Arts of Delight

I have chosen the name Arts of Delight for my blog and my Etsy store (etsy.com/ca/shop/ArtsOfDelight),  because I hope that people who meet and get to know my dolls will feel delight whenever they look at them. Creating them has certainly given me hours and days of delight. I look up, and four hours have gone by, while time stood still for me. What is called The Zone, I guess. Below- my workspace: About me: I am a lifelong artist (my mother was an artist) with a degree in Fine Art from U of T. After graduation I had many occupations to pay the rent, from accounting clerk, to draftsman, to waitress, to PSW, while continuing to create art in my spare time. Having a family introduced me to time management, which has made life much easier in some ways, with less (spare) time to manage. I ended my working days as a high school art teacher, and have now taken the opportunity to pursue my art full time. Making fine art dolls uses all the skills I have accumulated over the years. Life...

Hello readers! I am beginning a blog at the urging of the authors of several books I am reading about how to become known in the world and on Etsy. I am a lifetime visual artist and teacher who was swept away by a passion for making fine art dolls when I spotted an image of the most beautiful doll I had ever seen in the pages of Where Women Create, while standing in a very long lineup at Michael's. The artist whose work brought about my epiphany is Anna Brahms, a world famous dollmaker for the last 30 years. Her fairies and  woodland folk are truly magical and enchanting.  Lucky for me, I am living in the age of the internet, so I was able to search the web for images, advice and tutorials on all aspects of the making of fine art dolls. Who knew that the world held so many devoted doll enthusiasts and creators? I have pursued the creation and refinement of many different types of dolls, in many different mediums, for the last three years. I feel that I am finally coming into ...