These two items are now available for purchase in my Etsy shop.
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Appalachian Folk Art by Kentuckian, Rebecca F. Miller Campbell. Featuring handmade One of a Kind (OOAK) signed, numbered, primitive art dolls, paintings & bits of whimsy from the hills of Eastern Kentucky.
These two items are now available for purchase in my Etsy shop.
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Can you tell that my seed & plant catalogs have inspired me? This lovely rose is Dawn. Dawn is 17″ from top to bottom. She has been made of muslin & is stuffed with fiberfill. Her lower torso has been rag-stuffed & is lightly weighted so that she may stand nicely. Dawn has been made in the style of a stump doll. She has no legs.
Dawn has been hand-painted & sanded a couple of times, giving her a lovely, aged patina. She’s been sealed so that she may be lightly dusted after display.
Dawn’s face has been painted with a variety of media. Her nose & bottom lip have been needle-sculpted by hand, giving her face a great bit of dimension & a beautiful little pout. She has needle-sculpted leaf hands as well. Each lovely petal surrounding Dawn’s face has been individually sewn & cut. They are turned so that each edge has a nice smooth finish. They have been individually hand-sewn to Dawn’s head.
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This beautiful taupe/grey print is 100% cotton. The hem is hand-stitched. Dawn’s blouse is sewn from white muslin & features hand-stitching at the neckline, sleeves & back.
Three leaves surround Dawn’s petals & are slightly visible from the front!
These two little girls are surely ready for an Easter Party! This is Margie & Babs. Margie is 16″ from the tip top of her sweet little updo to the tip of her toes. She has been made of muslin & is stuffed with fiberfill. Her lower torso has been rag-stuffed & is lightly weighted so that she may sit nicely. Margie’s been hand-painted & sanded a couple of times, giving her a lovely, aged patina. She’s been sealed so that she may be lightly dusted after display. Her knees are sewn through. Her arms are button-jointed. She would look lovely perched upon a shelf or bookcase.
Margie’s face has been painted with a variety of media. Her nose & bottom lip have been needle-sculpted by hand, giving her face a great bit of dimension & a beautiful little pout. She has needle-sculpted hands as well. Margie wears painted boots with cream socks & detailed, taupe laces.
This delicate pink polka dot print is 100% cotton with a creamy-muslin inset. The hem is hand-stitched. Bab’s skirt is 100% cotton as well. Both hems are hand-stitched. Margie’s blouse is sewn from white muslin & features hand-stitching at the neckline, sleeves & back. A vintage, grey, mother of pearl button adorns the neckline.
This hand-painted, muslin bunny measures 5.5″ tall & can be displayed separately. She’s sealed with a matte sealant, has button-jointed arms & a sweet paper party hat. Babs’ hat is attached to her head with a pink straight pin. Her pink button balloon is attached to her arm with rusty wire.
Margie’s hand-painted muslin balloon is sealed with a matte sealant & is attached to Margie’s arm with rusty wire.
Margie’s black hair is 100% mohair. It has been applied with light glue for extra security & needle-felting. Her curly tendrils have been styled into a loose, wispy updo.
Margie will be available tonight on eBay at 9:15 PM EST. (Link will not be active until that time.) She will end Sunday, March 21st at 9:15 PM EST. Click here to view or bid on these little girls!
Last week I told my husband, “My creativity is restless.”
“What does that even MEAN?”, he said.
If you’re an artist I’m sure you know what that means. Fingers crossed, I hope you know what that means. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one this happens to. For me, this means I want to begin lots of projects even though I know there really isn’t time to complete them. I want to dabble with this & that, get my hands very dirty & see if it satisfies this something inside me that drives me to create.
Sometimes painting does that for me. Sometimes it’s doll making. Sometimes rearranging a room or sewing a pretty pair of curtains or a sweet ruffly linen chair pad, satisfies whatever that is.
Sometimes inspiration strikes hard; I work feverishly until my idea is complete. Then I get to sit back & look at this pretty thing I’ve made. I LOVE those moments.
But it doesn’t always happen like that. Sometimes, the idea changes or maybe it doesn’t even know what it wants to become. Sometimes, the original vision is completely lost. I appreciate those moments. It’s sort of like how we as people become. Gradually, with purpose.
For the past few weeks my creativity has been restless. Half-completed projects scattered about the house is evidence. And these are just the things that I actually began. My mind is filled with a checklist of projects.
Tiny paintings. Stuffed doll bodies. And naked dollies.
Paintings in various stages of completion.
Furniture that I need to finish painting & distressing because I want to make slipcovers for some wingback chairs that will eventually cozy up to this table.
And this is the kitty who helps me sprint from project to project although she prefers napping, chasing thread (while I’m sewing!) and chewing wool to actual work. But her cuteness makes up for the peskiness, I suppose.
Online:
Appalachian Fireside Gallery
Berea, Kentucky
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Morehead, Kentucky
Kentucky Artisan Center
Berea, Kentucky
Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, Kentucky
Locust Grove Museum Shop
Louisville, Kentucky
Indigenous Craft Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio
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