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Continued NIADA Summer 2009
Mary Ellen Frank, Artist Member
I am just back from 10 days in Iceland and 2 days with Annie Wahl in Minneapolis. My
good friend from Douglas Alaska, Amy, moved to Iceland two years ago and married her
architecture school classmate, a Danish lad named Erling. They are working as architects
in Reykjavik, a really cool urban city in on a fabulous natural island.
Much about the place is similar to southeast Alaska, although it is much farther north.
The plants are very familiar though dwarfed versions of most of what I see here. We did
some nature road trips to bird watch, sightsee and try the native foods. Lots of different
fishes, especially smoked and whale! They could definitely used an infusion of cute and
little handmade consumer goods for visitors. But they have the Scandanavian design
sensibility down and know how to make candy...
Annie will probably tell you about our MN time...
couple of more Iceland roadside "figurative art" pieces as we like to call them
Annie Wahl, Artist member
Mary Ellen Frank, stopped and visited Tom and I in Lakeville MN, for a couple days on her
way home from Iceland. We sculpted (played) with cement, visited St. Paul’s smaller Como
Zoo, picked strawberries and went to a antique Book Fair. The time went by very fast.
Moth hanging from a tree in the Butterfly exhibition at Como Zoo.
Annie’s cement studio on the hill. New puppy “Scooter” is helping…not!
She sculpted a stepping stone for me as a reminder of our visit.
Bev Cerepak, Artist Member
Woodland Animals Ballet, Green School, Connecticut; early May 2009. Little star
performers in the play were my nieces, Katia and Talia Hincks .
Costumes were designed and rendered in faux fur plush, felt , plastic eyes…etc. To
complete their outfits, arm and ankle fur bracelets and fluffy tails were added!….Of
course, Mr. Fox’s tail far surpassed Mr. Koala’s in size….but Mr. Koala’s leatherette nose
was by far a lot larger and most memorable!
It was fun designing and making the costumes for the girls plus their little friends! The
costumes leant a natural ‘pretend’ element to the ballet, and the girls were elated and
ready to perform!
Katia and Talia will next be performing in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Nights Dream as
little fairies! As their Aunty, I am so proud of my girls and will be, hopefully designing
new costumes for their future upcoming plays! These ballets were held in Connecticut for
all and everyone to view and enjoy…so next time come along for the fun!
Pictures attached separately
Ankie Daanen, Artist Member
Having some time to 'play' I was experimenting with paperclay and funny faces.
This LONG JOHN was my first funny guy I made.
New doll I made before I went to Tokyo.
My husband Dick and I always life during the summer months in Spain.
We love this country, and we enjoy it's food, sunshine and life.
It hardly rains during this period, but in May we had some raindrops, and the sky give us
a most wonderful rainbow.
Also sunsets are great to watch.
5 Dutch Dollmakers who exibited in the dollshow in Tokyo.
Chieko Ogawa was our host, and she did a great job for us.
Tokyo was overwelming.
I never visited a country so clean, so organized with such delicious food and great
arcitecture and history.
We did not really sell a lot, because our European style is very outspoken, and the
Japanese people are introvert. A nice example for this is, that when they see a doll with
closed eyes, they can immagine the doll-expression behind the eyelids.
Sylvia Natterer, Artist Member
You surely will receive more pictures from other NIADA members who also participated
to the World Ningyo exhibition in Tokyo organized by Chieko Hazeki and Mr.Saitoh. Here
are the comments to my pictures:
Huge fiber glass pumpkin on island Naoshima located at 750 km south-west from Tokyo,
where the famous architect Tadao Ando created the extravagant Chichu Museum of
Modern Art.
2.Doll artist Repunkur (left) and doll fans coming for visiting the exhibition. The little girl has brought a
vinyl toddler I have designed for the Goetz Company many years ago.
Chieko Hazeki had the courage to take a group of exhibiting artists to a very busy place, where young
artists can show their work of art to the interested public and by miracle nobody was lost!!!
Tatiana Baeva and her beautiful doll
5.Young Japanese artist Yabe Fujiko
6. And my favourite Minazumi Mieko ( I couldn’t resist and I purchased one of her amazing traditional
Japanese cloth dolls, see next mail)
And here is the little doll made by Mieko Minazumi I am proud to own now.
Kindly
Sylvia
(Another thing…..she added)
You really want to know what we are doing in our “doll” studios spread over the world?
