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Conversation with Dollmaker Amanda Parkinson

3/21/2023

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I am having a blast traveling around the world visiting with our IADR (International Art Doll Registry) members.  I have been to England, Italy, and now to the far reaches of Australia.  
The artwork of Amanda Parkinson is exciting and I certainly love hearing and seeing it through her eyes.  

Besides thinking outside the box in creativity, it is also amazing how, as dollmakers, we often are required to figure out other ways in order to create our dolls.  We may not get the exact thing we wanted for our piece but we don't let that stop us. We simply move forward.
So bring your favorite drink and join us.  Mine will be tea (*smiling) as Amanda and I talk about our favorite thing... Dollmaking.
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Avoid getting Pix-a-lated!!!

3/14/2023

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What is pix-a-lated?  There are many stories and legends of the unexpected traveler being pixy-led and arriving home disheveled often following the revels of a village fair.  They would insist that the pixies were to blame for heading them from the path with their flickering lights resulting in them being lost or very late.
Well, that is what I feel like now that here in the USA we have Sprung forward an hour.  We are suppose to be enjoying an extra hour of sunlight but I am still waiting for the sun to show up for that too.  Here in the USA we are also out of step until others go through this stage.  
So what does that mean?  For those of us planning on attending the Shylock Doll Gathering this Wednesday the 15th, please check your time zone as to not miss out on this fun gathering of dollmakers.  We are looking to explore the different ways (or the easy way) to make fingers for our characters.  
The time is planned for 12:30 pm MST.  For those in the USA, it will move forward as planned.  For those in Italy or Australia (for example) you might need to confirm the time difference as we will be actually a hour earlier for you (or not...).   Hope this blurp gets past the pixies so that we can all get together - and don't forget to check our chat line for the link post.  See you there.  
Also I'm glad this crazy time zone change happened after my Conversation with the Dollmaker for the month of March as I enjoyed my lovely time with Amanda Parkinson.  I am in the process of updating and editing that video and it will be out shortly.  Keep your eyes open as Amanda and I share our love of dollmaking through her art.
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Rainy Days are a coming...

3/7/2023

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​I am excited to see the Rainy Days entries showing up soon.  How will you see it and what you use for inspiration are all good things to be thinking about when building your creations.  

But also keep in mind those thoughts when filling out your submission form when submitting it.  Remember to explain how your creation is connected to the theme is very important.  Click here if you want to read the blog again on how I explained the scoring in an IADR juried show "Why-is-the-theme-important".

So when you go into to fill out that form where it asks your interpretation and theme, this is one of those times that more is better than less.
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If you were inspired by "Dancing in the Rain" with the actor Gene Kelly, say so.  Or if a traditional Raindance by a native tribe inspired you... say so.  Or another way of filling out this part is when describing your character you can say that they are carrying an umbrella to protect them from the rain.  Or the little fairy is hiding under the leaf to protect herself from the wet rain.  
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It really doesn't take much to connect your creation to the Theme of the Show but it is important to let the judges see into your head as to what inspired you and through your eyes to see how you carried that inspiration into a wonderful piece. 
A reminder to each of you that I do not have anything to do with the judging.  These are only my thoughts and hopefully they can help you to in participating in our new Theme Shows for this year.  
Bring on the Rain... we're ready for it.  
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What's New???

3/1/2023

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What's new???  Our first gathering of dollmakers across the globe from Australia to Italy to Montana and even Alaska.  That is quite a reach!
One of the main thoughts that we all agree on is that dollmakers coming together creates a space where inspiration grows and the energy opens the door to possibilities. We enjoyed talking about our various mediums and what we would like to see in the group.
All of us all have something to share from the fountain of knowledge we have collected over our time of dollmaking.
This became evident when I could bring up the hair gel Dippity-do that I used to glue my spit curls in place with (yep - that was popular in the 60's) and someone else had also experienced this product growing up. *lol* 

But could it work for dolls?  One dollmaker had brought up a product that was a wig pomade she might check out to solve her problem with working with fine llama hair for her wig.  Which is what started the conversation in the first place. 
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I had never heard of anything like this for doll wigs.  Something we will be checking into more.  This is just some of the fun and inspiring chat we were having.  
Because of our reach across the globe, our time for the gathering is pretty much set which is 12:30 pm (MST)... Yep, just after my lunch *smiling*.  Though which days might be negotiable as we certainly would like to set up a time during the week when most could attend our gathering.  (The word "meeting" sounds so formal - which we certainly aren't *smiling*.)  So mark your Calendar as we will be meeting only once a month and our next gathering will be March 15th (a Wednesday).  Hope to see you at this fun zoom gathering of dollmakers.
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