CHUNKIE China

thank you so much Cazzie!!! ;) xx

thank you so much AnaBanana, so happy you like her, my little China :)

lol, thank you, I wish they were for sale…but they are made from plasticine, kids play stuff…and just fall apart…after the photoshoot (or are disassembled and reused) – so sorry Cathleen, all i have is a photo xxx

o really Matt…so pleased then! thank you very very much!!! i’m tickled!

sure, of course Cathleen ;) xx

aw thank you
here i’ve used a roll of straw mesh over the top of an ancient vintage book of paintings given to me by my grandmother – and that is also what she’s sitting on, then I’ve altered the backdrop and the dolls’s colours using photoshop. The doll’s dress is actually ‘royal blue’ and the reeds are less vibrant in reality….so glad you like her Cathleen…

The other CHUNKIES have similarly styled backdrops, and I’ve just added changes to them in photoshop mainly. CHUNKIES in love was added to from the garden, with frangipanis, leaves and a few little flowers from my next door neighbour!

The flowers in CHUNKIE Geisha turn out to be just one flower in reality, reused over and over…thank goodness for photoshop… :) lol

thank you very much MT ;)
I made her today, took hours, but very therapeutic :)

thank you so much debb….and i appreciate you doing the same, really i do :) glad you like her debb…i’ll have some more to come…but for the minute I’ve finished creating these…and prob time for me to hit the paints again ;) xx

aw Mohsen…am thrilled you like her ;)
thanx so much!!!!

o wow, thank you so much Anita…so glad you like her…i think she might be my favourite too :) xxxxx

thank you Marion! glad you like her….
the lantern is nicked from Lotus Love
the fan, i made it myself…a little bit of white paper…folded back and forth….and painted with inks…bound with silver thread
the other ornaments are a ball chain and the rest are ribbons i’ve collected, golden elastic from spotlight i found in the drawer, and just plasticine rolled, and/or molded…her body is a little vase, around which i wrapped the plasticine….i fished around in my fabric drawer for the background mesh…and used an ancient book of paintings for her to stand on…i make a little studio with lighting and all to photograph..and learning to keep the camera very very still is my biggest hurdle really…they are great fun Marion! Plasticine rules :) xx

thank you so much betha and for the fave too! :)

lol, ta :)

thank you very much sylvia :)

thanx again! ;)

ah yes…methinx she is…i loved that movie….i am very influenced by the beauty I see in asian faces :)

ps..big thanx and for the fav! greatly appreciate :)

Oh wow hi kaz and a big thx for the lovely comments and fave!
Well, I don’t sketch them first .. I just imagine them .. Then I make
Some notes about what I’ve imagined .. And from there I usually look
To make a blank head and torso .. While ok doing that I’m thinking about
The hair and the makeup .. And how I can make each character a bit
Special, a bit loveable, and believable/authentic.. I try to put on something traditional and mix it with a contemporary appeal. .. They are very enjoyable projects tho , even if I miss the mark I’ve so enjoyed the process
And the chAllenge of doing something so different from drawing and painting :)))))) xxxxx. You latest images have been so beautiful by the way lax, you certainly haven’t lost your touch or your mojo !!! :)))

hi chris, thank you!! You know I had to blow dry the ink ok the fan and it blew away into thin air … I lost it .. It blew outa my hand and down behind a cupboard, I was searching for it every where and non too happy tip I relocated it!! Lots of swearing under breath involved in that incident but shhhh don’t tell anyone LOL :))

oh yes, i do have enough for a calendar..but it maybe too late for this year…we’ll have to see, i don’t wanna load them up too quickly, all the others still need photoshopping work done first.. but i made another one today which i am very excited about….perhaps i will do some more…the studio looks like a cyclone hit :)

thx so much for noticing the little details and the lovely comment Steven!!

aw, thank you Jan :) you are a sweetie :) xx

thx very much byron :)

thx so much yanmos :)

thank you very much Janis :)
maybe one day .for now, just enjoying the fun of making them :)

thx so much blamo :)

thank you very much Renate :)

lol, thank you Anne :) x

thank you so much Patricia Anne :)

thanx so much Angel ;)

aw, thank you so much Naomi, nice to see you :)

thanx heaps fishy65

thank you very much fixtape :)

very much appreciated FireRabbit :)

thanx very much Rosalie; :)

thanx so much Elaine!

thx very much :)

thank you so much Ine :)

thanx so much Midori :)

aw, thank you Cate :)

aw Pamela, you are too kind..thank you so much :) x

thx very much!

aw, thankyou so much Josette….i love what you say, elegant and shy….lovely words…lovely impression, thank you again xxx

thanx heaps FruitSalad :)

thank yo so very much aRae :)

aw, thank you so much ellen…so happy you like, yes..this one took a took a lot of thought and care…so happy you like her ;)

lol georgiegirl..i’ve been awondering wherest you gotteth too lately! great ta catch up with you…don’t let me make you feel slack..i did most of these a while ago and am loading them now..i feel slack coz i haven’t painted in ages…I hope I still remember how! ;) xx

and a big thank you!!!!

aw, thank you very much Laura!!! ;)

thank you Steven, it’s very satisfying to hear that you like her and think she’s cute, thanx mate ;)

thank you so much BubbleDoll :)

thank you for the lovely response to this Fa!
so glad you like all the details, i did enjoy setting this up and creating her costume etc. there were a lot of elements in this one… hugs and glompz xxxxxx