A Moment with Art Dolls
What are art dolls? And why aren’t all handmade dolls considered art?
Art dolls are expressions of the artist’s philosophy, aesthetic ideas, stories, or interpretation of their world. They are intended, as all art is, to be contemplated and to impact the viewer in some manner. There is no particular set of rules for what an art doll must be, other than they should be reflective of the human form or personified creatures of some kind.
Jessica Hamilton creates fascinating art dolls – although of the human form, her dolls are often missing limbs or are reduced to simply a head and a base adorned with polymer and mixed media. Even without limbs, the dolls seem quite complete due to the richness of the images and textures, not to mention the expressions on the beautiful faces.
I’m still a bit tired from the full week and all of the traveling, so I shall leave you with a bit of encouragement to look through Jessica’s beautiful work here on Flickr, where I first discovered her.
