Cloth Dolls: A Gallery

On a trip to London in 1999, while browsing through a bookshop, I discovered Susannah Oroyan's book "Anatomy of a Doll". My doll-making started out from this book, by way of a couple of patterns from old magazines, to an internet group and other artists patterns. It is fun to experiment with stuffing and needle-sculpting and painting and there are lots of books and websites which offer insight on making cloth dolls. In particular, Mary Tressler's website is a tremendous resource for would be cloth doll makers. I am eternally grateful to her for the information and help she so willingly shares. I haven't developed "a style" as I'm not very prolific - I rarely do more than one or two a year ... flit... flit... Nowadays, I have to have reason to do one. I don't keep my work, as a rule, because it only adds to the clutter so unless it has a home to go to it doesn't get made! "Cleo", "Belle" & "Dawn" are all my interpretation of Phyllis Robinson's patterns. "Umqhagi" & "Qwagga" are featured in books, "Thistle" & "Aksala" were both for Alaska Fiber Festivals while "Lady Sings the Blues" was an online class.
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2002 "Cleopatra & Dulcinea"		2002 "Lady Sings the Blues" & "Jane Avril"

2002 "Hannah & Izzie" Pattern		2003 "Belle"	2003 "The Bundu Fairy"

2003 & 2004 "Miss Erte" & "Turning Seasons"			2004 "Aurora & Dawn"

2005 "Umqhagi"	2006 "Thistle"	2007 "Qwagga"	2008 "Aksala"
and "Understanding & Choosing Fabrics"


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