"The Keeper of Lost Dolls" is coming along!

The paper clay is drying... I couldn't resist adding a 

bit of blush just to get a sense of what she could look like!

I cut up a piece of vintage millinery netting, 

complete with flowers... adding it to the top of the cage.  

The corset is a single-ply decorative paper napkin 

that I tore in small pieces and applied to the paper clay torso, 

with water and a paint brush.

I cut a "seam" around her neck... to get the effect that the head

was added/articulated, like some of the old 17th wooden dolls.

The inset eyes are vintage black shoe buttons.

I'm not sure what I am doing with the wood and wire

jointed arms... but I'm lovin' it!

I will paint her head, arms and hands... apply a crackle finish,

and then distress it to give her a time-worn look.

I incorporated the label that was on the 

millinery netting... kinda funky and fun!

This is the part of the creative process that I love the most;

when everything (more or less) falls in place!

She is finally coming all together...

"The Keeper of the Dolls!"