Learn to sculpt your own unique BJD in polymer clay!

  Learn to sculpt your own one of a kind BJD in polymer clay!  Class has just begun but there is still plenty of time!   This is an online class with a learn at your own pace format.  The classroom is open 24/7 with lesson downloads that you can print out and keep!   Join me!  http://www.aforartistic.com/classes/sculpting-an-ooak-bjd-with-polymer-clay-with-kori-leppart-odaca-artist.html

  Expand your doll making skills and learn the art of BJDS!  See you in class!

Holiday Sale in my Etsy Shop

Save 10% on your entire purchase now through Monday December 1st.  Use coupon code THANKYOU10 at chek out to recieve the discount.  All items are on sale.  (You must spend at least $10)  I have new clays and tools, so be sure and check those out!

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Annual Halloween Sale in my Etsy Store

Save 10% now through October 31st.  Use coupon code ALLHALLOW10 at check out.  You must spend at least $10.
  Many new products have been added to my store check out my stock of M Graham Acrylics and Watercolors.  Turtle Child Studio on Etsy

Save 15% in my Etsy Store...through Monday Febuary 3!

***SALE***Save 15% when you spend $20 or more in my Etsy store! This sale includes all items...tutorials, tools, art supplies, etc!! Today Thursday, January 30~Monday February 3! Use coupon code WINTER15 at check out!  Happy New Year to all....continuing customers as well as new customers!  Let's make this the best CREATIVE Year yet!!

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Happy New Year! Sale save 15%!

Happy New Year to all!  I hope this year will be especially creative, joyful and prosperous for you!  I have many new items coming this year.  I am in the process now of finishing my first BJD for RESIN production!  I am very excited about this doll and can not wait to share her design with you.  This doll will be available for pre-sale in the spring!  I am also making a prototype for porcelain BJDs.  These dolls will be sold in limited editions and also one-of-a-kinds in porcelain.  As a thank you to all my customers past, present and future I would like to extend savings of 15% on all items in my Esty store.  Please use coupon code NEWYEAR15 at check out.  Thank you for your continued patronage and support!

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New Sculpting Tutorial from Turtle Child Studio!

New Tutorial available in my Etsy store. "Sculpting Feminine Hands" It is available now for PRE-ORDER and will be shipping in time for Christmas! Check out my store-wide Etsy Sale and save 20% storewide including on this tutorial! Sale ends Monday, December 2 at Midnight (MST-US). Use coupon code BLACK20 at check out!
Link to: "Sculpting Feminine Hands Tutorial"

Huge Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale!

Please check out my Etsy store for Huge savings and the deepest discount I have ever offered!  Save 20% on ALL items in my Etsy shop including ALL TUTORIALS!!  Use coupon code BLACK20 at check out to get the discount (Must spend at least $10 to qualify for savings).  Shop now! Turtle Child Studio

PREORDER! New Tutorial "Sculpting a Moveable Bust"

 

This is my latest tutorial that I am currently working on. It is "How to Sculpt a Moveable Bust"! The photos shown are from two of my dolls which have been previously sold. A "moveable bust" can be finished just as a bust or as a complete doll! This tutorial will be a first in the series, as I continue on with these each tutorial will cover parts to make a finished "Cabinet Doll" with clay arm, hands, legs and feet and a cloth body. Many artists make and sell doll busts, and they have really become quite popular. Why not make one a little better than the rest? Make one that moves with a ball and socket joint between the head and breast-plate. It gives the collector options for posing thier bust.
I cover all aspects of sculpting a beautiful head, and then making a breast-plate to pose the head in. I will also cover in detail how to make that head and breast plate into a mounted bust sculpture. If you choose you can hold on to the head and breast plate and continue on to make a finished doll (to be shown in future tutorials).
****This listing is for PREORDER. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS ITEM WILL NOT SHIP IMMEDIATELY. I ANTICIPATE DELIVERY IN JANUARY 2013.****

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT ON MY "GIVING THANKS" SALE!  USE COUPON CODE THANKYOU0 AT CHECK OUT AND RECIEVE FREE SHIPPING! (US ONLY)  PROMOTION ENDS DECEMBER 6! 

