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The Day – Handmade dolls inhabit two worlds | News from southeastern Connecticut

Barry, Amy J. “Handmade dolls inhabit two worlds”, The Day [New London]. March 19, 2013, pp D1-D2 Starry Night, 2007, Oil on panel, 27” x 33” Self-portrait with…

Margarita H Maxson
March 19, 2013

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The Frida Series

I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes…

Margarita H Maxson
December 18, 2012

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The Legend of Black Mammy Doll. Final chapter.

As I said in an earlier post, making Black Mammies started to come up to my mind more and more until I designed the pattern and got one, which I gave to my dear sister-in-law as a Christmas present. Then…

Margarita H Maxson
August 23, 2012