I have been on an adventure redefining dolls, I turn them into new culturally relevant work. I was thinking of all the love, the prayers, the dreams, that young children embrew into their beloved dolls before they discard them and they become landfill.
Dolls are like plastic prayer boxes, absorbing the fantasies of young minds. I embarked on a prayer box mission. I incorporate the empty hands of dolls and their dreamy eyes and their fascinating blinking mechanism, into my own unique style. The collection will continue to grow.
The following pieces are made with reclaimed silver with rescued doll parts.
Receive:
This gazing beauty, has her hand open ready to absorb all the good things in life. Her heart lies below her clear blue eye and the back of her box has the word ‘receive’ faintly etched into it. The rescued dolls hand has a forged pin through a silver cuff, slightly open at the wrist giving the illusion of movement.
This piece is currently on sale at The Flaming Lady Art House.
I couldn’t resist adding a little pink glitter to the lid of this piece. I gained access to the lid when I rebuilt the eye mechanism in silver. The back and front have hearts, the words ‘open mind, open heart’ are etched on the back.
The hand has forged pin, holds a reticulated silver cuff using. There is a lot of love in this prayer box, and lots of life in the dreamy eye that watches the world with its wearer.
Blinker:
A bright blue eye and opalescent eyelashes blink as you move. This box has a heart motif on the front and a reconstructed eye mechanism made from copper and silver.
It has a deeply reticulated sleeve holding a rescued dolls hand with ‘open heart, hand, mind’ etched gently on the back. Not only this, the box has a patina, adding depth to the texture, giving it an authentic aged look.