I don’t know how January and February passed. It seems it took only a couple of days that the mornings are full of light and mother nature is awakening. Two weeks ago, it seemed impossible that I could sit here in my working room full of sunlight at 8 AM. My January girl Jane and February girl Fiona found loving homes, and Mathilde, my doll for March is nearly finished. Yes, you are right: there is a pattern here. 😊 January, February, March… Jane, Fiona, Mathilde… Each month a doll...
As the days of February are flying by, we reached nearly the middle of the month. Day of the lovers is coming. And guess what, I have a very sweet young girl here. Fiona with her red locks, a little flame, just like her temperament. I left her only a couple of minutes in my working room, and look how I caught her! It is not even St. Valentine's yet, but she said all days in February are for the lovers.
Jane is the first doll of this year. She is a fragile spring blossom, blooming in the middle of winter, who brings some light and warmth to the cold and dark January days. Yesterday was the first day in the last weeks, with some sunlight. Finally I could take couple of pictures of Jane to present her to you. As I live in the middle of a big city, I'd rather wait for the right light in my living room, instead of going out with my dolls to take their pictures. In case of Jane, I was secretly...
This little girl was a custom order. Her mum was wishing to have a doll made by me for a long time, and finally the time arrived. As I was working on her, I was watching the dahlias of a friend in her garden. She was posting gorgeous pictures everyday from her blooming garden. I love dahlias, as my father used to grow them in our garden too. Every autumn we had a colorful palette of dahlias blooming everywhere. So I chose the name Dahlia for her. She is a warm-hearted autumn child, with her...
I was contacted by a loving mother from US recently. She wanted to gift her daughter a doll looking like Kate Middleton, Princess of Whales. Her daughter was keen to sew clothing for her own princess. Thus her mum asked me if I could make the doll a little bigger than I usually make my dolls. So, I changed my pattern a little. Kate is 45 cm/17,5 inches tall. I must confess, I really like her size and proportions, and will surely make new dolls in her size. It was such a fun to work on this...
Designing and constructing Mia took me months. I wrote about this process in my previous blog article, which you can read here. I knew instantly what I will sew for her. It is not always like this. Usually it takes me very long until I choose the fabrics and the design. However, for Mia, I had an exact image of her dresses in mind as I was making her. The shoes were the challenge this time. I found it hard to put her sweet feet into shoes. For me she is a romantic child who would walk bare feet...
I have been working for couple of months to make a new development on my dolls. My dolls are already movable for a while now. But I wanted to make them move more naturally. It is not very easy, as the materials on the market have their limits. So, I went to the man of my life for help. 😊 There are many sayings about “the women behind the successful men”, but it is well forgotten that there are some “loving men behind crazy creative women” too. I am grateful to have one in my life. My...
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you." (Khalil Gibran) As hard as it might be to let my wooly children go, I always remind myself this poem. Although they come through my hands, they are all longing to find their loving families to live with. So now it is Milan's turn to find his new home. He is available for adoption. He is youngest of...
Miara is the oldest sister of the three kids living in my atelier at the moment. She and her siblings, Chiara and Milan, are made with my pattern for fully movable, free standing dolls. Miara is 14" /35 cm tall. Completely needle sculpted with pure new wool. Due to the armature within, she can move her head and limbs fully. Her skin is made with organic doll making fabric in a sun kissed tone. Her beautiful blue eyes are embroidered. Her skin is blushed with bees wax crayon. She has beautiful...