Santos dolls

Learn how to make a Santos Cage doll including how to build the base of the art doll and create the Santos Doll cage.

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Beautiful Santos Cage Dolls come in different forms and sizes

Oh Oh Oh.. how I have always wanted one of these! Santo (from the Spanish word meaning "saint") is a traditional New Mexican genre of religious sculpture. The word "santo" is also used to refer to individual works in this genre. Santos are carvings, either in wood or ivory, that depict saints,angels, or other religious figures. I was just breezing through Home Goods and there she was Happy Valentine's to me! I've even made her clothes... out of vintage trim, coffee filters, vintage…

I've often admired the Santos dolls seen in magazines and recent catalogs. They look so peaceful and prayerful, while emitting a sense of h...

Do you love Santos dolls as much as I do? Every since scoring my first reproduction Santos doll a few years ago (see her transformation her...

M y habit on this blog has typically been to share only the projects that I have completely finished. Well, I'm departing a bit from that trend today with a look at a project I'm actually still working on. The

You have seen them..... silently watching over a collection of brocante items lovingly arranged atop tables and shelves in a rustic French Provincial farmhouse. They are called Santos cage dolls and after becoming more and more popular over the past few years, they now are enthusiastically sought after by collectors and designers that want to add old world style to their homes. Originally started as copies of 17th century carvings by priests and called saint dolls or Santons in French…

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