Ado Traveling Doll Project

What an exciting project this is!

This project is a collaboration of artists, all working individually on a group doll. A team of 6 people will end up with 6 dolls. Two team are participating for a total of 12 dolls being completed.Each doll will take a journey...starting and ending in the same place with a whole new look and story. A journal will travel with each doll that will tell the story from the start, middle, and the end of the dolls adventure.

Team 1 in travel order
the Studio at Crow Haven Farms
Mealy Monster Land
Odd Dollz
Cindy Celusta
Paula Connolly
PumpkinHaus

Team 2 in travel order
Lisa Johnson
Spirit Mama
Loopy Boopy
Lady Artisan Dolls
Patti Lavalley
Odd Dolls

you can check our progress as a group at:

Art Dolls Only ~ Traveling Doll Project

I really didn’t know where to begin… I kind of thought this doll would be some sort of character from a fairy tale or something like that… I’ll admit it… I was a bit uninspired. I really just started with a 16” jointed body pattern that I was playing around with for some new patchwork dolls, and as I was putting it together… it really just started forming its own character. I sewed the pieces together, and the head came out looking sideways…. Almost like it was looking out of a car window, wistfully as it was leaving home for the first time! What a happy accident, instead of ripping out the stitches, I went with it. When I was finished, it struck me, it really looked like my little boy Cael (Rowan agreed whole-heartedly)! And, then I thought… well, this is a traveling doll… Little man… time for an adventure!

Next stop: Crow Haven Farm!