Artful Paper Dolls: New Ways to Play with a Traditional Form
This book is lovely and full of fabulous ideas and techniques on how to make a variety of paper dolls and paper doll books and accessories for both adults and kids. Using basic techniques such as collage and paper folding you can make a variety of themed dolls for everyday play or as a keepsake.
Intermingled with historical paper doll references, the projects are not just for little girls, with boy dolls and manly dolls and more precious adult dolls for memory keeping and scrapbooking.
Just some of the delightful projects in here include a doll board book – hard cover book in the shape of a doll; anatomical flip book doll – with layered anatomical illustrations revealing layers of the human internal system; scrap book filled with envelopes and ephemera; cute dog doll with its own little dog house and historical costumes to fit a basic joined doll.
At the back you will find some templates – I was hoping for more and I also thought the techniques section was a little thin – however these points not withstanding – this is a lovely creative book for paper and doll lovers.
