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Native Artist to Lead Doll-Making Workshop at Mitchell Museum

TribLocal - Jan 12, 2012
By Nathan Silverman Yesterday at 11:43 am Native American artist Sharon Skolnick (left), seen here with daughter Tevelee Gudino at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, will lead a doll-making workshop at the museum on January 14.

Romney Took Interest in One Ill-Fated Doll-Making Idea

Wall Street Journal - Jan 9, 2012
By MARK MAREMONT Mitt Romney rarely got personally involved in individual deals toward the end of his time as chief executive of Bain Capital. But he was closely involved in a failed investment in a company that sold expensive dolls semi-customized to ...

Kids can learn about Laura Wilder

Danbury News Times - Jan 23, 2012
Activities will include marble making, baking, butter and doll making, stories, songs and dancing. Participants are asked to come dressed for life on the prairie. The program will run from 12:30 to 2 pm at the Bethel Historical Society, 40 Main St., ...

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Doll Making books

Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls

by: Jan Horrox

Fun and imaginative, this guide to cloth doll-making demonstrates how to create exquisite and stylish dolls that make wonderful gifts or collectibles. A great way to use up scraps of material, the dolls portrayed in these projects are made using a wide variety of colorful fabrics, trims, ribbons, and buttons. Complete with useful diagrams; clear, step-by-step instructions for making hands, feet, and faces; and templates for all other body parts, this creative resource provides the means and the inspiration to make gorgeous dolls that are full of character.
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The Expressive Arts Activity Book: A Resource for Professionals

by: Suzanne Darley, Wende Heath
This resource comprises a collection of accessible, flexible, tried-and-tested activities for use with people in a range of care settings, to help them explore their knowledge of themselves and to make sense of their experiences. Among the issues addressed by the activities are exploring physical changes, emotional trauma, interpersonal problems and spiritual dilemmas. Featuring individual and group activities of varying difficulty, including card making, painting to music, meditation, and body mapping, it also includes real-life anecdotes that bring the techniques to life.
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Creative Cloth Doll Collection: A Complete Guide to Creating Figures, Faces, Clothing, Accessories, and Embellishments

by: Patti Medaris Culea

 

This book is a compilation of the first four of Patti Medaris Culea's bestselling books: Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Creative Cloth Doll Couture, and Creative Cloth Doll Beading. 

 

This comprehensive book guides readers through all the basics of creating cloth figures, with step-by-step fully illustrated instruction. Readers get complete patterns to create several styles of dolls, many with interchangeable parts.
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Cloth Doll Workshop: From the Beginning and Beyond with Doll Masters elinor peace bailey, Patti Medaris Culea, and Barbara Willis

by: elinor peace bailey, Patti Medaris Culea, Barbara Willis

Patti Culea, elinor peace bailey, and Barbara Willis are three of the leading doll artists and teachers in the country. They are also friends. Each of these artists has her own distinct approach to the design and development of a cloth figure. In this book, each artist's process will come alive through their choice of fabrics, sketches, simple patterns, and skill-building variations. The book is oriented toward beginning doll makers, but offers unique variations and embellishments to please even more experienced doll designers.
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Doll Making videos

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ooak clay gothic fairy doll making

if any one is interested this doll is for sale on e bay until sunday 02/10/10 under ooak fantasy fairy gothic art doll if not hope you liked the slide show

 

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Undercover Dollmaking

Jun Takahashi makes a doll at Undercover in Aoyama Tokyo.

 

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Rag Doll Making: Part 9 - Making Rag Doll Hair

Making Rag Doll Hair (Rag Doll Making: Part 9) Learn about doll making with tips from Anneli Võikar in this free doll making video. Dolls by Anneli Võikar. www.dollchamber.com Music by Frédéric Chopin Maag FX 2011

 

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Kimekomi Doll Making at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2010

Akiko Keene demonstrates the art of Kimekomi doll making at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Festival info: www.festival.si.edu

 

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Rag Doll Making : Stuffing a Rag Doll Body

Stuffing a rag doll body with rags will add a lot of weight to your handmade doll. Learn more about stuffing a rag doll's body with tips from a seamstress and craft expert in this free doll making video. Expert: Misty Swift Bio: Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell apart. Filmmaker: Leslie Moselle

 

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