Art Doll Quarterly: ODACA:Behind the Scenes Part 2

The May June July 2015 issue of Art Doll Quarterly magazine is out 

and there is a wonderful article about ODACA (Original Doll Artists Council of America) by Lillian Alberti.  I was thrilled to be profiled and see two of my dolls "Sim Shalom" and "Once Upon a Starry Night" in this article!

Other artists profiled in this article are Sarah Maldanado and Barbara Schoenoff.  Lillian is writing a series of articles about ODACA artists for ADQ.  Thank you Lillian!

The Art of the Contemporary Doll

I just found out that I will have two dolls published in an upcoming book:  The Art of the Contemporary Doll, available July 2015!

Here are my two dolls that will be in this book:

"Orelia"

"Sim Shalom" ("Let There be Peace")

Very exciting!  Such an honor!  I can't wait to see the book. :)

Art Doll Challenge

There is an Art Doll Challenge going on Facebook right now.  I don't know who started it but the idea is to post 3 photos per day for 5 days of your art, and to nominate a new artist each day.  I was challenged this past week, so I am posting my 5 days of photos here also.  It was a fun exercise!

Day 1:  Just-for-fun pieces

Pumpkin Men

Moon Dance

Jolly Holly

Day 2:  Silk Fusion Dolls

Thy Word

By the Waters of Babylon

Bequest, Reminiscence, Dwelling

Day 3:  Some lovely ladies

Bianca

Chasing Dreams

All-American Bathing Beauties

Day 4:  Some older pieces

Emerging

Ripe Plums Are Falling

The Green Man

And the final day, Day 5:  It's all about the fiber!

Sim Shalom (Let There Be Peace)

Orelia (Golden One)

Forest Canticle

And that's a brief tour through the last decade of my doll making career!

Merry Christmas 2014!

"Once Upon a Starry Night"

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to thy Perfect Light

Merry Christmas!

Every Figure Tells a Story

My last show of the year, with the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists, is "Every Figure Tells a Story" at 18 Hands Gallery.  The show was set up last week and it looks great!

It's a beautiful gallery and everyone there is so nice to work with.

My pieces in the show are

"A Mother's Treasure is Her Daughter"

"Once Upon a Starry Night"

"The Tumbler"

Opening night was wonderful - a great turnout!

Artist Joyce Patterson and me

Artist Neva Waldt and me

Me with Mother & Daughter piece

Thank you 18 Hands Gallery for hosting our show!  It will be up through December 31.

IQF 2014

Another Quilt Festival has come and gone.  This year marked the 40th anniversary of the Houston International Quilt Festival.  The red and white quilt display to celebrate the Ruby Jubilee was stunning.

Of course for me the highlight of Quilt Festival is always the doll exhibits.

In Celebration of the Doll Exhibit:

My piece for this exhibit, "Sunshine Parade":

The Material Girls of Houston portion of the doll exhibits:

I had two pieces in the Material Girls exhibit:

"A Mother's Treasure is Her Daughter" & "Orelia"

The Texas Association of Original Doll Artists also had a display, "Block Party 2", which were dolls featuring a quilt block on some part of the doll.  

I chose to do the tumbling block pattern.

"Circus Tumbler"

Another portion of the doll exhibit is the Treasures of the Gypsy Challenge.  The challenge theme this year was Come to the Mardi Gras.  

This is the Best of Show winner in the Gypsy category, a stunning felted sculpture by Jennifer Schermerhorn:

I didn't  finish my doll in time for the gypsy challenge.  Oh well, there's always next year...

Art on the Make: Mixing Art and Mingling Threads

Last night was the HAFA opening reception at Gallery M Squared.  What a fun party!

yours truly with "Night Bloom" - we match!

What a great crowd for the opening of our show.  Here is a shot of all the participating artists:

And just a few of the many pieces of beautiful fiber art:

Dragon series by Kim Ritter:

Lovely wall hangings by Ginny Eckley:

A fun quilted 3-d yoga girl by gallery show chairman Mandy Shefman:

Some gorgeous eco-dyed pieces by Scharine Kirchoff:

Here is my other piece in the show:  "Chasing Dreams"

There were soooo many wonderful pieces in this show.  I wish I had photographed them all!

A great big THANK YOU to Max and Michael of Gallery M Squared for hosting our show!  The show will run through October 26.