Tulsa Association of Doll Artists: February 2012

2/05/2012

We Love Art Dolls!

We saw some lovely art dolls at our February meeting.

Shirley brought her creations of Barbara Schoenoff's "Blossoms" pattern.

Sweet and angelic!

Several of us have made this pattern. It's so easy and can be done in many variations.

Oh, look at this mysterious lady ....

Carlyn is working on another doll from the Steampunk pattern. She makes fabulous corsets.

And boots!

This girl is gonna have spunk!

Daria had this St Nick in the Dec. library display.

But now we can get a good look at what was in his wicker backpack!

Our great lending library. It's such a nice resource, especially for newer dollmakers.

Laurie's program was very well presented in Powerpoint slides as she demonstrated her research methods for costuming and really getting a good feel for her dolls' "look".

Scroll down to the previous post for all the great links she provided!

2/03/2012

Links for Research on Costumes:

Good basic starting points:

http://www.wikipedia.org –Wikipedia online encyclopedia

http://www.about.com – good site for finding out “about” things, including great drawing how-to

http://www.google.com – Image search engine -- http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

Other sites I use:

Kyoto Costume Institute -- http://www.kci.or.jp/archives/index_e.html

"Steampunk ". Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/steampunk/. "Imagine the technology of today with the aesthetic of Victorian science."

The Costume Page – www.costumepage.org

Colonial Williamsburg: Milliner – Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html -- The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider, c. 1861-1880

How to draw faces: www.about.com -- http://drawsketch.about.com/od/drawingportraits/ss/eyedrawing.htm

2/02/2012

FEB. 1, 2012 DD Meeting at the Hardesty Library

Attended: Jack, Jean, Shirley, Maryne,Pam, Doreen, Barbara K, Shari,Carlyn, Daria, Lisa, Laura, Rena, Jayne, Connie, Daria, Barbara D.
Financial Statement, balance $735.00
Old Business: Class workshop: (March)
Discussion of Sherry Goshon's class in March, the 23rd and 24th at the Hartesty Library. Payment to Pam by check or cash of $75.00 for the class. Make out checks to Tulsa Dolling Dames. The kit fee for each person taking the class is $5.00 & will be paid by TDD. Laura will we sending out Sherry's supply list, homework, and body pattern after you have paid for the class. There will be a face mold and some messy work so bring an apron to protect your clothes.
Tulsa Quilt Show at the Fair grounds. (June)
There will be dolls from the Hoffman Trunk there, our pin dolls to sell, and display dolls. We will have two tables and as usual you can volunteer to sit in the booth, set up and tear down. If you would like to volunteer, talk to Jayne or Laura. Dates are June 8th and 9th. We will all add to our pin doll collection by making one pin doll to sell. They were very popular and sold out quickly last time.
Hoffman Challenge due in July
Frankly the Hoffman challenge fabric will be a challenge for a doll. It is time to get your thinking caps on for this challenge. You can find the fabric at The Cotton Patch Woodland Hills.
Storybook Challenge Doll August 1st
The dolls will be displayed at the Hardesty Library with the book about the doll. Bring to Laura at the Hardesty on or before August 1. Use your own imagination but at least make it recognizable as the character in the book.
Leta Benedict will be our teacher for Oct.!
Charity dolls project is getting very little attention. Should we drop doing them?
New Business:
Door prize by Daria and won by Barbara D. The door prize was a treasurer trove of fabric and a cute pin.
Our next door prize will be brought by Barbara Kanter. The next program is by Shirley. (maybe)
Jayne brought the TDD library today and we appreciate her doing that.
We had a really wonderful program today with Laura on Research and Dollmaking. It was a powerpoint discuss how she goes about getting inspiration for her dolls. Some of the places she talked about were online searches on Wikipedia, Kyato costume Institute (digital archives), Costume page.org, Colonial Williamsburg and much more. She would be happy to send you the power point program if you e-mail her.
We were happy to see all of you today. If you were unable to come we hope you will be back next time. Invite someone to come to doll club. We are a fun group and love dolls & friends.

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Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! We are a group of people who love to create beautiful, whimsical, personalities from fabric, fiber, found objects, sequins, jewels, and embellishments of all sorts. In addition, each of us explores other art mediums, such as quilting, beading, embroidery. Most of all, we love to get together and have fun -- while making art! New members are most welcome.

