Kate Church Part II

Last week was great as I shared a fabulous beach house with 5 other ladies and was able to take lessons all week from Kate Church with delicious lunches and snacks provided!  Who could ask for more?

This week I finished all three dolls that we started in class.  The first I call "Midnight Rider", a young lad who is finding his adventures while travelling on the back of a crow!

We used polymer clay for the figure and made a cloth crow with clay beak, tail, claws, hat and eyes.  I love this wee fellow.  Unlike last year's workshop, Kate was showing us how to create a younger figure.  I think I achieved the goal!

The second figure is based on a bunny.  I used an embroidered pillowcase for the bunny and tried to make an even smaller younger face for the rider.  I call this piece "Beach Bunnies (on Kye Beach".  Kye Beach in Comox is where our rental beach house was located.  We loved it and had fun walking on the beach at low tide looking for treasures.  I used some of my beach treasures to decorate the base of this bunny piece.  The wee bunny that the figure is holding is made in cloth from the white portion of the same pillowcase from which the bunny is made.  

The stands for the following two pieces were made by Peter, a fantastic woodworker and friend.

Once again, I was very pleased with the entire effect:

Finally, the third and final piece is based on a rider on a horse or pony.  I chose a striped upholstery fabric for the pony, as I loved the colours.  Once again the pony has clay eyes, hoofs and hat while the rider has all clay features except the body and clothing.  This piece measures about 13" in height and is the tallest of the three.  I added the most embellishments on this piece and I am happy with the result.  I call this piece, "My Painted Pony" for obvious reasons:

The saddle blanket and stand features are all in wool felt.

So, do I have a favourite of the three pieces?  I cannot decide as I like all of them for different reasons.  I love the crow because of the sweet face of the rider and the mystery that crows provide.  I love the bunny because the embroidered fabric worked so well and the rider is also sweet.  Finally I love the Pony because I was able to use the most colour and fun embellishments!