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You will love these teddy bear mugs, place mats and coasters … as they take you back to your childhood. They are available from Morpeth Gallery, 175 Swan Street Morpeth NSW 2321 or just go to our website: www.funnyposterprints.com These fine bone china mugs, are made one at a time and are printed in the Hunter Valley, Australia from original watercolour paintings by revered Australian artist Gordon Hanley. They are very pretty, microwave and dishwasher friendly and they can only be purchased from Morpeth Gallery. As well as each mug looking great they are also a pleasure to drink from as they have that lovely fine bone china touch as you bring them to your lips. These same designs are also available as dinner place mats and drink coasters in…
Welcome to the latest edition of Australian Dolls, Bears and Collectables. This issue’s projects include a gorgeous miniature table and chair, a stunning doll painting project, a fabulous sphinx cat reborn project, a beautiful fairy reborn, an amazing leafy sea dragon cloth project and a cute-as-a-button bear project. Lesley Hurford’s article proves that good things certainly do come in small packages, and there are three wonderful profiles – doll artists Danielle Amelia and Chris Boston, and bear artist Jenny Sturmey. We review the latest shows and give you dates for upcoming shows. If you’re a show organiser, please email through the details for inclusion on our list. Our team is committed to bringing you the best projects and profiles, and the latest news in the doll, bear and collectables worlds,…
Dear Editor Being a passionate porcelain doll lover, it took me quite a while to get my head around reborns. I’ve now seen them at plenty of shows, and got to hold and cuddle a few of them, and while I still prefer porcelain dolls, I’m now feeling a bit of an internal push to make my very own reborn baby. I still haven’t got my head around the animal reborns, but … give it time!!! Anyhow, the reason for my letter is to see if there are any other porcelain doll lovers who have “crossed the line” and are now happily making reborns? Thank you! Josie from SA Ed: Hi Josie and thanks for your letter . . . and I’m looking forward to the replies we get to…
The convention doll for the 2016 Doll Artisan Guild Supported Convention, held this year in April in Waitara, NSW, was a lovely German lady doll by Baehr & Proeschild. A shoulder head doll with domed head, on a cloth body with leather boots, the doll is only marked with an ‘8’ at the base of the shoulderplate. She has fixed paper-weighted eyes. The head is beautifully painted with lush black eyelashes, multi-stroked brown brows and generously painted lips with a single dark accent line in the centre. The Baehr & Proeschild factory was founded in 1871 and manufactured both complete dolls and heads for export in the well-known dollmaking Thuringia region in central Germany, in the small town of Ohrdruf where two other porcelain factories, J.D. Kestner and C.F. Kling,…
A wonderful day was had by all once again with 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 and Sunday 20th March 2016 at the Bayswater Senior Citizen Centre. Libby showed everyone how to add colour to your stitcheries using her fabric painting technique while Liz demonstrated her techniques for the perfect needleturn, stitching and how to apply transfers. Melissa demonstrated her 3 dimensional applique. The Patchwork Tea House and Embellish a Little were also there. For more information on future Girls Days Out please contact Libby Richardson of Artsmart Craft Cottage on 043 3709 732…
This issue I am concentrating more on some of the Australian sculptors and the gorgeous babies they are producing. I know I haven’t listed all the Australian sculptors here, and will be happy to show their babies if they contact me for the next issue. Alicia Toner is working on another baby called Mae Louise. At the time of writing this, the sculpting is not totally finished, with some work needed on the limbs, but she is such a cute baby I had to include her here. She will be 22-23” long and will have full limbs. Alicia enjoys her sculpting and brings out gorgeous new babies constantly. I always enjoy painting Alicia’s babies. Alicia also has a hidden talent we didn’t know about before - a painting that came…