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CYBER MONDAY SALE!

Save 15% on your total purchase today in my Etsy Store.  Use coupon code MONDAY15 at check out.  Sale starts today and ends tomorrow, Tuesday, November 27.  Shop now! ;-) 
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FREE SHIPPING...Thank You!

GIVE THANKS AND GIVE BACK! I am so thankful for my loyal customers, Starting November 6, through December 6, get free shipping on your order in my Etsy Store. (US ONLY-International customers please contact me for a special discounted rate.). Use coupon code THANKYOU0 at checkout! ...And Thank you!! ♥ http://www.etsy.com/shop/turtlechild?ref=si_shop

Halloween Sale in my Etsy Store

 

 

Happy Halloween everyone!  I have been very busy this fall already with the new Studio, happily unpacking!  It is exciting to have so much space to work.  I have found supplies which have been boxed for years...many odds and ends, lace, miniatures, fabric...the list goes on and on!  I am downsizing my supplies and also adding new items to my Etsy store!  I just added some hemostats for the dollmaker or craftsperson as well as some old doll-making books.  Stop by my Etsy store and shop today.  I am having a Halloween Sale, all items are on sale!  Use coupon code SPOOKY10 at check out and recieve 10% off your entire purchase. Sale ends October 31, Midnight MST. 
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Turtle Child Studio is MOVING!

My husband and I have just bought a new house with a beautiful new studio in my backyard (picture above)...just for me! My move in date is October 1!  This new studio not only has plenty of work space for me, but a large area I plan on using for a classroom!  The first class I am planning for this coming November, I will announce the dates soon.  It will be a week long, and I will cover all aspects of sculpting ball joint dolls, from start to finish!  I will only have room for 6 students.  I will be checking on hotel rates over the next weeks and will announce all info regarding the live class here on my blog.  If you are interested in this seminar or upcoming seminars, please email me turtlechildstudio@gmail.com.   I will offer the bjd class again in the spring.  I am also planning on offering mold-making and porcelain bjd classes in the near future. 
  I am also planning on expanding my art supply business.  I will be offering doll-making clays and supplies, as well as artist grade paint brushes, paints and other artist supplies.  The art store I plan on expanding in the spring.  All items will be available online as well as in my shop at the studio.
  I am currently offering a sale in my Etsy shop.  Save 15% off your entire order...including all tutorials!  Sale ends September 30, 12am. MST.  Use coupon code MOVING15 at check out. Visit: Turtle Child Studio on Etsy 

Mid-Summer Sale

Just started a Mid-Summer Sale tonight on my Etsy Shop site.  Turtle Child Studio Use coupon code BLOG10 and recieve 10% off your entire purchase...including ALL TUTORIALS!!

SALE continues!

I have decided to continue my sale through midnight sunday 7/8/12! Use coupon code PROMO10 and recieve 10% off your entire purchase! http://www.etsy.com/shop/turtlechild?ref=si_shop

**SALE** Happy Fourth of July Everyone!

  It has been a busy Spring for me and it is shaping up into a busy Summer too!  I will not be attending any shows this year, as I am busy filling orders and working on a new proto-type for Resin BJDs!  The new resin BJDs will most likely be released this fall or winter, as it is a long process between prototype and finished resin bjd!  I am excited about being able to offer resin editions of my dolls,  I will post pictures here on my blog of the prototype and master-cast as I get further into the process.
  I also want to announce that I am running a HOLIDAY SALE in my Etsy shop, Turtle Child Studio.  To recieve the sale discount type in PROMO10 in the coupon box at check out, and recieve 10% off your entire purchase, including all TUTORIALS (even the new advanced BJD tutorial!)  Hurry, this sale runs through today, 7/3/12 and ends midnight on 7/5/12!  I don't usually have sales, but want to give an Independence Day Gift to all my loyal customers out there!  Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!
My Etsy store:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/turtlechild

New Items in my Etsy Shop!

