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MAGI DOLL #3 AND A GROUP PORTRAIT

My third of the Magi Dolls made of paper is wearing an jacket and head wrap made out of deli paper that I painted and stamped.

Like the other ladies, she is wearing a chemise of handmade paper under her jacket.

 

Below are photos of the Three Magi.

 

MAGI DOLL #2

Below is my second Magi doll made out of paper.

Her hair is made of strips of specialty paper.

You can see her handmade paper chemise under her outer garment/serape. There is silver glitter on the paper serape, but it doesn't photograph well.

I free-form sewed magical words on paper and attached them to her paper garment. They say "spells and incantations," "prayers and meditations," "magic is affot," and "astral enchantments."

 

MAGI DOLL #1

I am working on making Magi dolls out of paper; not flat, traditional paper dolls, but dimensional dolls constructed out of paper (and paper clay). I am making 3 wise women and calling them Magi - full of wisdom. I think the first one is finished. She is almost a foot tall.

Her dress/chemise is made out of handmade paper (all three of my Magi will have the same handmade paper chemise). 

Her cape is sewn together from apaper towels I used to clean up alcohol inks.