Altered dolls

I don't like Barbies and I pre-apologize to those who do, but I took an inordinate amount of pleasure in hacking up, hot gluing, and morphing Barbies into something that causes horror: the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who! Here's how you can hack your Barbies into Weeping Angels...

I search for porcelain and baby dolls in resale shops, online, garage/yard/rummage sales, etc. On the average, I’d say I pay about $5 for a doll depending on the condition. I prefer to use dolls that are in sad condition. I have purchased broken (porcelain) dolls and have a collection of parts so the table in my studio sometimes looks like Frankenstein’s laboratory! I’ve paid as low as $1 (RARELY!) all the way to $28 (shopgoodwill.com and ebay.com) for a doll (including shipping). But when…

We find ourselves in the intersection between cute and creepy when we're looking at the Mari Shimizu's fantasy dolls, which despite being adorable on the outside, hide dark and twisted worlds inside their bellies.

Construction made of burned kewpie doll from a devastating house fire to honor the theme of Perseverence for Kobo Gallery's 15th anniversary in Savannah GA.

This was the last of my mixed media frenzy while cleaning out the studio. These teacup junk jar dolls are made of old bottles filled with little bits of joy like cracker jack prizes, small toys, marbles, buttons, beads, snippets of cloth, jewelry parts and ETC! Then they are colored with alcohol inks and you can pretty much tell the rest. Old doll heads (from dolls worn out with love), vintage silver spoons for arms and lots of other fun accoutrements.

Those Doll Heads that you Diggers & Pickers Keep Finding | Peachridge Glass