English pedlar dolls.  Base is wooden clothes peg.  1/12 scale   Fascinatingly finicky and detailed;  most satisfying.

House Sol Gallery Christmas show  Georgetown Ontario  1970’s

Ballerina  appox. 24 inches tall  Beads at joints.  Very pose-able ; more than once has shifted position and startled a mere human.

Georgetown, Ontario  1970’s

Mermaid  approx 18 inches tall  Beads at joints.  The beaded piece of fabric could not have been anything else but a mermaid’s bodice.

Georgetown,  Ontario  1970’s

Rock people.  Sunbathers.  Almost – but not quite – too hot to knit.

Victoria  BC  1990’s

Cheerful knitter.  Scarf or shawl pin.
Made from the top of a wellington boot.
She brings smiles.

Victoria BC  2007

Balloon doll.  The intent was to have her knitting but she seemed content to meditate instead;  which suited her gradual return to the moment.

Victoria  BC  2008

Millie   12 inches high (to scale she says she’s a full six feet)  Knit from tapestry wool (she chose the colors), the blonde hair I put on her was removed within twenty minutes and that was when the quirky smile appeared.  She wears  a mohair shawl with a pin made from a round of wellington boot rubber; but don’t tell her that – she thinks it’s  black gold.

Victoria  BC  2008

Knotted from a piece of interfacing material the simplicity – and purity – of this doll touched my spirit.

Victoria  BC  2008

The Family.  Father  and mother and son and twins-to-be.  Linen,  felted lining, joined at base with french knots.  They are more flat than round; cookie-cutter’ed in the best sense of being representational.

Victoria  BC  2008