The doll is made in the image of the doll maker in that it would normally resemble a human.The purpose of a doll may be to comfort but also entertain.
I possess a double dolly that represents red riding hood and the grandmother/wolf. This doll can represent danger and innocence in one and in itself a narrative or moral can be held. The doll is a double with two separate identities in one. With this doll the dress acts not only as a cover but also as a disguise.
I wanted to make dolls that had this double aspect; initially the double dollies were conceived to reveal a hidden ‘other’ under the skirt. The doubling idea transformed itself into one of very separate dualities the dollies are both a good and a bad twin. They are the quick and the dead, revealed and hidden and straight armed and crossed armed.
I wanted to make dolls that had this double aspect; initially the double dollies were conceived to reveal a hidden ‘other’ under the skirt. The doubling idea transformed itself into one of very separate dualities the dollies are both a good and a bad twin. They are the quick and the dead, revealed and hidden and straight armed and crossed armed.
