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Welcome to the latest edition of Australian Dolls, Bears and Collectables, and our team would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support and readership, and to wish you all a happy and healthy year in 2016. Inside these pages are some fabulous projects to whet your creative appetite, including the divine character cloth doll Gerard and his frog, a stunning miniatures dining table, a gorgeous reborn baby, a cutie reborn Orangutan, and an adorable bear. Lesley Hurford shows her amazing collection of All Original Presentation Trunks, accompanied by beautiful photographs, and there’s a wonderful story on Pedigree dolls. We are invited into the lives of two very talented artists – Angela Corrigan and Cindee Moyer, and we’re delighted to bring you the reports from some…
Dear Editor, In volume 21 number 5, there was an article celebrating the 110th birthday of Becassine. Some time ago I made the porcelain version of Becassine, and then recently I needed to make a peg doll for a club I belong to in New Zealand. I decided that Becassine would be just right, so here she is, with a small pram and baby which were done in another club workshop. The peg doll has moving arms and legs, and is made to the same design which Polish soldiers used as a fundraiser for refugees being sent overseas after WW2. Interestingly my mother-in-law was Polish, and then the house I am living in was later purchased by one of these refugee children who were sent to Pahiatua in NZ. Her…
Australian sculptor Alicia Toner has been busy again and produced a gorgeous little girl called Lainey. She will be a hot seller for sure - well done Alicia, your babies are getting more beautiful with every sculpt. Alicia’s next baby to be sculpted is a small preemie, so we look forward to seeing that little one. A beautiful little AA baby Imani has been sculpted by Adrie Stoete, and is available from some of our Australia stockists. Another gorgeous baby by Adrie is Erin. Such a sweet little face. These two babies are part of the mix and match series. You can buy the complete kit, or just the head, and choose which limbs you want to suit, or a torso that fits this size. What a great choice to…
This project came about because of my growing interest in antique musical toys. Dancing children were a common theme in antique musical children’s toys, and many examples still survive. In the replica two reproduction, all bisque German dolls face each other and hold hands under a miniature rose arbour. The two little dolls have painted eyes and tiny mohair wigs, much in the same fashion as the originals would have had. Their clothes are made to resemble regional German costumes. They are mounted on a turntable, which, when wound, turns, plays music and the dolls appear to “dance”. Being a reproduction doll maker, I enjoy recreating these articles using the originals as inspiration. Earlier this year, I taught a workshop at the 2015 Convention and Annual Doll and Bear Show…
Join Libby Richardson of Artsmart Craft Cottage and guest designers Melissa Grant from One Day in May and Liz Stanway from Teddlywinks on Saturday 19th March or Sunday 20th March 2016 at the Bayswater Senior Citizen Centre for a day of fun. Libby will show you how to add colour to your stitcheries using her fabric painting technique while Liz will be demonstrating her techniques for the perfect needleturn, stitching and how to apply transfers. Melissa will be demonstrating her 3 dimensional applique. Also attending the weekend will be The Patchwork Tea House and Embellish a Little. Guest will receive on the day: A gift bag with four new patterns designed especially for the day A pre-printed design on calico for painting and stitching A fabric kit to begin one…
American doll artist, Cindee Moyer, is no stranger to the artistic world. Cindee was raised in the Midwest United States in a family with a rich tradition of artistic pursuits, and believes this is how she received her ‘artistic gene’. The maternal side of her family boasted several artists and Cindee’s father also attended art school before he had to begin supporting his family. As well as this, her grandmother was an admirable seamstress. “She loved clothes – and especially those early Barbie clothes. She always commented on the tiny zippers and buttons and darts,” Cindee explains. This may be where her particular love of fashion stems from. Cindee’s first adult foray into the art world occurred when she majored in painting in College. She chose this course of study…
