Nkondi

This is a doll I did for Li  Hertzi's Book "Art Doll Adventures" in which she had different doll makers do their version of her patterns.  The Nkondi is based on figures made in the Congo and Zaire.

Their purpose is to hold people responsible to each other and to their world.

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Wuptaki

This doll also appeared in Li Hertzi's Book.

It is patterned after a Hopi doll that represents the merging of magic and storytelling.

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Natasha Class Doll

I was fortunate to take a class with Russian Doll Maker Natasha Lopusova-tomskaya. The doll is made from paper mache. She is an amazing artist and a great teacher.

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Round Robin Doll

This was a fun doll in which several doll makers collaborated. 

We each made a doll and sent it to each other and each artist would add a part on the doll.

Artist's included, Sherry, Camile, Annie, Gale and Myself.

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Self Portrait

Doll was on exhibit at Houston International Quilt Festival, and also appears in Pamela Hastings Book," Doll Making as a Transformitive Process"

She is a compilation of images which are significant to me.

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