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Posted Dec 5, 2009 at ashleydaugherty's blog
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ashleydaugherty is now following Black-Eyed Suzie
Aug 27, 2009
I know what you mean about hot weather. It's just now getting very humid and gross here in Kentucky. Pierette looks beautiful. I love how her red hair stands out against her blue dress and eyes. Have fun on your two week vacation!
Commented Aug 15, 2009 on I'm Melting! at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
I'm Melting!
Please don't hate me, but the truth is, I'm not a lover of summer. Or rather, I do love summer when I'm somewhere rural and on the ocean, like my father's house in Cape Breton; there I can walk in the woods and jump in the ocean when it gets to hot, and the heat is a nice, dry heat that make...
John Wilmot turned out great. I really like how you captured his cleft chin and serious glare. I also love that you are getting to put pets with some of you dolls now. The monkey was a great touch.
Commented Aug 10, 2009 on Bawdy Boy at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Bawdy Boy
A few months back, I was asked to do a commission of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester and his monkey. Well, I don't know if it was really his monkey, but it is a monkey with whom he was famously painted (apparently to the irritation of his long-suffering who felt a bit miffed at being ...
I'd never thought of "The Libertine" with Johnny Depp. It's been a while since I've seen that movie. Melanie had a good guess. Lady Ying eyes are amazing! She's got such a great expression on her face. Wonderful job.
Commented Aug 1, 2009 on Lady Ying at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Lady Ying
Though I mentioned taking a break from custom orders in my last post, I do have a few that I'm finishing up as well as one more to come after these, so they will pop up here as I complete them. My most recent is of the lovely Stacey, aka. Lady Ying. Stacey just happens to live quite close ...
When I heard about the Alice in Wonderland movie I was excited too. It's been one of my favorite childhood movies.
I really enjoyed Coraline. I wish I could have seen it in 3D. It is slightly different than the book. But the art that went into it the film was amazing.
The next themes your thinking of sound very fun. Can wait to see what you come up with next month.
Commented Jul 26, 2009 on Custom Orders: taking a break at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Custom Orders: taking a break
Thanks so much to everyone who wrote and helped make my first shop update such a success! It was a lot of work but so much fun, that I think I will keep it up for the time being. I'm already toying with themes for the next one...'Ménagerie' and 'Alice in Wonderland' keep floating around in my ...
Sarah I'm sorry to hear about your bike accident. I hope you have fast recovery. I'm so excited about your shop update! I can't wait!
Commented Jul 16, 2009 on Broken-legged Suzie at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Broken-legged Suzie
Hi Everyone, This is just a very quick note to say that last night I took a bad spill over the handlebars of my bike. Luckily, I was wearing a helmet and my face broke the worst of the fall (I find a little gallow's humour helps at times like these). But do have several stitches and a broken k...
I love the colors you've done with Juliet. She turned out beautiful. I can't wait to see what you did with A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Commented Jul 15, 2009 on Whiter than new Snow on a Raven's Back at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Whiter than new Snow on a Raven's Back
Here is Juliet, another doll from forthcoming Shakespeare shop update. Juliet has never been among my favourite Shakepearean characters, and when it comes the the play, I've always preferred Thibalt and Mercutio, as they have great names and the coolest lines (' A plague on both your houses'...
Congrats on becoming free to make dolls and writing your book. I hope in the future I'll get to do the same thing. Also, I can't wait to see the Shakespeare character series!
Commented Jul 10, 2009 on First Official Shop Update at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
First Official Shop Update
Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him? ...so asks that naughty Lady MacBeth after her conscious finally starts to creep up on her for having convinced her man to kill Duncan. My post-punk Lady MacBeth is the first in a series of Shakespeare characters I'm workin...
Katika is magnificent. I also love the story of Mr. F and Foxy. My husband & I have a lovely cat name Tori. Over a year ago we moved in the house we are in now and found that the cats on our street like to come lay around on our porch. We found it a little strange at first. But we think they just know we like cats. Or Tori has told them how we adopted her from an animal shelter. Causing cat meows around town. :)
Commented Jul 3, 2009 on The Lovely Katika, the scrappy Fox at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
The Lovely Katika, the scrappy Fox
Meet Katika, my first polymer portrait doll. I suppose Edgar and Oscar are also portrait dolls, but Kat is not a dead male author, so I figure she's the first in a new-ish category? Oh, I'm babbling...I just finished a 20-page paper on The Turn of the Screw that nearly killed me and now I ...
I really like Oscar. You did a wonder job capturing his apparence and his really cool cloths.
Commented Jun 25, 2009 on Opals that make Sad Men's Minds at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Opals that make Sad Men's Minds
Before the Great Computer Crisis of 2009, I shipped a doll version of my favourite aesthete, Oscar Wilde, off to a lovely dramaturge in Florida. I studied some of Wilde's work in my Fin-de-Siecle literature course last year, and fell in love with its beauty and abundance. In earlier writings, ...
Oh, I love Rosalind! She came out so beautiful. Great work! Hopefully you get your computer situation fixed soon.
Commented Jun 17, 2009 on Love is Merely a Madness... at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Love is Merely a Madness...
It has been a busy few weeks, mostly because my family was visiting from Nova Scotia, so there were six people (including two teenagers!) crammed into my two bedroom apartment. It was a lovely visit, which included visits to the stunning Notre Dame Cathedral, walks along the canal and the new S...
You've done a great job catching the likeness once again. I love the tiny hoop and multiple stud earrings on the wife. It's something that I haven't seen you do before. The husband is adorable with his big brown sad eyes.
Commented Jun 4, 2009 on Duchess Bunny at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Duchess Bunny
This week I finished one of my favourite pieces that I've made (that sentence sounds gramatically offensive somehow, but I'm too tired to fix it). This is a bust of the lovely Ashley D., who requested something blue and Burtonesque bunny ears: Ashley has the most amazing profile and piercing b...
I'm going to put The House of the Seven Gables on my list of books I want to read. It sounds really good. You've done a wonderful job with Diana's doll.
Commented May 14, 2009 on Pretty Miss D. at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Pretty Miss D.
Well, it didn't take me long to fall off the post-every-three-days wagon...I guess I forgot the rigours of academic courses. I love the class I'm taking (American Gothic) but it does entail about about 100 pages of reading a day, and I'm a slow reader, so that translates into several hours of r...
I can't wait to see Ophelia finished. The pattern you've used on Ophelia dress is awesome.
Commented May 5, 2009 on Ophelia in progress at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Ophelia in progress
Currently, I'm participating in the Shakespeare challenge being put on by ADO (Art Dolls Only), a team of doll-makers of which I'm a member. Participants have been interviewed on the ADO blog for the past few weeks, so I thought I'd share my little interview here. 1) Why did you choose th...
The pendant turned out beautiful Sarah. I can't wait to see more to come.
Commented May 5, 2009 on Something New at Black-Eyed Suzie Art Dolls and Oddities
Something New
One of my many goals for this summer and all the delicious time it promises is to update my blog every 2 - 3 days. I must remember that I can include short posts as well; sometimes the pressure of thinking up a full post causes me to avoid it altogether. So here is an attempt at a short (but ...
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