She developed paperclays and paints for dollmakers to use and her sweet influence can be seen in the work of others. She gave classes, published books and most wonderful of all, posted free tutorials on her website.
Hannie died last year, after a long fight with cancer, and she is sorely missed by the dolmaking community. I'll let her creations speak for themselves.
That last shot is so lifelike it's almost creepy. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteThese are breath-takingly lovely.
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I'd not known of her work before, altho' I may have read about it briefly somewhere, in passing.
I have a certain interest in the doll arts, having at one point designed costumes as a sideline, and find it fascinating how each dollmaker finds time to take each detail seriously. I consider these works of hers fine art grade, on a par with the likes of Lisa Lichtenfels, whose work I've admired for well over ten years.
What amazing talent some people have!
Thank You for sharing the marvelous work of so fine an artist. Too bad she cannot be with us here today to share her thoughts in response to our admiring her oeuvre. I'm sure she'd be delighted to see you praise her with such delicacy.
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Rose
Wow, they are amazingly beautiful!!!
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Cindy
These dolls are lovely- the faces so beautiful. Clearly she left her mark and influence on you and other doll makers.
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