Portfolio - Art Dolls

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...

a button eyed Gothic mermaid doll in deep blues purples and greens, with beaded lace tail

Morella Whiptail

Jo Hards

The thing I most love about doll making is the variety of crafts you get to try. For this button eyed Gothic mermaid art doll, I had fun beading the...

Morella Whiptail

Jo Hards

The thing I most love about doll making is the variety of crafts you get to try. For this button eyed Gothic mermaid art doll, I had fun beading the...

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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