Age
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54
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
3
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| Religion |
I follow Nature's path |
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| Education |
High School |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
My family..my grandchildren..my friends..my garden are things which I hold close to me. I enjoy being able to create items using materials that others tend to think of only as discards and in this way I can create something wonderful and also help Mother Nature at the same time! |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Fiber
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Romanticism - (1800 - 1850)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Mickie Mueller
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Goddess Brighid
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The first time I saw an art doll I was speechless...I had only seen prims and rag types in the past and they seemed so lifeless to me..then I saw art dolls created by Patti Culea/Sherry Goshon/epb/and Paula Johnson and I was given the feeling that I finally found my purpose. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I felt a need to share my thoughts...I am not one who finds speaking my thoughts as an easy task..but by using my gift to create figurative art from cloth I am sharing what my muse leads me to convey. I felt a strong pull at my inner self..something that wouldn't be ignored...yet needed to be expressed...and I hope others find pleasure in my art. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I am a self taught creator of cloth art sculptures...I prefer to do fantasy creatures and use my imagination to give them life...yet I have created other figures as my muse leads me. My maternal grandmother taught me to sew at a very young age and inspired me to be free to create art with whatever materials I had in my reach..to see beauty and purpose in things that others would consider trash and to give them a renewed life. She also taught me several crafts which at the time left me searching for something that would tell others who I am inside. I used these lessons and discovered that by letting myself be free to create I was able to make a simple piece of cloth have a personality and a story to tell. I have had my art displayed in the Ontario County Arts Council Gallery ,recently in Dolls United Magazine,also had one of them at AFIC in Columbus, Ohio in 2007, have had 2 of them selected as cover dolls at a yahoo site of artists who create goddess and fantasy dolls, and featured in a display at a local public library to promote a new look at a forgotten art form. I handsew my creations and their faces are needlesculpted and handpainted..their bodies are wired for posability and from time to time use another artist's pattern as inspiration when I feel the need...and always give that artist due credit. |
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