An Angel's Gaze...

Christmastime with Uriel

Uriel Christmas

Happy Holidays!

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Standing Guard

Celestial Light

"The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul." ~ Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*

Uncanny Dream meet in Seattle

I'm a bit late posting these here at my blog. It was a fabulous event, had tons of fun, saw much to buy (but I was good!) and there were some wonderful displays by my fellow doll artists. The event was hosted by Candygears at her X17 Studio.

Here's a few shots of my display featuring Uriel (Dollshe Van), Chloe (Unoa Zero, and Dorren Vlas (Dollshe Orijean).










Rest of the event photos can be seen here at my photobucket, and even more at the Flickr Group.

Preparing for a Doll Meet

It's been a busy 2 months preparing for a doll meet in less than 2 weeks called Uncanny Dream. I'll be displaying some dolls in their own 'set'. It's been a fun project, just hoping I get everything done in time!!

Here's a peek at something I made for my Dollshe Van as the archangel Uriel (who will be 'flying' at the meet ^_^): a suit of armor!

I'm so happy he has his *own* outfit now that is something I made myself (I've never considered myself a 'seamstress', maybe more of a 'fabricator' ^_^, but maybe now that will change!). Uriel looks great in gold, I'm happy with how the armor turned out.

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Warm Wishes....

Happy Holidays!!!

'out-takes'

Some extra photos from the Haute Doll article that didn't end up running in the article...

These are of my Dollshe Van & a detail of his wings:

An Angel 'Showing Off'

Uriel -- or, as he is presenting himself here -- David...is 'flexing his wings'!

Angel in Color

Comfort

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Some Resin Comparisons...

By request here's some comparisons of pale resins by Dollshe (old and new) as well as
Spirit Doll:

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Uriel Flies!

Wings are all done! I got them finalized and the armature covered with fabric and more feathers. They pose great and are holding up wonderful for photo sessions which is more than I would've expected. It's interesting how the wings make himlook more imposing!






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Wings Update!

I got the magnets glued to the doll and to the wings successfully, yaaaay!
Here's a couple pix
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(The epoxy on the doll was from an earlier idea that *failed*. So I might as well just sand that off).

After the magnets set (the glue had to set for 24 hours), I attempted to attach the wings to the doll and....SUCCESS! It was so much better than I'd hoped. The magnets hold brilliantly and the wings don't even *try* to fall off. The only minor issue is the magnet on the wings likes to try and rotate left or right depending on how I have the wings posed, but I'm getting a couple more magnets in the mail that I might try attaching in between that would prevent that. But it's not really that bad at all, so I may just leave it alone.

The armature I used is from Armaverse, The armature I used is from the individual Phase 3 parts, and I'm really happy overall with how it works. It's so smooth and easy to move, yet holds a pose great. It's much better than using wire and I know that it will last. Here's several shots I took today of Uriel in his different wing poses.

Wings folded. This will more than likely be the most common pose.
(I'm posting clickable thumbs cos there's a lot of pix!)
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Wings forward


From the back, lowered - then raised


Fully extended


More pix extended and raised
(I was digging how the wings created a prism effect as the light shown through them!)




Closeups of the armature, lowered and raised



So all that's left to do really is create the cover to go over the armature. It'll act as a sort of 'cape', but will then velcro down. I'm still working on exactly how I'll do it. It will have smaller feathers cut out of a lighter plastic sewn onto it so it will blend in.
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UPDATE: For information on how I created custom 'dumb-bell' parts long enough for the wings
armature, see here.