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Art Dolls & Textiles by Jennifer Gould

Jennifer Gould's handmade and designed art dolls, often featuring her handprinted fabric, hand drawn faces or needle-sculpted faces, articulated hands, using juxapositions of highly patterned fabric. Jennifer also displays her hand printed jackets, fabrics, and comments on how they're made and her influences and inspirations for the pieces. www.JenniferGouldDesigns.com

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Glamour Girls!






I developed Glamour Girls long ago to be poseable and able to wear big hats and fun jewelry like pendants and brooches.  Originally they had a top and a gathered skirt with boots and, of course, the big hat.  I remember vividly at one show a woman picked up the skirt and looked underneath---I was horrified!  How gauche!  So, I started putting lace underwear on them.  I was also, of course, making Button Jesters who had leotard-type pants and so I thought it a fun fashion statement to put stretch leotards on the Glamour Girls with a sheer see-through skirt.  I've also done a longish straight tunic with slits up the sides, leotards (of course).  The garment looks somewhat like a kimono or Asian tunic.  I'm using more handprinted fabric for the garments now as you can see in the bright pink/green doll with the rose pin.  There are many different styles possible and you can view the pattern to purchase (and others) at www.JenniferGouldDesigns.com and click on Doll Patterns.


Posted by Jennifer Gould at 11:45 AM
Labels: Asian, fashion, Glamour Girl, leotard, patterns, tunic

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Jennifer Gould
I love fabric and, in my textile pieces, I work to glorify the essence of cloth. I've found that textile figures, or dolls as I call them, satisfy me the most in expressing the form of the human figure. As Federico Fellini said, "All art is autobiographical." Even though a lot of my current work is self-portraiture, what I create today I couldn't have done yesterday because of what I experienced between then and now. Every minute counts.
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