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Your
One-Stop-Shop
for Creativity
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| A Reader Writes |
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Just Before Spring:
The White Fairy Queen
by Misty Mawn |
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Doll Artist Profile:
Annie Mayer Hesse
by Ricë Freeman-Zachery |
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Two Sisters from Mississippi
by Debie Deaton |
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Cover Story
Garden Angels
by Denise Marie Warner |
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Blended Sculpture:
Wood & Polyclay Dolls
by Penny Collins |
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Making "Art in Sheep’s Clothing"
Contemporary Needle-Felted Dolls
by Emily Barnard |
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Celebration!
2005 CDAA Convention Review
by Judi Gunter |
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Gathered Pearls
by Sandra Evertson |
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Stephanie Witte’s Blossom
by Paula Rosen |
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Dollar-Store Finds Lead to
Papiér Maché Dream Girls
by Patricia Anders |
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My Bugg Collection
by Cheryl Keeffe |
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Easy Found-Object Figures
by Leighanna Light |
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The Ya Ya Doll Challenge
by Susan Lazarecki, Darlene Murray,
Nadine Cloutier & Janet Pray |
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Garden Angel
by Denise Marie Warner. See her article on page 23. |
Pagaz: Found-Object
Aficionado of the Sky
by Rivkah Tzevva-Rosenfeld |
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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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An Artful Journey:
Dollmaking in France
by Marlaine Verhelst |
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Celebrating Spring
with Terri Moisan’s
Wildflower & Spring Fever |
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Charlie
Thinking Outside the Box
by Rebekah Hodous |
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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:
Kim Soskin’s Duende
by Sharilyn Miller |
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| SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION |
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| Destinations |
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| Online Connections |
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| PHOTO
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| Sylvia Bissonnette: Cover and pages 7, 9, 11, 13, 15-16, 19-20, 23-24, 26, 28, 30, 48, 54, 59, 61, 63, 65-66, 68, 71-72, 84, 93, 98, 104, 112, 114, 117, and 122. |
| Emily Arata: Pages 21, 27, 55-56, 58, 60, 62, 85, 92, 94, 99, 102-103, 105, 113, 115-116, and 123. |
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The
Spring 2006 issue of Art Doll Quarterly has rolled off the press and
is available on newsstands now! Inside, you’ll find:
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Just Before Spring: The White Fairy Queen
by Misty Mawn
You’ll never believe this beautiful spring fairy doll is made of cardboard,
paint and paper! |
Doll Artist Profile: Annie Mayer Hesse
by Ricë Freeman-Zachery
“People relate in some primal way to these universal images,” Annie Mayer
Hesse says of her intricately detailed creations. “People ask me where I get my inspiration. I don’t know where it’s coming from; it just comes through
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Cover Story: Garden Angels
by Denise Marie Warner
Denise Marie Warner’s Garden Angel dolls have a distinctive collage look
that is the result of combining paper-art techniques with luscious fibers,
fabrics and beads. |
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Contemporary Needle-Felted Dolls
by Emily Barnard
A wry sense of humor coupled with her skills in needle felting led artist
Emily Barnard on a new adventure in dollmaking. In this article, she shares
her felting technique with us and relates some of the unique personalities
of her dolls.
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Celebration! 2005 CDAA Convention Review
by Judi Gunter
It’s the next best thing to being there: Judi Gunter imparts her reflections on the Canadian Doll Artists Association convention and shares photos of the
award-winning dolls featured in the show and competition. |
Gathered Pearls
by Sandra Evertson
Step-by-step, paper artist and book author Sandra Evertson shares how to
make her unusual collage creation: Gathered Pearls. As a special feature,
three pages of full-color clip-art are included in this issue! |
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Papiér Maché Dream Girls
by Patricia Anders
A trip to her local “dollar” store resulted in the discovery that cheap
plastic dolls can by taken apart, altered, wrapped in papiér maché, and
painted to look like fine-art creations. Let artist Patricia Anders (our
winter 2005 cover artist) teach you how to transform ordinary playthings
into works of art.
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Plus: Blossom, a gourd doll; Cheryl Keefe’s “Bugg Doll” collection;
Found-Object Figures by Leighanna Light; the Ya-Ya Doll Challenge; Pagaz, a
cloth doll from Israeli artist Rivkah Tzevva-Rosenfeld; an “artful journey”
to France with artist and instructor Marlaine Verhelst; new spring dolls
from Terri Moisan; Charlie, an elaborate beaded doll by Rebekah Hodous; Show
& Tell dolls; and much more!
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