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Doll Week, Day 1

I have a massive backlog in my Dolls folder, so this week, you are getting link dumps of dolls. All week. I won’t be expounding like I would in a regular feature–just pictures and links to stuff I like.

Enchanted Legacy LLC

Ambrosia

Ambrosia

Magena

Magena

Khalida

Michele Lynch

Emily

Emily

Darcy

Darcy

Katianna

Katianna

Amano Katan (1953-1990)

One of the founding fathers of the creepy doll movement.

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Mewiefish

xb12

xb12

Radegoutant

Radegoutant

Idoll stock

Idoll stock

White Pollen

White Pollen

Надежда Жубрева (Akh)

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under the canopy of a softbark tree

Genuinely scary story. Via Jenna

My dead girlfriend keeps messaging me on facebook. Via Jenna

Skull mosaics by Kim Larson

Skull mosaics by Kim Larson

Flesh and Color. Body painting and other interesting bits. Via Church of Halloween

Flesh and Color. Body painting and other interesting bits. Via Church of Halloween

OTIS visits the Clown Motel and Tonopah Cemetery

OTIS visits the Clown Motel and Tonopah Cemetery

The Scare Factory has a new haunted house directory

The Scare Factory has a new haunted house directory

Haunting Photography of Nona Limmen -- Via beautiful.bizarre

Haunting Photography of Nona Limmen — Via beautiful.bizarre

Frankenstein Platinum Hikari Sofubi Figure

Frankenstein Platinum Hikari Sofubi Figure

Charcoal drawings under resin by Chimneysweepart -- Via Melissa

Charcoal drawings under resin by Chimneysweepart — Via Melissa

Pretty baubles from Rebel Circus. -- Via Dawn

Pretty baubles from Rebel Circus. — Via Dawn

Customized coffins

Customized coffins

Japaridze Tarot

Japaridze Tarot

Die Hexe--an avante haunt by Alex Da Corte

Die Hexe–an avante haunt by Alex Da Corte

 

 Dragon battles giant spider

Skull lip balm from Rebel's Refinery

Skull lip balm from Rebel’s Refinery

Marmite Sue

Jewel (Amethyst)

Jewel (Amethyst)

Marmite Sue is the nom-de-poupée of Eli Effenberger-Satoh.

Venus

Venus

Rose dentelle

Rose dentelle

The Israeli-born artist originally began in fashion. She attended the prestigious Hogeschool Antwerpen, and was a finalist in the 2005 ITS. In what seemed an overnight change to others in the field, Eli left. While she loved fashion, she knew there would be a great deal of time spent meeting and greeting the public. Fearing she would have trouble with the social aspect of the business, she looked for something that suited both her talent and personality.

Effeberger's doll suit from ITS 2005.

Effeberger’s doll suit from ITS 2005.

For my ITS#FOUR collection I created a doll suit that could be worn by a human though remaining a doll in its own right, without the actual need for a body to be beautiful. By doing this I felt extremely free. A doll was a free stand alone canvas for me…

Red Jenny

Red Jenny

Red Jenny

Red Jenny

It was the tension between clothing and body, the silhouette and line that made the final look beautiful. And that was extremely interesting to me….A certain type of beauty could be suggested at times not just by correcting the human silhouette but by exaggerating it and distorting it.

Noi face with carousel body

Noi face with carousel body

Teacup Rocaille

Teacup Rocaille

Arkenstone

Arkenstone

The fantastical lace, filligree, and other sculptural elements are so potent , they can distract from the perfect, delicate detail of the face, hands, and feet.

Hands

Hands

Faberge Feet

Faberge Feet

Now based in Tokyo, Heffenberger-Satoh is constantly evolving, creating new body types. They receive apt names, like AngelEgg, Rocaille, Dentelle, and Carousel.

Cameo, an AngelEgg doll

Cameo, an AngelEgg doll

Cameo close up

Cameo close up

Merry Go-Round, a Carousel doll

Merry Go-Round, a Carousel doll

New Dentelle doll

New Dentelle doll

The Fabergé style is named after Peter Carl Fabergé, an artist she greatly admires.  Charlotte is a larger work, with a carousel and music box embedded in her torso.

Charlotte

Charlotte

 

She works mostly in porcelain, and she and her father have recently developed Moonglass, a shatter-resistant porcelain with a gorgeous, translucent finish.
Moonglass

Moonglass

I was hoping for something that would be as nice and as long lasting as porcelain, but to my incredible delight, we could actually come up with a material that is entirely beautiful in it`s own right.

Little Rose

Little Rose

Coco

Coco

Fie

Fie

Primavera/Spring Unicorn

Primavera/Spring Unicorn

You can find Marmite Sue at her website, Tumblr, facebook, and Flickr account.

Eli and Rose

Eli and Rose