Doll News Winter 2015 - (Page 20)
Marianna's Gift:
The Hands that Heal
by Susan Dossetter
Marianna has finely painted eyebrows and lashes, magenta painted lips, and
very pale blond locks of human hair that frame her face, under a silk and lace
cap embellished with delicate silk flowers.
20
WINTER 2015
A
doll is born the moment the
eyes are placed inside her.
That, in any case, is when I first began not
only to see, but also to hear and to feel. I
did, in fact, have lovely ears that had been
delicately carved a day or two before, and
a fine nose with two red dots for nostrils,
but it was not until my black, enamel,
pupiless eyes were carefully set into my
wooden head that I remember anything
at all.
My body had been carved from a
single piece of white birch, with wooden
arms and legs that were jointed and
affixed to my shoulders and hips. My
legs were attached with wooden peg
joints, my upper arms with cloth and my
lower arms and hands with wire. I had
great, long-fingered hands that were,
as was common in those days, a bit too
large for my graceful stature. I had been
dipped in gesso and then covered with
two coats of milky paint and three coats
of varnish. Before applying the varnish
I had been given soft pink cheeks, finely
painted black eye brows and lashes and
brilliant magenta lips. And then, my eyes
were inserted, and I was alive.
I could now see who had made me
- a gentle, older, red faced man named
Samuel, who worked out of a small,
crowded workshop at Number Sixteen
Old Broad Street. Samuel's hands were
calloused, and a bit rough on my shiny
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Doll News Winter 2015
From the Editor
UFDC Offi cers and Regional Directors
President’s Message
UFDC Conference Calendar
A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Members
A Dream Come True, UFDC’s 66th Annual Convention Information and the 2015 UFDC National Convention Registration Card
2015 UFDC National Competitive Exhibit Early Information
Fundraising Committee Report
Marianna’s Gift: The Hands that Heal
Marianna Original Paper Doll
Wonderful Japanese Kokeshi Dolls
Alien (Heads) or The Invasion of the (Peg Wooden) Body Snatchers
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Family Dolls
Louisa May Alcott, Madame Alexander and the Little Women Dolls
Hepzibah’s Milkmaids – The Dolls of The House of the Seven Gables
A Child A Doll A Portrait
Shared Passions 2014 UFDC Special Exhibit The Wild West
Shared Passions 2014 UFDC Special Exhibit Dianna Effner
Shared Passions 2014 UFDC Antique Competitive Exhibit Part 1
Shared Passions 2014 UFDC Modern Competitive Exhibit Part 1
Shared Passions 2014 UFDC In Appreciation
The Art of Technology
Painted Perfection – The Story of Susan Fosnot
Masquerade - The History of Costume Balls and Fancy Dress
Go Ahead, Make a Scene! Creative Collecting, Part 1
Club Notes
Reviewing Resources
Milestones
UFDC Awards of Excellence Nomination Information and Form
Donations
Doll-ers & Sense
In Our Memories
News & Notes
Member-At-Large Form
Doll News Winter 2015
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