Portfolio - Art Dolls

a gothic style cloth doll with white hair and black dress with hand painted vines

Aster Nightbloom

Jo Hards

Aster is inspired by the mystical feel of summer nights, as the season edges ever so slowly into Autumn. For me, she brings to mind soft moonlight, the gentle breeze...

Aster Nightbloom

Jo Hards

Aster is inspired by the mystical feel of summer nights, as the season edges ever so slowly into Autumn. For me, she brings to mind soft moonlight, the gentle breeze...

a nonbinary cloth merrow merfolk art doll with button eyes and non binary pride flag hair

Torren Dabberlocks

Jo Hards

What would you call non-binary merfolk? This is a question I pondered over, as I created Torren Dabberlocks, a non binary mythical being of the nautical kind. Torren has a...

Torren Dabberlocks

Jo Hards

What would you call non-binary merfolk? This is a question I pondered over, as I created Torren Dabberlocks, a non binary mythical being of the nautical kind. Torren has a...

a gothic, button eyed cloth art doll hand painted with a starry night sky theme

Aether Darkmoon

Jo Hards

The idea of painting a starry sky onto a cloth art doll had been floating around my head for a while, so I decided to challenge myself. Painting all the...

Aether Darkmoon

Jo Hards

The idea of painting a starry sky onto a cloth art doll had been floating around my head for a while, so I decided to challenge myself. Painting all the...

Elisa Birdsong

Elisa Birdsong

Jo Hards

Some dolls, I make because there's something I want to try and it's fun for me. Some I make because people ask me to make them. Sometimes though, there are...

Elisa Birdsong

Jo Hards

Some dolls, I make because there's something I want to try and it's fun for me. Some I make because people ask me to make them. Sometimes though, there are...

Monica Underfoot

Monica Underfoot

Jo Hards

Monica grew up as a sewer rat in a big city. As soon as she was able, she moved into an apartment block, but she always felt like she was...

Monica Underfoot

Jo Hards

Monica grew up as a sewer rat in a big city. As soon as she was able, she moved into an apartment block, but she always felt like she was...

a jackalope girl art doll with button eyes, antlers and rabbit ears in a dusky rose dress

Martha Cottontail

Jo Hards

I remember when I was a kid, hearing about a creature that looked like a rabbit, with antlers like a deer, and just assuming it was a real-life animal. I...

Martha Cottontail

Jo Hards

I remember when I was a kid, hearing about a creature that looked like a rabbit, with antlers like a deer, and just assuming it was a real-life animal. I...

Watch my creation process

On my YouTube channel, I regularly post behind-the-scenes videos, showing how my art dolls and illustrations are created, including inspiration, tips, and stories from my little floating studio, somewhere on a canal in Wales

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