Looking Back to First Creations




I made this doll in 2006 and she went to live overseas with another artist.   When I first started dollmaking, my creations were simple, with a mixture of marker drawn faces, paint and colored pencil additions.  I think I would like to try something along those lines again.  This was a simple pancake doll pattern - I was looking at Columbian and Babyland Rag dolls at the time. 

Dixie Redmond

10 comments:

Simply Shelley said...

I love her,she is a lovely doll. I like the old babyland cloth dolls of long ago. Blessings to you dear Dixie

Mary Ann Tate said...

She's lovely. Lots of character in her face. I love pancake dolls because you can make each one so different by how you embellish them and dress them.

Robin's Egg Bleu said...

She's lovely in her simplicity and coloring. It's very interesting to go back and see where we come from in our work. I don't have anything from my first forays into dollmaking, when I was inspired by Susanna Oroyan articles in Doll Reader. As soon as I found out there was such a 'thing' as a one of a kind doll artist, I knew that was pretty much what I wanted to do all the time. My sister does have my first two dolls I ever felt comfortable 'giving away', a pair of Native American dolls I did in sculpey in 1989, but I probably haven't seen them since the day I gave them to her.

Jan Conwell said...

I love the vibrant deep orange of her dress...it is so full of life, energy and creative moxie. Sure would be great to see a "re-visit" with lots of your dolls! What a fun idea, to go back and see where one has been. I do see the influences of those two types of dolls in her face, but also that "New York" doll, the one with the embroidered hair and face.

Prim's by Kim said...

You've come a long way baby!! She is great as are all your creations <3

Dixie Redmond said...

Thanks, Shelley!

Dixie Redmond said...

I love pancake dolls, too, Mary Ann. I haven't made one in a while - time to revisit.

Dixie Redmond said...

That is very cool that your sister has some of your early creations. We're always changing and growing, and yet those early dolls have a spark sometimes that we want to find again. :-)

Dixie Redmond said...

Jan - that fabric is some of my favorite ever. It's a very lightweight cotton fabric that I found on clearance somewhere. :-)

Dixie Redmond said...

It's fun to see where we've come from, and try to retain some of the earnestness of our early works, too. Still thinking about that!


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