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by Samantha Hurst

Doll artist Rose Farnsworth Davis works to create the face of a Darjeeling baby for her newest collection. Davis created Mrs. T. Bagg a decade ago.

NORTH SHELBY — A dainty lace bonnet pokes out above the rim of a just as dainty antique teacup. The scene evokes a smile from those who recognize a familiar feature in the face beneath the bonnet.

“I believe women especially love them because they recognize someone they know -— they’ll see their mother or their sister,” said Rose Farnsworth Davis, theartist who created Mrs. T. Bagg, a miniature doll originally created for tea parties.

Davis began playing around with polymer clay when her kids were in school. She had purchased a plethora of craft materials to keep her kids entertained during the school holiday.

“The clay was great because you could mold something, bake it and have immediate gratification,” Davis said. “My kids played with it, and when they went back to school, I kept playing with it.”

Davis said she sculpted boxes worth of faces. She didn’t, however, enjoy creating bodies to go along with her doll faces. One day, she had an empty teacup sitting on her worktable, and when she finished a face she plopped it into the cup......

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