Dolly Wallah 2013

by **Admin** on Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:14 am

2013 2013 2013 You know how it goes...you find a simple unfinished cloth doll body that has been languishing in your studio for over a year.  That same day you randomly start opening storage tins in the studio in an attempt to get rid of some stuff.  You come across some useless jewellery that you picked up heaven only knows where...and then things just sort of start to happen...<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAuxquDMaXM/UW3lH09IaTI/AAAAAAAAIQo/s2hA9f_wOqU/s1600/Anamika_Devi_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAuxquDMaXM/UW3lH09IaTI/AAAAAAAAIQo/s2hA9f_wOqU/s1600/Anamika_Devi_web.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloth doll of fabric scraps,  second hand jewellery, yarn hair.  Approx. 14 in. x 7 in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />I named her after a fictional East Indian goddess, Anamika Devi,  found in a novel I was reading, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/books/2012/10/06/the-selector-of-souls-by-shauna-singh-baldwin/"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Selector of Souls</b></span></a><span style="color: #990000;">,</span> by Shauna Singh Baldwin.  Another day, another book, and likely she would have turned out to be another sort of doll ...or perhaps still be waiting to come into being.<br /><br />Too bad I'd previously thrown out a pair of arms that had been gathering dust in a basket. Really, I should have known that one can always use a spare set of arms.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;">(There's an interesting short interview with SS Baldwin on the link I provided above, telling about her novel.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;">Namaste</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br>You know how it goes...you find a simple unfinished cloth doll body that has been languishing in your studio for over a year.  That same day you randomly start opening storage tins in the studio in an attempt to get rid of some stuff.  You come across some useless jewellery that you picked up heaven only knows where...and then things just sort of start to happen...<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAuxquDMaXM/UW3lH09IaTI/AAAAAAAAIQo/s2hA9f_wOqU/s1600/Anamika_Devi_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iAuxquDMaXM/UW3lH09IaTI/AAAAAAAAIQo/s2hA9f_wOqU/s1600/Anamika_Devi_web.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloth doll of fabric scraps,  second hand jewellery, yarn hair.  Approx. 14 in. x 7 in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />I named her after a fictional East Indian goddess, Anamika Devi,  found in a novel I was reading, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/books/2012/10/06/the-selector-of-souls-by-shauna-singh-baldwin/"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Selector of Souls</b></span></a><span style="color: #990000;">,</span> by Shauna Singh Baldwin.  Another day, another book, and likely she would have turned out to be another sort of doll ...or perhaps still be waiting to come into being.<br /><br />Too bad I'd previously thrown out a pair of arms that had been gathering dust in a basket. Really, I should have known that one can always use a spare set of arms.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;">(There's an interesting short interview with SS Baldwin on the link I provided above, telling about her novel.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;">Namaste</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>