Cinnamon Fire

Cinnamon Fire was originally created as an entry in Art Doll Quarterly magazine's "Metal Challenge" contest (where people were invited to submit a doll made out of metal). She was created from a bunch of empty candy tins and a key. I used a wire cutter to cut through the metal candy tins, an old key for the doll's head, jewelry finding loops to connect the jointed parts together, E6000 glue to connect the non-jointed parts together, key-shaped jewelry charms for the arms, and shoe-shaped jewelry charms for the feet.

The doll's height is 8.5 inches and she can be hung on a wall by a loop located on the back of the doll.

I decided to name the completed doll Cinnamon Fire because the words "cinnamon" and "fire" are so prominent on this doll that they were literally the first words I saw whenever I looked at the doll. (There are other words on the doll--like "Oral Fixation"--but they don't stand out as much.)

Date I Finished Customizing This Doll: February 17, 2010

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This is a scan of some of the items that I used to create Cinnamon Fire before I started my project.

This is a photo of Cinnamon Fire after I finished my work.

I used an old key as the foundation for the doll's head. The key originally belonged to a store that I worked for on a very part-time basis but it has since been shuttered due to the bad economy. No one had ever asked me to return the key and I kept on forgetting to contact the store's owner about the key until enough time has passed by that no one really cares about the key any more. Rather than throw it away, I ended up reusing it.

This shows a close-up of the doll's middle section. I used key-shaped jewelry charms for the arms, which was appropriate since I used an old key to make the doll's head. The torso came from a candy mint tin that was sold under the brand name "Oral Fixation". (I once bought the mint during a road trip to the Deep South but I haven't found any stores in my area that carries this brand of mint.) The design of the tin made me think of a voluptuous torso. The word "Fire" came from another tin that I glued to the torso.

This shows a close-up of the bottom half of the doll, which I constructed out of mint tins and shoe-shaped jewelry charms.

This shows a close-up of the shoe-shaped jewelry charms I used for the doll's feet.

This is a scan which highlights the loop on the back of the doll so it could be hung on a wall. I made the loop out of old picture wire and I glued it using the E-6000 glue.

This is a scan of the doll that was done on a scanner.

Cinnamon Fire

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