Left: Flower Symbolism - gift for Mother's Day  See close up of earrings.  She carries a tiny gold purse (from Backyard Gifts)  
Center: Using recycled jewelry parts (head neck and hips portion from Robin Monville Backyard Gifts)  - arms have since been shortened 
Right: This doll is inspired by a painting by Lynn Barth

Red Hat doll is made from Tooling foil. Flowers (images from the Internet - many thanks to the photographers for use of their flower images) were collaged on to the foil - then shapes were cut out. Vincent Van Gogh's Irises were also used. Face, hands and feet are Sculpey. Hat is Sculpey with flowers collaged. Tiny silver brads hook Red Hat doll together. You could use eyelets. Red Hat doll is inspired by the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph.  Robin Monville sent me a "Goodie" in my order. The doll in the center, "Queenie", uses that item (The head - with beaded torso - and fabric textured hips). I added the shoulders and fabric collaged onto cardboard for arms and legs (Arms have since been shortened - use your imagination) - and embellished with puffy paints. Jump rings were made from copper wire. The doll on the right is a composite of costumes in a painting by Lynn Barth (my adaptation) - using fabric and cut paper collage onto cardboard (face mold from Backyard Cards and Gifts).

More dolls to come - as well as some brief  "How-tos". Robin Monville sells a variety of molds if you would like to try these with molded faces. I will do a sample with a digital photo face too.

                                                         
See close up of hands earrings

Dolls above are all inspired by southwest art/petroglyphs originally. All began with fabric collaged onto cardboard (you could use tagboard with students). After shapes were cut out - paper collage was added. They are all embellished with puffy paints and wear beaded necklaces. The doll on the left goes with a Beth Piver hand pin/necklace I have and will be displayed with that). She is wearing tiny hands earrings (hands from Robin Monville Backyard Gifts). The center doll is my "fish Goddess" and protects my aquarium. Hear head is inspired by a Baule fish mask. She is wearing some silver/carnelian earrings of mine. She is a personal totem (I use the fish to symbolize me in many projects I have done). The doll on the right shows respect for ancestors. All three represent a personal self portrait. Faces (molds from Robin Monville Backyard Cards & Gifts , hands and feet are Sculpey (doll on left has coiled wire to attach hands and feet - the others all have jump rings)
	The doll on the left is a "Pet Angel". Paper was glued to tooling foil then cut out. Fish charm is made from a mold from Robin Monville Backyard Gifts. Paper Collage and puffy paint embellish the costume. All dolls are assembled with silver brads (available at Hobby Lobby in scrap book section). Eyelets could be used.
	The doll at the left is housed in a cardboard shadow box. This could be done as a unit at the end of a cultural study. The doll uses actual Bamana mudcloth. The cardboard box is collaged on inside and outside using digital images of my own mud cloth. Face, hands and feet are all Sculpey - as is the fish pendant. The mold for the fish and face comes from Robin Monville Backyard Cards and Gifts. Doll was embellished with squeeze paints. She wears a beaded headdress and bead fringe details. The frame is decorated with brown and gold paint markers and accented with Sculpey fish and face casts. This piece was created to showcase tow jewelry pins.

More lesson  details to come 

Submitted by Cynthia Gaub, Virtual Classroom

Collage People

Materials:

• colored paper
• handmade paper
• tissue paper
• magazines
• scissors
• glue sticks, Elmer's glue
• pencils
• markers
• brads
• card stock paper

1. Look through magazine for animal and/or people heads, arms, legs and bodies. Have fun mixing and matching! Create something new!
2. Cut them out with some extra space and glue them to a piece of card stock paper with a glue stick (or Elmer's). Smooth and LET DRY. The card stock will make your people stronger and better able to more.
3. Cut out body parts again with card stock paper backing, closer to the edge of your picture.
4. CAREFULLY use brads to attach body parts together. (Provide an awl to make holes)
5. On a new piece of paper create a COLLAGE background and attach people to the background. Try mounting figure in relief (using foam core scraps) so arms and legs can move. 

Resources:

Molds: Robin Monville Backyard Cards and Gifts All faces on this page were made with molds approximately 1" wide. Cat Face started with a round face - then muzzle and ears were added.

Jerri Reimann - Art by Jerri Fine Art Paper Dolls

Paper Doll Template  you can adapt this pattern from Chia's Rubber Stamp Art

Flat Paper Dolls Lesson Plan Page.