| Art Doll Gallery I (2006 - 2007) |
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After my first few dolls, I encountered several technical challenges as my ideas
became more ambitious and complex. Marianne Reitsma's doll club in Ajax, Ontario provided opportunities for learning new techniques, creative challenges and a chance to meet other doll artists.
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Adele Sciortino visited the doll club in 2007 with a class on Creative Costuming. We learned about ways to "dress" a doll and how to make several design choices, along with a few embellishment and surface techniques. The doll from this class is "Addy", in row 4 below.
Adele's Website is here |
This process is very time
consuming since 95% of the work is done by hand, but I found myself
completely immersed in learning how to make my visions come to life
in soft sculptures.
Now I can't imagine not having a doll
in-progress. I hope you enjoy viewing my forays
into figurative soft sculpture. Check back often, as these galleries will
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Dolls available for sale have links to separate pages where you can see a larger image and read about them. Click on the image to read their stories.
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Marina
(2006)
Private Collection, my first doll Not for Sale
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credit: Marianne Reitsma pattern credit: Cheryl Smith |
Terra
(2006)
Sold |
Tiathar'ivain
(2006)
Sold at Silent Auction, Oshawa Fibre Art Show 2010 to benefit The Canadian Diabetes Association |
Vesta (2006) $350.00
SOLD at the One of a Kind Show, Toronto (2006) |
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Crystal
(2006) |
Violet
(2006)
(Private collection of Bess Brown, Toronto, Ontario) |
Ruby
(2006)
(Private Collection of Carolyn Bishop, Cary, North Carolina) |
Merry
(2006) $350.00
SOLD at the Oshawa Fibre Art Show 2007 |
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Ascent
(2006) |
Raven
(2006)Private Collection
Not for Sale |
Daphne
(2006) $700.00
SOLD (Also featured in Art Doll Quarterly Magazine Spring 2008) |
Luna
(2007)
Private Collection, Not for Sale |
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Callandra
(2007) |
Addy
(2007)
Pattern credit: Adele Sciortino
Private Collection,
Not for Sale
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Shoes and
Chocolate
(2007)
On tour in Ontario
with juried Threadworks show thru Nov. 2009 |
Callie
Sold at Silent Auction to raise funds for Osteoporosis at the Oshawa
Fibre Art Show, 2007 |
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Featherweight
(2007)
Private Collection
Not for Sale |
Three
Wishes
(2006 - 2007)
Juried into the Grand National, 2007 at the Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery
Private Collection, Not for Sale |
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