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| Letter from the Editor |
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| Readers Write |
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Doll Artist Profile: Dan Fletcher
by Ricë Freeman-Zachery |
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Cocoon Fairy Dolls
by Ronda Kivett with Lisa Martin |
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Fine-Sculpted Wooden Dolls
by Diane Guzman |
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Answering the Challenge:
Altered & Embellished Bendi Dolls! |
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Cover Story
New Art Doll Challenge:
Celebrity Look-Alike Dolls |
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Introducing … The Red-Hat Ladies!
by Judy Hughes |
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| Louise Simonet’s Petal People |
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Answering the Challenge:
Dianne Rawls Davis’s Sara |
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Answering the Challenge:
Wanda Cracknell’s The Bargain Finder |
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| Carol Boden Mania’s Bahama Mama |
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Answering the Challenge:
Linda Devins’ Fancy Mermaiden |
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| Suzanne Lappan’s Dancing Deity |
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Answering the Challenge:
Indigo
by Terri Moisan |
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Answering the Challenge:
Alfarinn “Elf Farer”
by Kathryn Rambo |
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In the Know: book & video reviews
by Sharilyn Miller |
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| In the Next … Art Doll Quarterly |
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Answering the Challenge:
Felta
by Karen Smith |
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Spirit Stick Dolls
by Bambi Doe Blake |
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| Mary Ann Coleman’s Drifter |
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| Show & Tell |
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| Submission Guidelines |
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| Doll Party: Convention Listings |
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Fabric Painting Basics
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Polymer Clay Basics
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Odd Doll:
Sharon Blackwell’s |
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| Bendi Chicken Salad |
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| Destinations |
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| Sylvia
Bissonnette: Pages 17, 20, 22-24, 37, 42, 44, 48, 52, 59, 61, 64, 66, 71-72, 76, 80, 82, 84, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, and 144. |
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Emily Arata:
Pages 2, 18, 21-23, 25, 38-39, 60, 67-68, 77 78, 81, 85-86, 89, 91, 93, 95-96, 99, 101, 103-104, 107, 109, 110, 115, 117, 123, and 125.
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The
Summer 2005 issue of Art Doll Quarterly has rolled off the press and
is available on newsstands now! Inside, you’ll find:
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Doll Artist Profile: Dan Fletcher
by Ricë Freeman Zachery
His amazingly-detailed and fully 3-dimensional Japanese dolls are made entirely of paper, from the faces to the costumes and even the hair. These figures, breathtaking in their beauty and authentic detail, are Dan Fletcher’s interpretation of the ancient Japanese art of washi ningyo, “washi” meaning paper (wa = Japan, shi = paper) and “ningyo” the human figure (nin = person, gyo = form). |
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Fine-Sculpted Wooden Dolls
by Diane Guzman
“It’s interesting how we pick things up from our parents,” observes the artist. “My mom and dad are both very creative people who have always stressed originality and inventiveness, which they have passed it on to their children. I know that somehow my dolls are the blending of the influence of my mom’s sewing and my dad’s woodworking.”
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Answering the Challenge: Altered & Embellished Bendi Dolls
by our readers
They’re here! The first “batch” of Bendi dolls submitted last May to our Art Doll Challenge. Our pages are jam-packed with marvelous, creatively altered and embellished Bendi’s. Most artists submitted a single doll, but some sent in three or four at a time; one artist submitted a dozen dolls over the span of a few weeks! You’ll find lots of altered Bendi dolls in this issue, and that’s just the beginning...
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New Art Doll Challenge: Celebrity Look-Alike Dolls
by Sharilyn Miller
It’s time to issue a new Art Doll Challenge. This time, we were inspired by the artistry of Sally Rivenes Isaksen, whose Tom Selleck (in the role of Monte Walsh) doll is a dead-ringer for the famous actor. Read how you can participate in our next challenge!
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Introducing ... The Red Hat Ladies!
by Judy Hughes
A cancer diagnosis brought her down, but joining the Red Hat Society brought her right back up again. One day while sifting through some photos of her Red Hat friends, Judy thought to herself, why not make Red Hat Lady Dolls? “I believe my dolls honor the process of aging and unravel the cloak of invisibility that surrounds it in our society,” says the artist. You’ll find her story in this issue of Art Doll Quarterly.
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Louise Simonet’s Petal People
These funky feathered dolls are full of personality! And you won’t believe how easy they are to make. With basic clay sculpting skills and a whimsical imagination, you can start making Petal People of your very own.
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Mary Ann Coleman’s Drifter
A piece of drift wood discovered during a beachcombing excursion provided the inspiration for this assemblage doll. With an abstract, Picasso-like face and an eclectic costume, Drifter will inspire you to make a found-object doll.
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Plus:
Linda C. Devins’ Fancy Mermaiden (page 64), Terri Moisan’s gourd doll (Indigo, page 70), Alfarinn the Elf Farer by Kathryn Rambo (page 72), Karen Smith’s Felta (page 76), Bambi Doe Blake’s Spirit Stick Dolls (page 80), Show & Tell, and much, much more!
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