After a lengthy hiatus, Wild Art Dolls is back and I’m updating it, too.

This is part of my plans for 2012, which will include a lot more art, how-to ideas, and (I hope) inspiration for your own art projects.

Today, I posted step-by-step directions for sock dolls.  (Even if all you do is scroll through the photos, you’ll get the general idea.)

They’re ideal for holiday gifts, and they’re super-easy (and inexpensive) to make.

And, if you know anyone who should be interviewed for the Wild Art Dolls site, have them contact me. (Use the Contact form here or at the Wild Art Dolls website.)

Pin dolls are both wearable art and fiber art.

My pin dolls range from my modern “dangerous women” to the vintage images on my “faerie ancestors” series.

Here are a few of them.

The dolls shown above are from my series, Dangerous women reaching for the stars. Each of them are about six inches tall.

I made a total of nine of those dolls; eight are owned by collectors.

You can make your own dolls like these, from my free, printable pattern, Dangerous Women cloth dolls (at my Wild Art Dolls website).

My vintage image pin dolls feature photos of my ancestors. One of them, Annie Maloney Morey (from Co. Cork, Ireland), is shown above.

I placed my great-grandmother’s face on a figure from early 20th century advertising art, gave her wings, and then ironed the image onto cotton muslin.

Each doll is hand embellished with glass beads and handmade wire-and-bead antennae. Then, I stuff and hand stitch the doll, and apply a pinback so that the doll can be worn or used as decor.

For more about this pin doll, see Annie Faerie Pindoll, at my Wild Art Dolls website.