Dolls and Ceramics: Coney Island Poppy Parker & Ugly Cup

Since I started my ceramics journey about a year and a half ago, it has been hard to figure out what to post on my social media accounts that are doll-centric. Should I post my ceramics work there? I didn’t know. I decided I would try a creative strategy of posting dolls and ceramics together. Welcome to the weird posts dolls and pots. Here we go.

Pictured is the lovely Coney Island Poppy Parker dressed in pieces of the 2013 Integrity Toys Monogram Completist outfit. The cup is the first hand-built cup I made when starting my ceramics journey. I made sure to decorate it with lots of techniques. I lovingly call it my ugly cup. It gets a lot of use as a mount for my phone holder so I can make videos of my work.

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Tiny Ceramic Dolls

Over the holiday season in 2022, I decided to experiment with making ceramic peg dolls and, eventually, turning many of them into ornaments. As the project progressed, I had fun picking iconic people/looks for some of the dolls. Do you recognize some of the dolly friends? Perhaps you noticed the Lady Gaga, Cia, and Ruth Bader-Ginsburg dolls? It did not take me long to realize I really enjoy translating a look into a peg doll. There are still more dolls in the works, but I’ve taken a short break to work on other projects. What peg dolls would you like to see in the future?

The clay aspects of the dolls were made using a low-fire smooth clay and underglazes. I am currently learning the process of China painting to start using on peg dolls in the future. Assembly of the dolls was accomplished using jewelry wire.

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Tiny Hitty Dolls

What’s cuter than a Hitty doll? Tiny Hitty dolls, imho. Typically, traditional Hitty dolls are about 6-1/2 to 7 inches tall. These little Hitty dolls are about 3 to 3-1/2 inches tall. The doll on the left is made by Gail Wilson and the dress is made by me. Gail also makes a tiny Hitty with blonde hair. I purchased one a little while back, but I have not had a chance to make her a dress quite yet. The Hitty friend doll on the right is made by Ae and Holly. She came with the dress.

It’s amazing to see people can carve a wooden doll so small. I have carved traditionally sized wooden Hitty dolls, but the tiny ones might be out of my wheelhouse. I have more pictures of the dolls on my Instagram page. See the link in the paragraph below.

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Pastels of Eden, Thiago, and Lilith

These dolls finally managed to make their way out of their boxes. Oh, the pastels! When I saw Monsieur Thiago, I just knew he would need to be part of the Eden and Lilith party. Thiago is so photogenic. It’s hard for me to pass up dolls with fun-colored hair. Eventually, I’ll have a dolly hair rainbow.

The dolls have a ridiculous amount of amazing accessories. I love tiny doll rings and each doll has one. Necklaces, purses, earrings, amazing shoes, and extra hands? Yep, they have plenty. Sometimes dolls inspire me to add an extra accessory before I leave the house.

These dolls are made by Integrity Toys. Their official names are Mademoiselle Eden Blair, Monsieur Thiago Valente, and Mademoiselle Lilith Blair. These dolls are wearing their original outfits and accessories.

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Nurse Hitty

In my local area, I have the pleasure of being part of a Hitty collectors’ group. It’s wonderful to share all of our wooden dolly friends, furniture, and accessories. Our last meeting involved a fabric challenge. A member gifted us all fabric for our Easter meeting and we were supposed to try to do something with the fabric. I received the following fabrics.

After checking out some Hitty inspiration, I encountered this super cool post about a Hitty nurse uniform. It gave me the idea to make a Red Cross nurse’s uniform. Keep in mind that I wasn’t going for an extremely accurate costume, but something that suited Hitty and felt like a recognizable garment from another era. Hitty is wearing a long blue dress with long sleeves, white apron, pocket watch, and arm band. It was tricky to find a pocket watch that was about the right scale. Her collar is a little wonky, but this was my practice piece. I made one additional outfit and it is now with a friend.

The pink floral print did get used on another Hitty dress, but I have not had a chance to take a photograph of it. I will probably be able to take a pic of it at the next meeting in mid July. The cute outfit is on a doll of a friend.

My Hitty is from a carving kit made by Gail Wilson. I highly recommend her Hitty carving kits if you are interested in getting into Hitty dolls. Her directions are thorough and her kits are very manageable. You can find them on her website here.

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