Some more of the artists I met at NIADA-

Floyd Bell is an artist who works in wood… that impresses me right there. There is something about a wooden doll- I can so easily imagine all the slips of a blade that might ruin a piece and so I am amazed at the finished artwork! He did a wonderful slide presentation about his progress in dollmaking.

Tomoko Fukuda is a doll maker from Japan. She works in cloth so I was immediately interested in her work. Pictures of her work are in my NIADA gallery here, here and this is from her display at the showroom. Her work is able to get across complex emotions so clearly- jealousy, sibling rivalry, pride, family relationships.

I bought her book-

and she signed it for me-

Sandra Thomas Oglesby had a piece in the “One Heart, One World” show that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind- I love this guy! Hopefully in this picture you can see the crossed fingers! And the shoes! Okay, I’m gushing….

It was really fun to meet Chomick and Meder and see their work. They were incredibly positive and willing to answer any question for us visiting artists- about suppliers, techniques and were especially great at the critique. I really appreciated the thoughtful comments on my work.

Lastly, for today, Here is some of the stuff I bought for myself!

patches-

and totally cool glass buttons-