTONS ARE AT THE BOTTOM, JEWELRY NECKLACE FINDINGS ARE ON TWO PLACES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PIECE, WITH THE STAMPED ON SAYING 'EXPERIENCE IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.'    A VERY APPROPRIATE VERSE FOR ARTISTS OF ALL MEDIAS.  THERE ARE LAYERS OF STRIPPED BURGUNDY TISSUE PAPER,  A LAYER OF VINTAGE LACE AT THE TOP OF THE PIECE,  CROWS IN FLIGHT, A GHOSTLY IMAGE OF A LADY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PIECE, AND THE LOVELY VICTORIAN LADY WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS WITH A SHADOW OF A BUTTERFLY ABOVE HER HEAD.   I LOVE THIS COLOR COMBINATION AND IT TOO HAS A DISTRESSED APPEARANCE.

THIS CLOSE-UP SHOWS THE EMBELLISHMENTS OF A FAUX PEARL AND TEAR-DROP (FROM AN EARRING FINDING) AS A NECKLACE AT THE THROAT OF THE VICTORIAN LADY.  THE GHOSTLY IMAGE OF A LADY'S FACE IS IN THE THE MIDDLE, WITH THE NECKLACE FINDINGS FRAMING THE VERSE ON EITHER SIDE.  THIS IS ANOTHER PERFECT MIXED MEDIA ALTERED ART PIECE FOR THIS SEASON.

I HOPE YOU LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER, AND AGAIN, THE PROFITS FROM THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO MY SON'S FINANCIAL AID.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

POSTED BY
Teresa

THE TRODDEN PATH NING SITE...

IT HAS BEEN SUCH GREAT FUN BEING PART OF A NING GROUP CALLED 'THE TRODDEN PATH'.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS GROUP, IT IS A FREE SIGN UP.  PLEASE SEE MY LEFT SIDE BAR FOR 'the trodden path'.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY 56, SEPARATE GROUPS WITHIN 'THE TRODDEN PATH'.  WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE LINK AND GET TO THE MAIN PAGE, THE MAIN MENU IS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.  PLEASE CLICK ON WHERE IT SAYS: 'GROUPS/CLASSES' AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THE ENTIRE LIST OF GROUPS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE.  CLICK ON THE GROUP YOU ARE INTERESTED AND IT WILL EITHER BE FREE OF CHARGE OR WILL GIVE THE COST OF THE CLASS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.  DIRECTIONS ARE ON THE SITE FOR JOINING THE VARIOUS GROUPS AVAILABLE.  PAYPAL IS THE USUAL PAYMENT FORM, OR LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR JANE IF YOU ARE NOT SURE.

FOR INSTANCE...I AM IN THE 'CLOTH AND CLAY DOLL WORKSHOP' GROUP WHICH ACTUALLY BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2008 WITH INSTRUCTOR JANE SPAKOWSKY (DES ROSIER) WHO IS ALSO THE MAIN GROUP ADMINISTRATOR FOR 'THE TRODDEN PATH' NING SITE.  (THE COST IS $50, IF YOU ARE NOT A RETURNING MEMBER OF THE CLOTH AND CLAY ORIGINAL NING SITE).

THIS IS THE HANDMADE CLOTH BODIED DOLL WITH A PAPER CLAY OVERLAY, HEAD, TORSO, FEET, AND HANDS WHICH I MADE IN THE 'CLOTH AND CLAY DOLL WORKSHOP' WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS ON 'THE TRODDEN PATH' NING SITE.  PLEASE SEE THE LEFT SIDE BAR TO FOR THE LINK TO MANY ART WORKSHOPS ON 'THE TRODDEN PATH' NING SITE.

I JOINED THE CLOTH AND CLAY DOLL NING SITE ON ITS INCEPTION, WAY BACK IN 2008, AND WHEN JANE DECIDED TO INCORPORATED THAT GROUP INTO 'THE TRODDEN PATH' NING SITE, THIS YEAR, SHE GAVE THE INVITE TO ALL PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CLOTH AND CLAY DOLL NING GROUP SO THEY COULD TRANSFER THEIR MEMBERSHIP, FREE OF CHARGE, OVER TO 'THE TRODDEN PATH'.  WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I CHOSE TO DO.  I DID PAY MY DUES A FEW TIMES, RENEWING MY MEMBERSHIP OVER THE FIVE YEARS THE CLOTH AND CLAY DOLL NING SITE WAS UP AND RUNNING. 

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN SOME VERY AMAZING DOLL MAKING TECHNIQUES USING CREATIVE PAPER CLAY OVER A CLOTH BODIED DOLL, WHICH INCIDENTALLY, THESE DOLLS ARE MADE AND SEWN, AND STUFFED WITH FIBER FILL BY EACH STUDENT, AND YOU LEARN THE BASICS OF SCULPTING PAPER CLAY OVER CLOTH.  YOU ALSO LEARN HOW TO PAINT A DOLL FACE AND ADD A SIMPLE DRESS TO THE DOLL.  THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE CLASS AND THE COST IS $50 FOR THE SIGN UP.   YOU WILL BE AMAZED WHEN YOU REALIZE  YOU CAN LEARN A NEW METHOD OF MAKING DOLLS.
THEN, YOU CAN GO ON TO CREATE YOUR OWN DOLLS MODIFYING THE PATTERN, AND ADDING YOUR OWN DESIGN ELEMENTS OR A THEMED DOLL OF YOUR CHOICE.

THE VIDEOS ARE VERY DETAILED AND JANE TAKES HER TIME, MAKING SURE THE STUDENT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS COMING IN THE DOLL MAKING VIDEOS.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CLICK ON THE ICON FOR 'THE TRODDEN PATH' AND SEE WHAT OTHER CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE.  ALTERED ART WORKSHOPS, WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS, SANTOS DOLL GROUP (FREE) MANY, MANY OTHER ART RELATED WORKSHOP VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE.

INVOLVING SOME OF THE BEST INSTRUCTORS IN THE FIELD OF ART TODAY.

POSTED BY TERESA
Sept. 22, 2013