WELCOME
TO OUR ABOUT ME PAGE!
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are artists A E Ruffing, Elizabeth Ruffing, Max Bailey, and Abby
Laurence and this is our studio. We work together, sharing our ideas,
our expertise, and sometimes even our art materials! We
create
original watercolor and acrylic paintings, fine art giclee prints,
original one-of-a-kind folk art dolls, and OOAK art quilts. Come
take a look around our website at www.ruffings.com and visit our blog
for the latest news:
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are always busy at work with something new and our blog is the best way
to keep up with our creations as they are completed. You can even get
updates by email by filling out the "subscribe me" box in the upper
right corner of our blog at www.ruffings.com/blog.html
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Our currently available folk art dolls can be seen on our doll gallery page of our Ruffing's web site, http://www.ruffings.com/artdolls1.html.
We are adding more dolls and their stories all the time. We are
currently working on adding the photos and stories for our already
adopted dolls to our doll gallery for you to enjoy as well.
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can see our fun handmade dolls anytime on our Flickr photo album at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruffingsartdolls/ You will
find
the dolls we have currently available for sale as well as photographs of our
already adopted dolls. The photos are arranged in sets to the right on
our Flickr page to make it easier to find dolls of special interest to
you.
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| We are a
family-run business, and we are artists ourselves. We have been in the
art business for over forty years, creating and publishing our own
work, and licensing our work to other companies for a wide variety of
products. We are located in the heart of North Carolina's Piedmont
Region, midway between the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the ocean
beaches of the Atlantic coast.
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| All of our giclées are individually handmade
by us, one at a time, as they are ordered. They are not mass-produced.
Our limited editions are kept to small edition numbers. Even our open
editions are printed as they are ordered, and the final number produced
is determined at the artist's discretion. We are careful to make every
one of our giclées as faithful to the original painting as
possible, and each one is hand signed by the artist. Limited editions
are numbered as well.
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Our
giclées are printed on archival quality 100% cotton, acid-free fine art
paper or canvas, using archival-quality pigment-based inks. Our art
paper is a heavy 300gsm weight with a matte finish. Canvas editions are
also available for some of our images.
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take pride in participating in every step of the printmaking process.
That way we can assure the quality of every print. We have a variety of
images, cats, dogs, other animals, florals, scenes, angels, fairies,
and other fantasy art, as well as a selection of original
art.
Please visit our online gallery
to have a look, http://www.ruffings.com/ourgallery.html. |
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visit our website for more information about us, including artist
biographies, contact information, and more. |
| What
buyers have said about our art: |
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the most wonderful things I have found on Ebay!!! I just adore them!!!"
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"I
just purchased one of your works on Ebay. It was the Angel Cat doll and
Fish
Ornie. I am so thrilled with them. You are an amazing artist. I am an
antique
collector and your pieces remind of the old handpainted fabric dolls of
so long
ago. Your work is just as timeless and lovely as those antique dolls. I
love
your brush and color work. The expression on the Angel Cat makes me
smile every
time I look at him. You have made my Christmas brighter by showing me
there are
still some wonderful handmade things that exist in this world today."
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"BREATHTAKING".
What a beautiful doll!! She looks so lovely in my doll cabinet. Looking
forward
to seeing what other beautiful dolls you will be creating."
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"Exquisite
little piece of art, beautifully shipped! Thank you!"
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"I
received the Angel yesterday and I just love her. She is just
absolutely
Beautiful!! She is a real treasure!! What a talent you have! I hope
that you
will be doing more of these Angels in the future. Loved the bag you
packaged
her in, just like a present."
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| "A
Fabulously Beautiful Piece Of Artwork !! Lovely Packaging! Thank you so
much!" **********
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"Absolutely
the BEST! !!!!"
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"Absolutely a
masterpiece!"
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"Can't say enough about this
artist, most lovely art I own by far."
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"I can't believe the
amazing detail! It's absolutely beautiful! Thanks!"
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"~ The most Gorgeous print EVER
!!! Thank You So Very Much !!! ~"
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| "Soooo
Beautiful !!! Always a pleasure doing business with you! Thank You !
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"Beautiful piece of art! Unique, awesome!
I love it! AAA+++!!!"
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Thanks
again for visiting! Be sure to check out our auctions and IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO BE ON OUR
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