Barry, Amy J. “Handmade dolls inhabit two worlds”, The Day [New London]. March 19, 2013, pp D1-D2 Starry Night, 2007, Oil on panel, 27” x 33” Self-portrait with hand earrings, 2011,Mixed media, 12” x 7” x 3” …
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I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes life is like that. I went on making the next dolls, Fridas, of course, I …
As I said in an earlier post, making Black Mammies started to come up to my mind more and more until I designed the pattern and got one, which I gave to my dear sister-in-law as a Christmas present. Then I reduced the pattern to 80% and 60% smaller sizes and got a bunch of …