<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-toys-made-from-leftover-yarn-by-violetaowl/"></div>Colorful Toys Made From Leftover Yarn by VioletaOwl VioletaOwl: “I have been crocheting toys for many years and very often I have leftover yarn. I collected all the scraps and the idea was born to create scrap yarn toys. That’s how it came about – cats, owls, tigers, cows, llamas, and dogs and there are […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-toys-made-from-leftover-yarn-by-violetaowl/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Category: Crafts
Chocolate girls, miniature BJD by Maria Pikunova
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/chocolate-girls-miniature-bjd-by-maria-pikunova/"></div>“Chocolate” girls from mimiCreo series. Author’s miniature BJD (18 cm), resin. All these dolls are in private collections. “My name is Mary and I’m doll artist. Ball Jointed Dolls is my true passion and my profession. I design, sculpt, paint and totally make form and fashion of my characters. I often try new techniques, change […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/chocolate-girls-miniature-bjd-by-maria-pikunova/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Medieval Ball Jointed Doll by Maria Pikunova
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/medieval-ball-jointed-doll-by-maria-pikunova/"></div>Ball Jointed Doll “Medieval” height: 26cm material: resin Sculpted and designed by Maria Pikunova, all clothes and wig are removable, made by hands Maria Pikunova: website / instagram<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/medieval-ball-jointed-doll-by-maria-pikunova/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Whimsical pieces filled with life by Simon Brown
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/whimsical-pieces-filled-with-life-by-simon-brown/"></div>“I am a needle felt artist from a small village on the Northumbrian coast in the UK surrounded by castles, cats and copious amounts of tea. I find old, beaten up, heavily used brushes that nobody would look twice at and bring them back to life with tiny animals stabbed to life with wool, creating […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/whimsical-pieces-filled-with-life-by-simon-brown/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Hand embroiders portraits of forgotten and not so forgotten female icons by Lily Bloomwood
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/hand-embroiders-portraits-of-forgotten-and-not-so-forgotten-female-icons-by-lily-bloomwood/"></div>Self-taught artist Lily Bloomwood utilizes bits of antique lace, handkerchiefs, and delicate pieces of old knitting as the starting point for her embroidered portraits of female figures. Many of the works are inspired by women of the silent movie era such as the Canadian born actress and producer Mary Pickford or Olive Thomas, who is […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/hand-embroiders-portraits-of-forgotten-and-not-so-forgotten-female-icons-by-lily-bloomwood/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Colorful Quilts by Bisa Butler
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-quilts-by-bisa-butler/"></div>Artist Bisa Butler draws from an array of vibrant patterned fabrics to create portraits of everyday people. She eschews representational colors, favoring layered jewel-toned hues to form the skin of her Black subjects, and often groups figures together into strong silhouettes. “I have always been drawn to portraits,” Butler explains in a statement on her […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/colorful-quilts-by-bisa-butler/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Seeing Double: Life-size crocheted figures by Liisa Hietanen
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/seeing-double-life-size-crocheted-figures-by-liisa-hietanen/"></div>Finnish artist Liisa Hietanen crochets and knits one-to-one imitations of her friends and fellow neighbors, accurately representing the subjects from their favorite outfits down to their furry companions. The series, Villagers, is a way for the artist to more deeply engage with those she often passes but might not interact with in her town of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/seeing-double-life-size-crocheted-figures-by-liisa-hietanen/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Exquisite Pieces of Jewelry by Gésine Hackenberg
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/exquisite-pieces-of-jewelry-by-gesine-hackenberg/"></div>Artist Gésine Hackenberg transforms ceramic plates, bowls, and dishes into exquisite pieces of jewelry. Using dinnerware as her raw material, she extracts small discs from them and strings them together like beads or inlays them among metal for earrings and rings. Hackenberg tends to focus on the decorative part of a plate or bowl, such […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/exquisite-pieces-of-jewelry-by-gesine-hackenberg/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Bird Balloons, sculptures by T James Cook
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/bird-balloons-sculptures-by-t-james-cook/"></div>“Here are some of the balloon sculptures I’ve been working on this year. I am obsessed with birds (Mostly British and European) and have been since I was a child. Each sculpture takes a couple of hours to make and then more time on top of that to photograph them in a fitting location. I […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/bird-balloons-sculptures-by-t-james-cook/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Handmade felted wool toys by Anna Yastrezhembovskaya
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/handmade-felted-wool-toys-by-anna-yastrezhembovskaya/"></div>“My story began 3 years ago when I, a mother of two, saw wonderful toys made from an unknown material, which, as I later found out, was wool. I got really interested in this technique and decided to try making a toy myself. My first toy wasn’t nearly as pretty, it was rather funny, but […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/handmade-felted-wool-toys-by-anna-yastrezhembovskaya/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->