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Learning to love the surprises when carving wooden dolls
I absolutely love carving wooden dolls, and have learned that the dolls have ways of taking me in unexpected directions while I am carving them. This little bunny was carved from upcycled maple wood- a...
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How Fairy Tales Influence My Work
I love the fairy tale, ‘Vasilisa The Fair’, which is a Russian story of a feisty and stalwart young woman with the usual cast of troublesome characters… miserable step mother and step sisters etc’...
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Carved Wooden Spoon Wooden Dolls Hearts and Flowers 1
I have fallen in love with carving flowers on my wooden spoon wooden dolls. Nowadays, I carve the wooden spoon part of my wooden dolly spoons in the shape of a heart, to symbolize gathering and sharing...
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Carved Wooden Spoon Wooden Dolls Hearts and Flowers 2
In my previous post, I showed you the little sister of this wooden spoon wooden doll- Springtime LINK Her big sister is also a celebration of flowers and hearts and love … Flora is in love with...
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Elise was a Piano Once Upon a Time
This is a true story. This is the story of how a tiny doll and her special hedgehog friend came to live in my studio…. Long, long ago, there was a seed, well several seeds, really. They grew up and...
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Bedelia the Mermaid and where she came from
Once upon a time, there was a very, very old wooden bed frame. It was so old that parts of it broke, and so it was taken apart and about to be thrown in the trash, when someone thought… wait… we know...
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Charlotte Mermaid
Last month, I posted about Bedelia Mermaid, whom I carved from a very hard old piece of wood that was upcycled from a very old and fallen apart bed. LINK Her sister, poor thing, languished in the...
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How to Spin and Weave Brown Paper Yarn
One of my favorite eco friendly crafts is spinning yarn from brown paper…. This video shows how: And, then, I love to weave the brown paper yarn into all kinds of fun things like this bunny and teddy...
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A lovely Scandinavian weaving workshop
Last week I enjoyed a wonderful weave along and slide show workshop on the zoom platform from the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts department at the University of Wisconsin. https://folklife.wisc.edu...
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Carved Wooden Vasilisa Dolls by Noreen Crone-Findlay
I have been carving wooden dolls non-stop for the past year. I’ve been working on several series of dolls. One of the series that has brought me great joy is my ‘Vasilisa Comfort Dolls’ group. I call...
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How to make lucet cord with the Vasilisa Doll Lucets
I have been enjoying designing and carving Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that are also lucet cord makers. If you would like to adopt one of the Vasilisa Comfort Doll lucets, please send me a message. Here’s...
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How to make lucet cord with the Bee and Ladybug Vasilisa Doll lucets
In my previous post, LINK, I showed how to make lucet cord with the Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that have peg legs. There are also links to a whole slew of videos that I have made about what to make with...
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AvailableVasilisa Comfort Dolls updated Feb 5 2022- Lucets and Orkney Venus
This past year has been the year of carving dolls for me. Here is the first post about a collection of the Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that are currently available- please send me a note if you would like...
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A collection of available Vasilisa Comfort Dolls Feb 2022
In my previous post, I showed photos of the Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that are Lucets and also some Vasilisa Comfort Dolls that were inspired by and an homage to the Orkney Venus. LINK If you would like...
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Vasilisa Comfort Dolls: Great Mother Series
The Great Mother series of my one of a kind hand carved Vasilisa Comfort Dolls have their roots in my feelings of connection to the Feminine Divine. I am influenced by images of the Goddess in all her...
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Larger Vasilisa Comfort Dolls
I have been carving a series of dolls that are intended to bring comfort, inspiration and delight. I call them, Vasilisa Comfort Dolls. They began as very small dolls but the series has branched out...
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Carving a Comfort Doll from a Fallen Branch
Last week, our darling little dog died. He was 15 years old and we miss him terribly. The day before he died, a branch fell from the huge Elm tree in front of our house. I love the tree and so I...
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A Wooden Teddy Bear Carved in Response to Grief
The death of our beloved 15 year old small dog has been really hard on both my husband and me. I wrote in my previous post about the Comfort Doll that I carved from a fallen branch- LINK When I was...
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Carved Wooden Teddy Bears that are for sale
Last winter, I had a wonderful time carving wooden Teddy Bears and Pandas as part of my 100 day carved wooden day project. They all have jointed arms and legs, so they can sit and move about. And, now...
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Equilateral Triangle Loom Woven Toys and Dolls
I love weaving Teddy Bears and other toys and dolls, too. Here are links to the Bears and other cuddly critters and dolls that I have designed for the Equilateral Triangle looms: 1- Cuddly Little...
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