After my trip to Japan I wanted to relax by doing something new and big. Here is the
beginning. I sculpted this big head without ears( Nobody needs ears nowadays! ). I will
now build a plaster mould and then use it for an experience. I want to fill the mould with
soil, unmold it and sow grass seeds over it and water it regularly . In fall, I will make a
copy of it coated with autumn leaves and in winter, I want to fill it with water and let it
freeze to ice and display it in my front yard. As soon as there is something new to see, I
will ship you another picture, if you like.
Kindly
Sylvia
Ken Von Essen, Artist Member
The bronze is similar to the wood ballerina that I made several years ago. Actually I
pulled a mold off of the wood before I assembled the legs and arms to it. I reworked a
wax and made a master plaster which I gave to the foundry for them to make a mold.
They did a great job but some touch up was required before they poured. It stands 24
inches toe to toe and weighs 14 lbs, without the base. The picture is of the artists proof.
I’m making a few more but have not yet established a price. I have someone trying to
do that for me.
Norma and I are doing fine. A few aches and pains but not bad.
Norma is still doing doll shows and buy’s and sells antique dolls.
We have 12 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and all are fine.
We live near 3 of our children and 7 of the grandchildren and 2 of the great
grandchildren. Life goes on!!
She is copied from the fixed pose wooden ballerina I did some time ago.
She's 24 inches toe to toe. Weigh's about 14 lbs.
Gail Lackey, Artist Member
I was excited to have been invited to the World Ningyo Exhibition in Japan in May. I
wanted to attend in person but do to my Mom's health after her stroke in Dec. I decided
to remain home. The doll I sent was purchased by the wife of a famous Kabuki actor! I
was really honoured as the show had some amazing works. Some of niadas european
artists were attendance.I Wish I could of been there. There is a link on my blog to view
the dolls in the exhibition. http://gaillackey.blogspot.com/
I'm also proud to be among the other Niada artists who were included in the new DVD
documentary "The World of the Doll Artist, available from www.choices.net
Also,an article on my studio was published in the premier issue of the Fairy Society
Magazine. I've been creating a few small dolls for my Etsy shop I opened,
http://queenofthefaeries.etsy.com
Thats about it for now, just trying to find time to create in between dealing with family
stuff!
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Marlaine Verhelst, Artist Member
Cleaning up my attic I found an old wooden cigar box. In my mother's handwriting it
said on the lid: "Marlaine 10 years old".
Inside were sculpts in colorful childrens' clay: an elephant (that lost his head), a turtle
upside down, a snake, a crocodile, a castle, a mother pig with her children, a Mother
Mary and much more, all glued together by time. So that is how I started.
One more thing…..
It is a riddle with a picture to it.
Riddle:
I got these "things" from one of my students as a present. Of course I had already a lot
of "things", like all of you, but these things I never saw before. They are heavy, made of
iron with felt at the bottom and a wooden grip on top. On the picture I put a pencil to
them to show you the size. It is an interesting tool. I am sure I am going to find a
proper use for them, the original use or something completely different. What are these?
Photo:
The answer is at the end of the E-news…..
Up and Coming Shows and Events:
Cheko (Ogawa) Hazeki
I am sorry to inform it late. If it is still in time, please take our
resourse from World Nigyo Exhibition from below.
http://www.nonc.jp/press/page1/page1.html
This is another news.
You may hear it from other NIADA ariists. In July there will be a Doll
Art Exhibition in Dubai.
http://www.festivalcentre.com/events.aspx?event=2
Doll Festival
Duration : July 9 to 23, 2009
I copied information from the organizer below. My name is listed, but I
will be there to represent 19 Japanese artists.
Here's a list of the exhibitors:
Camille Allen, Canada
Chieko Hazeki, Japan
Chisako Higashiya, Japan
Gerda Schaarman, Netherlands
Hennir Koffrie, Netherlands
Kathleen Engelen, Belgium
Lydia Dekker, Netherlands
Marlaine Verhelst, Netherlands
Martine Jansen, Belgium
Masaomi Nishimura, Japan
Nel Groothedde, Netherlands
Stratos Bacalis, Greece
Reina Rijsdijk (for Tine Laene Luijken), Netherlands
Yvonne Flipse, Netherlans
In keeping with the doll theme, we also welcome Heather and Darryll
Taylor, Marionette Puppitiers from Canada who will entertain the crowd.
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Answer to Marlaine's riddle:
Tailor-weights.
tailors uses these to put them on the fabric to avoid the fabric from
moving during cutting.
Coming together is a beginning,
staying together is progress,
and working together is success.
Henry Ford
Happy Summer!
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