In May of this year Hally Levesque, who is an extraordinary artist and whom I've taken several doll classes from at Artful Gathering, asked me if I wanted to participate in a paper doll swap.
I had never done an online swap before, let alone a paper doll swap. In fact, I had never made a paper art doll before.
As my bucket list contains trying every craft out there in my lifetime, if at all possible, this would provide me with the challenge of creating a paper doll - something I'd never done before. So, I said I'd be thrilled to participate in a paper doll swap.
In order to make it easier for all of us to communicate Hally set-up a private "The Progressive Paper Doll Party" group on Facebook.
The theme for this paper doll swap was "Life is a Cabaret." Here's what Hally said, "The global pandemic has really done a number on us,not to mention the many other things going on in the world. We are probably all looking forward to shedding our cares and woes. So let's take off our masks, kick up our heels and have some fun at The Paper Doll Cabaret."
With cabaret as a theme I knew this was going to be a challenge for me. As mentioned above, I had never created a paper doll before, let alone one of my own designs.
No matter what kind of doll I make they always have an opinion on what they should be and my "paper dollie" decided she was going to be Victorian, no matter what. I had no choice but to accede to her wishes.
So, I thought about what I wanted to do and decided to go with an articulated paper doll with moveable arms, legs, and head. I wanted her to appear to be kicking one leg up under her Victorian costume so she definitely had to be moveable even after her costume was applied. And, I wanted her holding a fan and a sign.