We meet the first Saturday of the month at Hardesty Library in Tulsa, OK. However, due to covid-19, we have switched to virtual meetings. Follow us on Facebook @TulsaDollArtists, for more information or email dollartists@gmail.com.

Scraps 'n Threads

Our monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of the month, 12:00 noon (previously at Hardesty Library, located just north of 91st St. off Memorial in Tulsa; meetins are now held online) We always have lots of fun, share good information, and have a great display of our members' creations. You're welcome to stop by & visit, but we hope you decide to stay and create with us!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan 4 - First meeting of the new year!

Every Saturday in Jan - ribbon-jointed doll workshop

9-4 at Hardesty Library. No cost for the class; just the pattern & materials. Contact us if interested.

Feb 1 - Regular meeting & class on making polymer clay eyes.

Mar 7 - Regular meeting.

Apr 4 - Regular meeting.

Apr 18 & 19 - teddy bear workshop. Contact us for info. CANCELED

*****Below is the schedule we had planned for the remainder of the year. Obviously, it was dramatically altered by covid-19. In-person meetings, the library & state fair displays are canceled. Follow us on Facebook for information about virtual meetings and classes.*******

May 2 - Regular meeting. Bring your dolls for the display case to this meeting or before. We'll be showcased at Hardesty Library this month.

Jun 6 - Annual business meeting & luncheon plus a Sculpting class.

July date tba.

Aug 1 - Regular meeting & special workshop.

Sep 5 - Regular meeting.

Sep - we're planning a soft cloth doll workshop. TBA

We'll have dolls on display at the Tulsa State Fair. Dates to be announced.

Oct 3 - Regular meeting.

Nov 7 - Regular meeting.

Dec 5 - Holiday luncheon.

How it All Began

A brief history of the Tulsa Dolling Dames begins with 3 people who met at an elinor peace bailey workshop in May of 1999, and decided to start a doll club. A very simple beginning, but it has turned into a delightful 10 years of fun, friendship, laughter and an on-going knowledge of the art of cloth doll making. To some, a cloth doll is a simple “rag” doll made of left overs, or a bright redhaired Raggedy Anne or even a Cabbage Patch Kid lookalike. But to a seamtress, several pieces of cloth can easily become an art doll.

Jean Martin, Rae Sook and Scampy Rainey started the club and spent the first few months meeting in the back room at the Quilter’s Nook shop, wondering how to ever get the word out about art dolls. Jean finally made a small poster showing pictures of cloth dolls and information about the club and hung it up by the front door of the shop for all to see. One day a visitor [Daria Cash] who had seen the sign, looked in and asked “Is this the doll club”? Well, yes it was! And so it began.

Through the years those few have turned into an active club with up to 30 members at times. Mostly local, northeastern Oklahoma, but has included members from Texas and Arkansas.

We have well-known teachers come for classes and have gone to many out of state classes. But the very first class was held in Jean’s sewing room with the original three members and two ladies from her Dallas club.....the teacher being Anne Marie Brombal. We went on to have Diane Little and Gladi Alred from Albuquerque at Jean's house, stopping on their way home from a doll conference in Kansas City. A few members attended, as well as two more ladies from Albq. and one from Florida, all on their way home. Quite a group, and the laughter never stopped. As our club grew, we had classes at the quilt shop, then the local sewing machine center, and now at the library. Our teachers have included Christine Shively, Mary Tressler, Barbara Willis, Adele Sciortino, Barbara Schoenoff, Patti Culea, Angela Jarecki, Cindee Moyer and Arley Berryhill to name a few.

But mostly we learn from each other, as our club has many talented members who are willing to share what they know. We’ve learned beading, embroidery, quilting, paper art, marionettes, polymer clay, and cloth-over face molds. Anything goes where art dolls are concerned.

Some of our local projects have included displays at the libraries, booths at the quilt shows, with the added attraction of a trunk full of the Hoffman dolls each time, also a newspaper article with pictures, exhibits at the state fair, as well as a Christmas tree decorated with many small cloth dolls and donated to one of our art museums, to be sold at their yearly Christmas tree exhibit. These have proven to be a good way to educate the public on what an art doll really is, as many people have never seen this type of doll made from cloth.

This is only a few of the many activities our club has taken part in, but it will give you an idea of how something small can turn into a wonderful, fun filled life, “playing with dolls”. ~Jean