Hey there Doll Face

Alright, so this has been a loong time coming. This little one has been in the works since the summer, and has changed so much along the way. I am quite happy with it though. I love making dolls because it combines many of my interests all into one: fashion, sewing, oddities, makeup, painting, hair, sculpture, character design, this one even includes book making!
They just take soooo much time to make. i love them though, this one has an unfinished sibling that may develop over the summer.

This little one has been hanging in The FALL Tattoo and artist gallery in downtown Vancouver for sometime. It was a participant in this year's Sumptuous Symposium, a lovely, lovely event.

Anyways, down too it, this is my Casual Biologist:







I caught all those little things myself.

Thanks for looking

much love,
Alison

Skrtichy Skritch

A few little drawing's I've done since I've been in Glasgow, not that location has anything to do with them....other than I have had time to draw...
I started this one on the airplane. Man do I need to brush up on my figure drawing. textures are fun though.


This one is straight up doin' a golum pose, but I like it. I'd so have feet like that.

ciao

Holiday Budget Cuts

And for once the title has something to do with the entry.

This year for christmas, because I am broke-dee-broke and had two weeks before I went home, I gave my family paper cuts. harr harr. Cause I love them.

Check it out:



I manage to make my Na na cry with one of these...so I think that's a first.
all of the images created by Alison Woodward, dec. 2010, all rights reserved.
As always, there is always more to come. I have a few school projects from last year to share as well.

Lots of love

hither, thither, and yon

So the other evening I was super lucky enough to participate in a group show curated by my friend Shwa, called the SUMPTUOUS SYMPOSIUM, and my, was it something:


in this shot you can see some work by my super-fancy hetero life mate, Brianne Tweddle, who was also exhibiting. Hers it the bottom center and to the left. Photos By the also super-fancy Shelia Munro, she makes lovely things too.
Here are some close ups of the little ones out of their little frames:


woop! next post, the doll in that first photo.
Thanks to Shwa for organizing a spectacular spectacle!

We must bring you back to the land of the living

This is a small book I made for an illustration class where we were supposed to illustrate a piece of music as a CD booklet. I chose to base mine on Tipper's shambahla downtempo set from 2005 (check it out it's awesome: soundcloud.com/christoff/tipper-shambhala-downtempo-set)

So, what I did was make a little dreamlike, ambiguous narrative based on the music and as the track unfolds so does the book. The first image is of the booklet folded up completely, and the second is both sides scanned unfolded. They are each original paintings on either side of the same piece of paper. Kinda neat. I will take better picture of it, so that this is easier to understand, it unfolds in an interesting way.

moar arts soon

love,
Alison

Perpetual, Perceptual Illusions

I did a drawring. A friend of mine likes it, that makes me glad. It's pencil crayons on gesso coated with acrylic medium. I'm not sure what the archival value of that combo is, but I guess we will see. It'll degrade when this kind of drawing is out of fashion.
The colour in this photo is not as good as real life.




much love,
Alison

Noodlin'

Doodlin'


So, there are some huge physical impossibilities in this picture that I didn't notice until it's too late, but that's alright.
ciao