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About Polymer Clay and Art Dolls
Polymer Clay

What is polymer clay? It is a man made clay that fires at low temperatures and can be cured in a home oven unlike traditional clays which have to be fired at very high temperatures which require a kiln. You can sculpt it, carve it, sand it, paint it, and basically use it in a myriad of ways. Artists are using it to make sculptures, beads, jewelry, kaleidoscopes, and much more. It comes in nearly every color of the rainbow and can be mixed to make new colors the same way you can mix paint. It is shatter and chip resistant, and although it can be broken, it is much more durable than ceramics. These synthetic clays have been around for a number of years, but the clay that is available on the market today is much stronger and easier to work with than what was around years ago when I first started using it.

Although some purists still sneer at polymer clays as a legitimate medium, it is only a matter of time before it becomes widely accepted. However, art is not what things are made of, but how they are made.
Art Dolls

What are art dolls? Art dolls are not meant to be played with unlike most toy dolls. They are meant to be positioned and displayed as a work of art, rather than used by a child. Most often art dolls are not safe for children anyway since there are often many small objects that can easily harm a child. They are not mass produced like most toys, they are unique and individual so each creation has a life of it's own and generally portray a snap shot of time be they historical, mythological or modern.

My dolls center around fantasy and mythological creatures and not human likeness', therefore, they don't always stick to some kind of proportion formula. However, they are meant to capture some human like emotion and personality. I like them to be similar to the personalities of people I have known in the past, with idiosyncrasies and dichotomies within their character. If I get one person to say "Man that is just like me!" then I have done my job well.