As always, it's things I see in my every day life that often inspire me, like my Guiseppe Armani figurines. Perhaps you may have seen them at some time or other. Although many of his figurines were fully painted and glazed, I have always preferred the simple white matt finished girls with the delicately hand painted faces, like the one on the right.
Giuseppe Armani was an Italian sculptor and artist who was born in 1935, and died in 2006. He was recognized as a gifted artist at an early age and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He soon became well known from his artwork at the Art Gallery in Pisa and in 1973 he became associated with the Florence Sculpture d'Arte in Tuscany.
The pieces I own are elegant, with sculptured clothes that drape beautifully over the body. So when I look at them, I cannot help being inspired to design similar clothes for my slender fashion dolls, though perhaps they may not drape as well.