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Miss Dottie - Polymer clay, acrylic, gauche, wire, quilt batting, ribbon, fabric, glass beads - 12.00in High

Doll maker Jill Penney says she inevitably ends up talking about her childhood when she talks about her art. Fascinated with the fairies and strange creatures created by the contemporary doll artists of her youth, Penney began making her own dolls in the 8th grade. “I like the idea of making something that otherwise wouldn’t exist — manifesting things that only live in the imagination,” she says. “The fairies and creatures that I started off making are the epitome of that goal, but the love of making real the unreal is in everything I do.”

Today, Penney’s dolls remain enchanting, fanciful, and evocative. From her Trogs and plush pets, to her whimsical sometimes serie polymer dolls, Penney’s creations offer a tantalizing possibility to the child in each of us: maybe, just maybe, the creatures of our daydreams are true......

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