Hair and Shoes

Hair and Shoes are very important.



Goldie's hair is made of cotton twine that has been dyed in a brown and yellow dye bath. I mixed the two colors. I then dip the pieces into the fabric stiffener and wrap it around a 1/4 inch dowel and let dry. This is how I get the curl. Oh yeah always cover the dowel with vaseline so the twine will release. Now her head can't be sewn in to because it is too hard so I make a beret that gets glued on and suffed with polyfill. I can sew into this. I wrap some pieces around the edge to hide it and then I start sewing short pieces folded in half to the back and bottom of her head. I will work from the bottom and side to side and then come from the top down. This takes a few days, because I really never stick to one task for long.



The shoes for now are the same chunky and Doc Marten inspired. Why mess with a shoe that fits. These shoes are made of paper mache. They are messy to make but rather simple. I made a plaster mold about a year ago and I first cover it with vaseline so the shoe will release then I just press the strips of newspaper, with a glue/water coating, into the mold. I do 3 layers and dry in front of a fan to speed things up. I'll end up with 2 halves of 2 shoes. I have to connect the 2 halves with small strips and eventually I will end up with a whole shoe that gets sanded down, and then I cover with paper clay to get a more even layer, then sand again. I don't really try to get it perfect, it is what it is.