more on NIADA

I’m going to start posting about dollmakers I met in Philadelphia, in no particular order. I have a pile of business cards, postcards and a few magazines and I’m going to start shuffling through the pile.

leslie molen

These dolls are made by Leslie Molen of Rootie Studio. Here is a much better picture! These dolls just pulled you in- they have such sweet faces and expression. Also beautiful hair and costuming. Well, I could go on and on I guess, but then I’ll never get through!

One of the first people I met when I got to Philadelphia was Maryanne Oldenburg– what a friendly and welcoming person she was. She helped me feel part of the event right from the beginning. And what a sweet pea her little fellow was!

maryanne o

I met several artists who do minature work. This is an area of dollmaking that I had never appreciated before. I don’t think I could have without seeing them in person. There was Gisele Hanson, whose work was next to mine at the critique. She is obviously a very patient person since she never said a word about having to answer all my dumb email questions before getting to Philadelphia- she was one of the contact people for the conference, a job I don’t envy!

There were 2 NIADA artists who do minatures at the Philadelphia show. Jane Davies, who did the demonstration of minature sewing and showed this amazing creation-

davies

The other artist was Susan Scogin who showed this piece-

scogin

I never had a chance to talk with her, but was amazed by how much life she could put into something so little!

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  1. Mimi, Thank you for the wonderful pictures on your website. I just stumbled onto it when I googled “gourd dolls.” My daughter found a gourd doll at an antique show, and I thought I’d do some research on the artist, Louise Strickland of NC. I was a member of the Charm City Dolling club of Baltimore, Md., some years ago. I’ve kinda gotten out of doll collecting, but I do still love to look at pictures of dolls.