cloth dolls
These figures from an ongoing series each carry familiarity while remaining distinctly individual, much like people themselves. Standing approximately 12 inches tall, they are machine-pieced, hand-appliquéd, and embellished with hand-dyed and printed fabrics. Their distinctive "Scary Baby" faces are screen-printed and finished with hand stitching.
Travel companions on my journey through Morocco and Portugal, they returned subtly transformed—imbued with the spirit of place.
The Scary Babies, have been floating around in our gardens year-round for nearly twenty-five years. They have become a rich, humorous, and ever-changing part of the garden’s history—mirroring the constan transformations we all experience. As we learn to embrace our own aging, the dolls quietly reflect the passage of time, weathered by wind, rain, snow, sun, insects, birds, and the shifting rhythms of the surrounding plants
Spring Chicken
Space Shot
Wild
Sanity
Blossom
Jasmine
Bring Latte
XO
AX
Spaced Out
All is Well
Star Power
Group Shot