LAST FALL THE "WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CULTURE AND HISTORY" HAD A JURIED EXHIBITION AT THE PARKERSBURG ART CENTER.

ARTISANS AND CRAFTSMAN WHO WANTED TO BE CONSIDERED HAD TO SEND IN PICTURES OF THEIR WORK. EVERYONE WHO ENTERED COULD HAVE TWO ENTRIES.

I SENT PICTURES OF TWO OF MY CREATIONS.

MY FIRST ENTRY WAS A HANDMADE PRIMITIVE DOLL, SHE IS HOLDING HER OWN LITTLE DOLL AND ALSO A SNOWMAN DOLL. THE OTHER ENTRY WAS A HANDMADE RAG QUILT.

MY ENTRY OF THE PRIMITIVE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS WAS ACCEPTED FOR THE EXHIBITION!!!!!


SEVERAL GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN OCTOBER AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T "WIN" A GRANT, I WAS PROUD THAT MY LITTLE PRIMITIVE DOLL WAS CHOSEN TO BE JURIED FROM ALL THE ENTRIES.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD EVER ENTERED THE EXHIBITION.

I SAW A PICTURE IN A MAGAZINE OF A PRIMITIVE DOLL THAT I REALLY LIKED, SO I MADE A PATTERN AND THEN MADE MY DOLL.

SHE IS ON DISPLAY AT THE ART CENTER IN PARKERSBURG UNTIL FEBRUARY 8, 2008. ALSO, SHE IS FOR SALE. 

FOR YEARS I HAVE MADE DOLLS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF "FABRIC ART". (I DON'T LIKE THE WORD "CRAFTS".) I LIKE "THINGS' THAT LOOK  OLD AND IF  THEY DON'T, I LIKE TO MAKE THEM LOOK THAT WAY. :)


I HAVE DISCOVERED SOMETHING NEW THAT I LIKE TO DO. THEY ARE CALLED "GRUNGY TAGS".  I CUT THE TAGS FROM HEAVY PAPER, TEA DYE THEM, PLUS THEY ALSO HAVE A CINNAMON, SPICE SMELL. THE TAGS ARE THEN  BAKED AND IRONED AND THEN I GET TO DECORATE THEM ALL BY HAND.  THAT'S THE FUN PART!!!!

CHECK OUT MY PHOTO ALBUMS.

I HAVE AN ALBUM CALLED "SHADES OF YESTERDAY" AND IN THE ALBUM ARE PICTURES OF ONE OF MY DOLLS AND LOTS OF MY TAGS!!!!