Mixed Media Monday "Tin Man ATC doll"

This is my entry to the Mixed Media Monday doll challenge. I love this challenge! There are so many creative possibilities, and I was trying to think of what to make when I realized the song "Tin Man" was stuck in my head, so I went with it. I had saved the top from a travel size dental floss container because it looked like a face to me. It was the perfect size for my project. A little paint on some bendy straws made great arms. It was fun rummaging around in all my metal bits. The cardstock was a metal print design, the gear "innards" are a varitey of stamped , punched, watch parts, brads, and metal washers. It is hard to get a good photo of it, but can you see that inside his heart locket is an image of Dorothy and one of Toto? All the parts fold in to a form a standard size ATC!

The story that told itself

This Mixed Media Monday challenge gave me the motivation to complete a tryptic I started some time ago. It started as an assignment, but my muse seemed to have her own ideas, and took off in a different direction. I just went along for the (joy) ride. When I realized I was so far off track that it no longer met the requirement I abandoned it, almost finished. Even though no story was required for that assignment, a story did unfold as the piece formed, as if the storyinsisted on being told. And just for added fun, each panel has an interactive part!

Panel 1) We see a hand reaching for a beautiful golden pear (with real gold leafing!) but unable to grasp it, and we see a bird in the tree. By the look on his face and the throbbing heart we can tell he has fallen in love. [The interactive feature is the castle gate, which opens/closes]

Panel 2) See the bird looking in the window at the object of his desire? He can see that the princess has a plate of luscious fruit, but is pining for the pear on the tree outside her window. Notice her dinner guest! [The window opens on hinges]

Panel 3) Now the bird is bringing the pear

to the princess, whom appears in the distant window. But how can he lift the relatively heavy fruit? If you turn the hurdy-gurdy crank you will hear the tune "Wind Beneath My Wings"!