Friday, May 31, 2013
Katherine's Izannah Doll
I made a doll for a very sweet and gracious lady named Katherine. She wanted an Izannah doll that looked old and had the same sweetness and personality that Izannah Walker was able to give her dolls. Well, that is a tall order. To me Izannah Walker was unique and very gifted to create and bestow on her dolls an aura of quiet sweetness that we don't see on other dolls. In the folkart paintings of long ago you do see the small children and their pets who are precious in there innocence, quaint clothes and backgrounds. I did my best to make such a doll.
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She's lovely, Martha. And I see you've been studying hands. :~D
ReplyDeleteA pretty girl Martha, she looks very sweet and innocent.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Kathrine will be pleased.
You really did capture the sweet innocence of an old Izannah Walker doll. Katherine will love her...who wouldn't?
ReplyDeleteI wish you all could see this doll in person. She is just beautiful, and I can't say enough about Martha's work. The colors and distressing are so accurate, exactly as an old doll would have become worn with play. She is lovely to hold and carry around-she's a big girl with a nice weight to her. I think she's telling me to name her Cora Hammond, after my great grandmother. I'm honored to have one of Martha's dolls!
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