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Little treasures

Posted by bayan

I have some beautiful little treasures to share today.
They were all made by my cute little students, 6-8 year old, during the last school year.
This little creature is known as a penguin, it was created by one of the sweetest, gifted and enthusiastic student I have ever taught.
One day, with a shy voice, she asked if she can show something to the class, then she took out of her bag this lovely pillow she had created during the weekend.
I asked her with whom did she make it, and she answered she did it by her own, since no one in her family knows how to stitch.
At the last month they have created sock dolls same as I had already taught dozens of times.
The girl who created this doll insisted to create a long curly hair for her doll, just the same she has.
I had no idea how can she make it and then she came up with the idea of cutting fabrics strips in zigzags that look like the curls she has.
This one is quite accessorized as you can see.
and this one has only one sock, the other one had been created till the last minute of the class.
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My creatures demonstrating my new Doll-Making Workshop

Posted by bayan


There were too many things on my mind, and things I was busy with during the last few weeks, so this blog was a bit neglected.
Now, finally, I have got the time and the focus to sit down and write. One of the projects I have been busy with for quite a while, and more intensely in the last week, is my new Fabric Doll-Making Workshop. In this workshop, I would like to teach the whole process of creating a doll from scratch, developing ideas, and drawing patterns.
It is something I was eager to teach for a long time. As part of the workshops I have conducted, I met many skilled crafters who have no idea how to develop their own ideas, and, for that reason, must follow instructions and readymade patterns.
I wanted to develop a workshop where I can offer such crafters the necessary tools, and teach them how to easily create dolls using their own ideas and patterns.
During the last four years that I have been creating using textile, doll accessories or other objects, I have learned and developed my very own techniques, methods, and workflows.
When I am making a doll, the techniques and methods I follow are a very important part of the creative process, where creating patterns is similar to sculpting and designing the character.
I feel I have had much practice in it, but thinking about how to teach this was very challenging; it was a long process, filled with indecisiveness. I had to consider very carefully the important things I would like to teach, and how I can demonstrate and explain everything.
During the last few weeks, after I already grasped the process, I have tried to create dolls following exactly the same steps I would teach in the workshop, and then I noticed many things that should be done differently, so I rewrote the process and gave it another try, and so on.
Well, after this long trial and error process, I finally feel that I know how to teach it, and glad am to tell you all about it.

If you happen to live in this part of the world, you can find details over here:


Here you can see some photos that demonstrate what I am going to teach:
This model will be the basis for the design and pattern making.
From the basic form, I will teach how to develop a character,
and how to draw a pattern using a free modeling technique,
and sew muslin models.
At the end, I will try to teach the workshop participants how to give each doll a soul, and that is the most difficult part.

You are welcome to e-mail me if you would like to get further details or join my mailing list and receive updates about future workshops.
לפרטים נוספים, מידע בקשר לסדנת עיצוב ופיתוח גזרות לבובות , או הצטרפות לרשימת דיוור כדי לקבל מידע על סדנאות עתידיות אפשר ליצור איתי קשר במייל
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Doll workshop and Happy new year

Posted by bayan


סדנת בובות חדשה, הפעם טכניקה חדשה שפתחתי ליצרת בובות, ייצורים וכדורים על ידי עטיפה וכריכה של רצועות בדים ממוחזרות אלו על אלו. מתוך התהליך הזה נוצרת הצורה הבסיסית שאותה אני הופכת לדמות באמצעות עיצוב והוספה של תווי פנים. זאת סדנא שכבר העברתי להורים וילדים, בה התמקדתי בצורות פשוטות, בסדנא הזו שמיועדת למבוגרים אלמד גם צורות ודמויות מורכבות יותר
חוץ מזה כמו שכבר כתבתי אני פותחת רשימת דיוור חדשה לעידכונים לגבי סדנאות שלי גם במסגרות אחרות, שלא תמיד יוצא לי לפרסם בבלוג, תשלחו לי מייל אם אתם מעוניינים להצטרף לרשימה
New Doll workshop in which I will teach new technique I have developed for creating dolls, creatures, balls and more by wrapping upcycled strips of fabric on top of each other.
You can see more about it here.
Besides that as I already wrote I have new mailing list for updates about my workshops, including workshops I conduct in other places and not always mention in this blog. Mail me if you would like to be included.

שנה אזרחית נפלאה לכולם!
Wish you all very happy new year.
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