I just added a number of new items over the weekend to my Etsy shop!  Including my newest tutorial "Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques".  Stop by and shop!
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Just Released! "Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques"

  It is finally available and ready to ship!  My newest tutorial "Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques"
  This tutorial continues on from where my last one left off!  Learn how to make "double" elbow and knee joints, and all in one leg-hip joints.  I also share my techniques to achieve smooth, flawless skin for a very professional look.  As a bonus, I have included step by step instructions while painting this doll.  Painting, blushing and face-ups using heat set paints and pastels.  Included in this tutorial a body sculpting chart and shopping guide.
  Stop by my Etsy shop and purchase yours today!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/99172732/new-sculpting-a-bjd-in-polymer-clay

Monday, Monday...

  Happy Monday to you all!  It is a beautiful Spring morning here in Montana, and I am feeling good and up in my studio once again.  I am anxious to be finishing up my latest BJD and the subject for my latest tutorial.  I worked all day yesterday and have some new work in progress pictures I thought I would share with you!  Once again here is the link to the latest turorial CD which shows the making of this doll! Later...
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99172732/new-sculpting-a-bjd-in-polymer-clay

Progress!

  I just wanted to show a few work in progress pictures of the doll I am currently working on.  This doll is also the doll shown being made in my latest Bjd tutorial, Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques.  I will be releasing this tutorial around May 15.  Currently however, I am taking pre-orders.  You can find the link here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/99172732/new-sculpting-a-bjd-in-polymer-clay



  I will be finishing the doll, at least the sculpting and painting this week, I should think...depending on my week! lol!  I will post more wip pics as I progress.  Thanks for watching!

Now Available for Pre-Order! New "Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques" CD Tutorial

 

Sculpting a BJD in Polymer Clay: Advanced Techniques

This is my latest CD tutorial! It is a continuation form my popular "Sculpting an OOAK BJD using Polymer Clay" tutorial. If you have not purchased the first one, it covers all the basics. I will not be repeating anything other than the clay formula from the first tutorial. So, this CD will cover all NEW information, including a new sculpting chart!  http://www.etsy.com/listing/99172732/new-sculpting-a-bjd-in-polymer-clay

Link to the first tutorial: http://www.etsy.com/listing/69802551/tutorial-cd-sculpting-an-ooak-bjd-using

This all new tutorial covers how to sculpt a more complex, professional looking BJD. Covered in this CD: How to make advanced joints, including "double joints", like those on resin BJD Dolls; My techniques on how to acheive a completely smooth and blemish free surface on your doll. (This is very important if you are going to sell your doll and want to get top dollar, or if you plan on later molding your creation and casting it in either resin or porcelain. *NOTE* I AM NOT COVERING HOW TO MAKE MOLDS OR CASTING YOUR CREATION IN THIS TUTORIAL.) I will be writing a full length book later on this year which will go in depth on BJD making, including making molds. Also included in this tutorial, face-ups and body blushing using pastels and heat set paints!

The doll being sculpted in this tutorial is still being finished, and I am finishing up writing this tutorial as I post this. THIS LISTING IS FOR PRE-ORDERS ONLY. THE TUTORIAL CDS WILL NOT BE MAILED UNTIL AFTER MAY 15, 2012.

I am listing this now for those of you who have contacted me and are anxious to continue on in your BJD making! Those tutorials which are ordered prior to May 15, have top-priority shipping status and will be mailed in the order to which I recieved your pre-order. I will email you and let you know when you can expect to recieve your tutorial CD. This order will depend heavily on how many orders I recieve on pre-order. Thank you again for your interest and support of my work!