Diary 2009 Project

A great project to all you artists!365 artists and crafters around the world can design 1 page in this beautiful and artistic diary, a free participation and a free publicity.

To participate, you need to have a website or a web space (ex. Etsy, Flickr, MySpace, any blog,...) from where you sell or promote your art.

http://www.fantazya.ca/diary2009.html

Here is some page examples http://www.fantazya.ca/diary2008.html

The emotional Art of Hannie Sarris

Questions in This Interview presented by italian correspondent, Stefania Morgante (Summer Issue 2008)

How did you get started in Art?

I was a very creative child, I loved to paint, sculpt and make drawings.

At that time already I knew this was the thing I wanted to do for the rest of my life. But I wanted to become a paintin artist. Dollmaking came by surprise!

What artists/themes inspire you?

I love the dreamy fairy atmosphere. From my childhood on I am inspired by the work of Sulamith Wulfing, her work evokes the feelings of strangeness and innocence.

What is a doll for you?

First of all making is what I have chosen as a medium for myself to work in as an artist. I could have chosen another way of expressing, but making a doll is what I love. It is emotional art. It is beyond the 'figure' as it gives me the opportunity to add materials as I like. Dollmaking is the metamorphose of an idea into a doll with the assistance of any material you like. It is not tied to a concept, it mean freedom.

A doll is also like a journey for me. I have an idea in my head and the clay in my hands. This idea is more feeling than a clear image, and during my travel I often change direction. For me making a complete working plan for a doll is not the right way to work. I do have an idea but it is still lur, during the sculpting I slowly 'remember' what I really want.

Do you have a favorite technique?

I love to work with air dry clay, and I am experimenting all the time with techniques. I love to change techniques and to keep searching for new ways. Dollmaking is an artist's choice of materials and one idea. It is one of the opportunities that an artist has to transform fantasy into a visible form-for a gallery, a doll shop, or on the internet shop, or doll classes.

What is the situation in Europe from your experience?

In the eighties and nineties dollmaking was a very popular hobby in my country, many people were making dolls for a hobby and many were attending doll shows to show their works. Dollmaking was a hype. This gradually changed during the years. The hype is gone. The ones that recontinued, explored their art and for them it developed into much more than just a hobby. They can call thmeselves Doll Artists.

Do you think is there a good business in Europe on dollmaking?

I do believe there is good business in dollmaking, expecially if you combine it with for example a gallery or a doll shop, and internet shop or doll classes. To have an income of only making and selling dolls, in my opinion, is hard to do. Maybe if you work for a doll factory as a doll designer, it is possible.

..the rest of the interview into the CDAA Newsletter, thank you Hannie!

CDAA website:www.dollartists.ca

Hannie Sarris: www.hanniesarris.nl

Sulamith Wulfing: http://wulfing.artpassions.net/

A medieval animal:Griforena

Griforena. A fantastic medieval creature.
He has a human head, His intelligence has the animal instincts and the human concentration.
His body is of bird and specifically is the body of a Griffon. Hi has a siren tail, He has Leon legs. He flies, He swims, He walks, He runs. Audacy, intelligence,lightness, power!

Sculpture: a new Pupazza

After the sketch, my new sculpture is born


This is the particular of the base

Sculpture: a new Pupazza

I'm sketching...my new Pupazza has a voluminous skirt and She has a hat like a crown...She will be...

What is a doll for you?

(Artemide or the Good Harvest, 2007)

I interviewed many dollmakers on what is a doll.The replies are very interesting...

Griselda "For me a spirit doll is a form of meditation, as simple as that...It is not difficult for me to just gather any materials during a walk to the park and produce a little doll, it is freeing and cleansing experience, in times when I thoughts might be in confusion the process of maing a little doll manages to somehow 'change the channel' by focusing on this 'craft' even for half an hour i come out of it with a general feeling of peace and contentment. I never imagined that my love for assemblage art would touch so many people, it is very rewarding experience".

Kris says:" When I first came to Art Dolls, just a year ago, I was interested in a definition. I can't remember where I found this one, but it seemed to say how I understood Art Dolls. Altered slightly to my words, nut its basically a definition I read online.

(Arlecchino and Pinocchio, papier-maché and fabrics, 2004)

What makes an art doll is the search for meaning.A doll may be a small representation of a human being or a fantasy character, but it must carry with it something much more important than its form;its soul. In other words, an art doll is a unique work of art that claims its own existence, no matter what the form, medium or subject. It can touch someone's heart or provoke intense felleings. Beyond the artist's contribution it exist by itself. And being a 3D work of art adds to this reality.

Another interesting aspect of art dolls is the way we relate to them.The art doll is not a plaything. When we hold a play doll we are the dominators. We play with the doll, we dominate the play. An art doll is not a plaything.

Since it exist by itself, the doll tends to eliminate a need for boundaries or barriers. It is an extraordinary way we relate to an art doll we have created, or one create by another artist."

...Yes...but if a doll isn't a plaything...why we play when we create a doll?

Faces:Inspiration

I love the volumes, the circle, the abundance. I love the romanic faces, the volitive lips, the large and long noses, I love the cheeks and the oval faces..I love the faces!

This evening my post talks about the Moon.
She invites us to look within ourselves and discover our dreams. Today what I see within me? Today the dream becomes reality:I feel good and I am happy when I create my sculptures...I feel like as I'm riding the waves on the back of a joyful whale! wow


(particular of a Shrine,'Divine order', from the Radzat's class on Shrines)