|
|
|
|
Your
One-Stop-Shop
for Creativity
|
|
|
|
| Letter from the Editor |
2
|
| Readers Write |
3 |
Party Boy Skeleton
by Susan Bates Bezek |
6 |
Doll Artist Profile: Scott Radke
by Ricë Freeman-Zachery |
8 |
Patuá Spirit Dolls
by Gina Roland |
19
|
| Paula Dion’s Sassy Squash |
22 |
Cover Story
From Garden to Gallery:
Gourd Art Dolls
by Merilou Jenkins |
25 |
Mixed Media Artifact Dolls
by Mar Gorman |
32
|
Dia de los Muertos:
Mexican Catrinas
by Susan Bates Bezek |
38 |
Taking Flight with Zephyr:
Designing My First Doll
by Asya Lesly |
42 |
Spirit Dolls:
Earth, Wind, Fire & Water
by Sunni Hamillton |
44 |
Celebrating the “Spirit of the
Gypsy” Challenge
by Denise Marie Warner |
50 |
Serena & Scaredy Cat
by Stacy Clark |
60 |
Puzzle-Piece Dolls
by Janet Hofacker |
64 |
| |
|
| |
|
Cover Art: Giraffe King
by Merilou Jenkins. See her article, starting on page 25. |
Answering the Challenge:
Altered Bendi Dolls
Late to the Ball
by Terri Moisan |
72 |
Answering the Challenge:
Altered Bendi Dolls
Arielle Set Free
by Susan Collins |
76 |
Storybook Dolls Revisited
TAODA Exhibits Its Fourth
Original Doll Challenge
by Janet Bodin |
78 |
In the Know: book & video reviews
by Sylvia Valle & Sharilyn Miller |
86 |
| In the Next … Art Doll Quarterly |
87 |
Celebrating Dia de los Muertos:
Calavera Dolls
by Bambi Doe Blake |
88 |
Margaret … a Tribute to Mother
by Allison Stillwell |
90 |
| Show & Tell |
94 |
| Submission Guidelines |
135 |
Doll Party: Convention Listings
|
138 |
Fabric Painting Basics
|
141 |
| Polymer Clay Basics |
142 |
Odd Doll:
Suzanne Lappan’s
The Waiting Game |
144 |
| |
|
| SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION |
|
| Destinations |
123 |
| Online Connections |
123 |
| |
|
| PHOTO
CREDITS |
|
| Sylvia
Bissonnette: Cover and pages 6, 19, 21, 23, 25-26, 38, 40, 42-43, 45, 51-56, 58, 61, 64, 72, 77, 89-90, 94, 96, 98, 102, 108, 112, 114, and 124. |
|
Lorin Backe: Pages 57, 100, 106, 110, 116, 118-119, and 122.
|
| Emily Arata: Pages 27, 39, 43-44, 46, 60, 88, 91-92, 95, 97, 125, and 144. |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
 |
The
Autumn 2005 issue of Art Doll Quarterly has rolled off the press and
is available on newsstands now! Inside, you’ll find:
|
|
Party-Boy Skeleton
by Susan Bates Bezek
Party Boy was designed to hang on a wall or door, but if his bones were painted on his other side he could happily be a guest anywhere. He is made entirely of cloth, from the top of his skull to the tip of his toe bone, with a dimensional head done in the trapunto style. |
|
Doll Artist Profile: Scott Radke
by Ricë Freeman Zachery
Scott Radke’s marionettes are so incredibly popular, he can’t keep up with the demand for them. There’s a waiting list, and every puppet is purchased before Scott completes it, a phenomenon that began with his last gallery show at Doubting Thomas in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. There, in 2001, every one of his puppets sold on the first night, and the artist realized he was going to be able to make a living doing what he loves.
|
|
|
|
From Garden to Gallery: Gourd Art Dolls
by Merilou Jenkins
“Four years ago,” relates the artist, “a friend suggested that I visit a gourd festival at the Welburn Gourd Farm in Fallbrook, California. I thought, ‘What can you do with a gourd?’ I went, I saw, and I was conquered. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I was like a kid in a candy store.” Since then, Merilou Jenkins has turned her passion into gorgeous, African art dolls.
|
|
Mixed Media Artifact Dolls
by Mar Goman
Her “poppets” are admittedly dolls, but “they have another level of meaning related to the spirit or soul,” says the artist. “I see my dolls as soul portraits. They don’t depict the outside, but the inside, where we are a combination of loose ends and tightly bound emotions and secrets, lumps and scars and words seared onto our souls.”
|
|
|
|
Earth, Wind, Fire & Water: Spirit Dolls
by Sunni Hamillton
Capture the four elements in your next doll project. This article includes a great pattern and instructions for making your own printed collage fabric plus some fun embellishment options.
|
Celebrating the Spirit of the Gypsy Challenge
by Denise Marie Warner
The Spirit of the Gypsy Challenge 2004 was among the most festive and colorful doll exhibits at a recent Houston Quilt Market & Festival. “Gypsy” Pamela Armas of Treasures of the Gypsy has sponsored the challenge annually since 1999. Doll artists of all skill levels from around the globe were invited to participate, and each participant was supplied with a wonderful package of exotica from around the world to get started.
|
|
|
|
Puzzle-Piece Dolls
by Janet Hofacker
“Dolls can be created using the most extraordinary objects,” notes the artist, who is well known for making art from thrift-store finds. “Since these dolls are made from puzzle pieces, once you begin seeing the human shape in a puzzle piece, you’ll see the possibilities for making dolls with them.”
|
|
Plus:
Gina Rowland’s Patua Spirit Dolls, Paula Dion’s Sassy Squash, Susan Bates Bezek’s Mexican Catrinas, Asya Lesly’s Zephyr, Stacy Clark’s Serena & Scaredy Cat (with pattern!), Show & Tell, and much, much more!
|
|
|
