Dave's Journey

So last July, Dave left home on a mission to find himself - and hopefully to find some hot babes along the way.

Dave's first stop was England to get some pointers from Kris on what chicks were looking for in a guy. Well, ya gotta have arms. And the more bulging muscles the better!
Kris, with the help of two friends and various small tools, managed to wrench the arms off the UK equivalent of G.I.Joe and give 'em to Dave. Now that was a transformation!
Dave also got a six pack tummy and lots of sexy tattoos which Kris assured him the ladies will love. He learned to play pool (and probably drink, though I wasn't clued in...) on the UK coast.
And, as depicted in his journal, Dave studied martial arts, dabbled in porn modeling, and powered around Kris's neighborhood on a motor bike picking up babes (what kind of neighborhood does Kris live in, anyway???!).


From England, Dave flew on to Japan just in time to accompany Roslind to Hawaii where Dave discovered that you gotta know how to surf to be cool.
Roslind also taught Dave the importance of getting in touch with your feminine side (in Dave's case, a floozy named Lola!).

Next, Dave returns stateside. But his adventures continue! Coming soon...

Cool-Aberration 2009 Doll Starts and Journals

Okay, so here are the final 2 of the 9 doll starts for the Art Doll Cool-Aberration 2009 kickoff.

This is Tabula Rosa by Susan in WI. Rosa will be the 2nd doll to visit me.

And Tabula Rosa's journal:



And last, but not least, Queen of Hearts by Jeanne in OR. I'll meet the Queen in November.

And the Queen's journal:


So now I've introduced all nine of the artists and their starting dolls and journals for Art Doll Cool-Aberration 2009. I'll be blogging more about each doll as it comes to visit me, starting with Yvonne's doll who is here with me now.

Wheeeeeeeee! Let the fun begin!

Cool-Aberration 2009 Starting Dolls and Journals

More Cool-Aberration 2009 doll starts...

This is Persia by Em in WA. She has a peg leg - ain't that cool? I'll see Persia in December of this year.

And here's Persia's travel journal:



Next is Miss Elsepeth Darkly by Karma in SK, Canada. I love that name! Elsepeth won't be visiting me until January.

And Miss Darkly's journal:



Two more doll starts to show. Soon!

DAVE IS HOME!

Dave, my Cool-Aberration 2008 doll, came home yesterday after a year traveling the world! He visited artists in England, Japan, WA, OH, NJ, and WI and then came home to NC.
Here's some pics of Dave as he appeared when he left home last July.

And here are the starting entries I made in Dave's travel journal. (Obviously I got a bit carried away, but it was so much fun!)







Dave's transformation pics coming soon!

Cool-Aberration 2009 Starting Dolls & Journals

Okay, so here're two more of the dolls starts and journals for Cool-Aberration 2009.

This is Kyra by Barb in NY. She'll be the very last doll I'll work on in this yearlong project.


And Kyra's journal:



And below is a doll with no name by Robyn in CA. Robyn decided to send her doll off without a name and let her find her name along her journey. She'll be the 3rd doll to visit me.
And Robyn's journal:


More doll starts coming soon! As you can see, we have some talented gals in this project.

Cool-Aberration 2009 - Starting Dolls & Journals

All nine dolls in the collaboration have been mailed now! I blogged about my doll start and journal in the last post. Now I'll show you the other eight doll starts and journals, two per post.

This is Sani by Yvonne in Texas. This is the first doll I'll be working on in the collaboration.

And here's Sani's travel journal and Yvonne's starting entry.



And this is Shudayra by MA in Ontario, Canada. I won't be meeting Shudayra in person until very near the end of the yearlong project.

And Shudayra's travel journal with MA's starting entry:

ART DOLL COOL-ABERRATION 2009!

Exciting news (to me, anyway)! I've organized a new art doll collaboration - Art Doll Cool-Aberration 2009. This go, there are 9 players, 7 located in the US and 2 in Canada. Each of us will send out a doll start and an art journal to be worked on by each player in 6 week intervals.

Here's my doll start, Bravura Personified:

Bravura is a raw paper mache upper body that fits like a cork into a purchased glass vase. She's a little less than 15 inches tall including the vase. Inside the vase, I've placed tiny handmade dolls, one for each player that Bravura visits:

And here's Bravura's travel journal with my starting entries:



The pages in my journal are only about 2 1/2 inches wide by a little over 5 inches tall. We could name our doll, and we were each allowed to use one quote or 10 of our own words (maximum) to hint at a theme for our doll. I chose the quote, "The woman who makes free use of her attractiveness remains a disquieting type."

All dolls must be in the mail by tomorrow. I've already mailed mine to Barb in NY. I can't wait to see what my fellow collaborators make of Bravura!

I'll post pics of all the other eight doll starts as soon as I have all the pics. And, of course, you'll be hearing about each doll as it comes my way. :)