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I’ve studied and worked in the arts all my life. My major at Carnegie-Mellon was stage design (BFA) and costume design (MFA). I realized during my training that my greatest interest lies in creating the character, the being itself, in addition to its staging. This led me toward illustration and sculpture. I’ve also worked as a freelancer in toy design, illustration, and the liturgical arts.
In 2000, I discovered the “art doll” world, which, unexpectedly, has brought me a sense that my best loves and various disciplines dovetail in a sustaining and coherent way. Also known as “mixed media figurative sculpture,” art dolls offer the narrative possibilities of illustration, and add to it three dimensional spatial interest. One may create the "actor" as well as the costume.
Such figures can fulfill a love of motion, as well. I think of the motion-filled costume sketches of Leon Bakst, which helped me realize where my central affections lay: glorious figures in themselves. In Kabuki and Noh theater, one also sees the power in a pose of silent intent.
There’s a playful defiance in the word ‘doll.’ While ‘sculpture’ is a term so broad as to be impersonal, ‘doll’ suggests interaction and activity. Dolls encourage emotional and intuitive interaction on an intimate scale. Traditional dolls may be objects of power and life in their respective cultures. There is a deeply appealing humanity in dolls. I believe they can speak to a growing need for art that is intuitively fulfilling.
For me, figurative art, the eloquence of face, hands, body, rooted in spirit and biology, offers a crucible for the transformation of personal emotion, the alchemical uses of sorrow, and hope out of muddy waters.
National Institute of American Doll Artists: www.NIADA.orgThanks for Looking!
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