RECENT PAPER DOLLS




FIGURES FOR DECKED OUT--FOUR SUITS
"DECKED OUT" IS A SET OF PAPER DOLL PLAYING CARDS.
THERE ARE 4 FIGURES, REPRESENTING SPADES, HEARTS, CLUBS, AND DIAMONDS.
THE PICTURES ON THE CARDS ARE OUTFITS FOR THE FIGURES.

SIXES AND SEVENS
TENS AND JILLS
QUEENS AND KINGS

ACES, JOKERS, PANTS FOR KINGS
THE PAGE WITH ACES AND JOKERS INCLUDES PANTS FOR THE KINGS.




LITTLE DOT fake
LITTLE DOT COMICS NEVER HAD A PAPER DOLL COVER SO I MADE ONE FOR PAPER DOLL STUDIO MAGAZINE.




Doctor Joe and Princess Delphine, a houngan and mambo
Jake and Emily, two tourists
 Gran Ibo, a swamp spirit
MANY COUNTRIES HAVE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FLAGS:
USA, RUSSIA, ENGLAND, CUBA, FRANCE, TAIWAN, AUSTRALIA, NORTH KOREA
LAOS, CHILE, NETHERLANDS, NEPAL, SAMOA, NORWAY, AND CAMBODIA, AMONG OTHERS.
"RED, WHITE, AND BLUE--COLORFUL FLAG FASHION" WAS A SOUVENIR FOR THE 2011 PHILADELPHIA PAPER DOLL CONVENTION.




JOINTED PAPER DOLL
POLLY IS A PANTIN, A JOINTED PAPER DOLL.


ANOTHER JOINTED PAPER DOLL
SO IS COLUMBINE.
COLUMBINE IS A COMMEDIA DEL ARTE CHARACTER ORIGINATING HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.




IN VIRU, ISABELLE AND CLHOE'S DEVELOPMENT CULMINATES IN THEIR SUPERMODELDOM

EARLY SPRING
 VIRU BOUTIQUE
 DNA ENTANGLEMENTS
IN "VIRU" MY CHARACTERS, ISABELLE AND CHLOE, BECAME MODELS FOR
A FASHION EXPLORATION OF HUMAN INTERACTION WITH NATURE.
THE GOWN WAS INSPIRED BY CHROMOSOMAL COMPLEXITY.




AN EXPLORATION OF PAPERCRAFT
PAPERWEAR WAS A 2007 PAPERCRAFT WORK USING SILHOUETTE FIGURES.
MOST OUTFITS WERE MADE WITH A FOLD AND CUT PROCESS STRAIGHT OUT OF FIRST GRADE.
A CO-WORKER GAVE ME A MICHAEL'S GIFT CERTIFICATE DURING A CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE.
I CHOSE A HANDMADE PAPER PAK . MANY WEEKS OF CREATIVITY ENSUED.




JAKE AND ZOE
 TALK LINGO
DIG IT, MAN! COOL IT, DADDIO!
SOUVENIR FOR 2012 TEXAS PAPER DOLL PARTY HOSTED BY TOM TIERNEY







LA CHAT NOIR--DISGUISES BECOME HER
HALLOWEEN FUN IN FIFTIES RETRO




PARIS WITH A WINK
PARIS PASTRY GIRL AS VEGAS NEON--SOUVENIR FOR THE 2009 LAS VEGAS PAPER DOLL CONVENTION




MORE FRANCOPHILIA
LET THEM EAT CAKE





A PUBLIC SPECTACLE
THE RED CARPET AT THE OSCARS WITH
ACTRESSES, THEIR HANDLERS, PRESS, AND SCREAMING FANS IN THE BLEACHERS.




A MUCH-OCCUPIED WOMAN
WORKING ON 4TH STREET--RUNNING FROM JOB TO JOB
CENTERFOLD FOR DEANNA WILLIAMS' CORNERSTONES 2009





FIGURE
 DRESS YELLOW SIDE
 DRESS DARKER SIDE, MASKS, MEERCAT
 BUG, WAVE, FISH, TURTLE, CRAB
TATU--ACRYLIC AND INK ON MUSEUM BOARD
WHEN YOU STEP OFF THE PLANE IN HONOLULU, YOU QUICKLY BECOME A LOCAL ARTIST.


LUSH MAKIKI AND LAVA ROCK
 HAWAIIAN GIRL
 FOREST LEAVES AND PODS
 FRUIT AND STREAMS
 TAPA, WATER GROWTH, LIANAS, AND PODS
MAKIKI 2007--COMMERCIAL HANDMADE PAPER, WAX
A MIX OF HEAVY TROPICS NEAR MY CHILDHOOD HOME




DAPHNE THINKS REALLY BIG
 DAPHNE STILL HAS HER DELUSIONS
 DAPHNE SLUMS IT
 DAPHNE LOOKS FOR HELP
 THERE IS NO END TO SHOPPING
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
DAPHNE DOES DESIGNERS/DAPHNE AT THE MALL/DAPHNE AT THE DISCOUNT MALL/
DAPHNE WANTS IT HER WAY AND TURNS TO CUSTOMIZATION/DAPHNE ENDS UP WITH TOO MANY TOPS SO SHE ADDS SOME BOTTOMS
THERE IS NO END TO SHOPPING





RUNWAY FASHION, A REAL DESIGNER
FASHIONS FROM ZAC POSEN--SOUVENIR FOR THE 2008 NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY PAPER DOLL CONVENTION




ADAPTED IN 2008 FROM TERRY AND THE PIRATES
DRAGON LADY IS A WORLDLY CHINESE VILLAIN FROM THE COMIC STRIP
TERRY AND THE PIRATES, CREATED BY MILT CANIFF.
IT IS SAID THAT SHE WAS BASED ON JOAN CRAWFORD, YEE GADS.




PREPARE FOR HEATWAVE/RETREAT TO SHADOWS
 WINTER EYES SPRING VISION/RELEASING 24 WINGED CREATURES
 SHADOW LACE BABY LEAVES FLUTTER/OLD DOUBLE MIRROR/POND SHIMMY/CAP FLOATS AWAY
 CHICKIE IN HEAT WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE/THE SCORPION IMRINTED WITH BABY'S BREATH
LITE METAL SPIRITS DRESS NICELY FOR SPRING--FOLD AND CUT FROM ORIGAMI PAK CHIYOGAMI PAPER








THESE IMAGES CAN NOT BE COPIED AND RESOLD. THEY ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL HOME USE ONLY.
 Little Dot, the academy award, Zac Posen's dresses, and Dragon Lady are probably copyrighted, trademarked, or otherwise protected by law.
They were used as subjects to make fun hobby paper dolls which are not for sale.
The rest of the material on this page is created by and copyrighted by Kwei-lin Lum.


KWEI-LIN LUM 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012


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