Woman in History Doll Challenge

 Results are in for the 2020 Woman in History Doll Challenge!

This year's winner of the People's Choice Award is Sacagawea!  

Sacagawea

Sacagawea  and her baby were created by Katie Jones.  Katie did an amazing job developing her own pattern.   Sacagawea has a cloth body and polymer clay head and hands.  The baby is all polymer clay.  Her lamb suede garments, moccasins and cradle board are hand sewn.  Her dress is in the style of the early 1800's Plains Indians.  The yoke is accented with  beads and a small tuft of fur.  The fringe was wetted and twisted to give it a graceful look.  Her belt and cradle board is hand beaded by the artist.  Her braided hair is Merino wool.  She is about 12 inches tall and stands on a flat rock.  Katie's attention to detail is top notch and shows in this excellent work of art.  Congratulations on being this year's winner of the People's Choice Award, Katie!

Second and third place winners were separated by only two votes!  Marie Curie was second by this slight margin. 

Marie Curie

Marie Curie was created by Virginia Odell. She chose Arley Berryhill's "Penny Dreadful" pattern.  Marie's gown is green to symbolize the radiation field she is famous for.  She is holding a piece of uranium (faux of course!).  Virginia did a great job from top to bottom including the beautiful costuming and of course the uranium!  Congratulations, Virginia!

Third place by this slight margin was Juliette Gordon Low.

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low, the founder and first leader of the Girl Scouts, was created by Ann Chulk.  She adapted the pattern "January Girl" by Barbara Schoenoff and used the head pattern from the Triplet pattern by Kathryn Walmsley.  The doll's hair is made of strips of fabric and all visible portions of the doll are gessoed and painted with acrylic paints.  Ann is very creative and did an excellent job making the clothing and hat that look so much like pictures we see of  Juliette Gordon Low.  Congratulations, Ann!

We thank our participants in this year's challenge.  Not only are the dolls a challenge but the year itself has been too.  It has been hard for many of us to get motivated to be creative and do the things we would normally do.  These ladies have shared their creativity with all of us who read the blog and our Facebook page.  They are an inspiration to us all and we thank you for that!

November 2020 Newsletter

 November 2020 Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

November 21 -Virtual meeting due to Covid

December 19 -Virtual meeting due to Covid

Please note:  This agenda is tentative and subject to change

Meeting Minutes

Our October meeting was another virtual Zoom meeting.  Attending were Andrea, Denise, Julie W., Katie, Virginia, Joan, Ann C., Maggie, and Jude.

Show and Tell

No  Show and Tell this month.😞

Business 

Woman in History Challenge Dolls were the main topic of discussion at this meeting.  Andrea has a hectic schedule so Katie volunteered to take over Survey Monkey for the voting on challenge dolls.  The deadline for the dolls was extended an extra week to allow a little extra time for finishing.  Members were to email pictures of their entries to the co-chairman Katie and Julie W.  Sue and Virginia will send prizes and ribbons to the winners who will be announced on Saturday, November 14 on both this blog and our Facebook page.  At our November zoom meeting we will have show and tell so entrants can reveal themselves and tell about their dolls.

We will be doing a Christmas gift mail exchange this year.  Any member who wants to participate will create a doll, small quilt, bag, ornament, or any other small gift  you wish to make (no masks - we all have enough!).The theme is "Snow" and the item must be handmade by the participant, not purchased.  You will then mail or deliver your gift to your Holiday Friend.  Sue has sent the participants the name  of their Secret Holiday Friend.  Gifts should be mailed  by December 1st  or delivered by December 10.  We will open the gifts at the December Zoom meeting on December 19th.

At the December meeting we will start making plans for next year's Challenge.  Sue suggested we continue with two challenges a year, one due in May and the other in November. In December we would plan the May Challenge and then in May plan the November Challenge.

Upcoming Challenges and Events

Edgar Allen Poe Challenge Doll-postponed for now

November 21, 2020- 18th Annual Holiday Art Fair and  Art Doll Show-cancelled

December -  Christmas mail gift exchange.

Next Meeting

Next meeting is Saturday, November 21  by Zoom at 10:00 a.m,  Invitations will be emailed prior to the meeting.

2020 Challenge Dolls

2020 Challenge Dolls

The dolls you are viewing in this post are those entered in our 2020 Challenge:  Woman in History.

These dolls are normally on display at our annual November Holiday Art Fair and Show.  Due to Covid this event was cancelled, but we still wanted to do our challenge and decided to post pictures of the entries on our blog and Facebook page and let viewers vote on their favorite.  This year's challenge was inspired by the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Right to Vote.  Members could select a Woman in History they admired from anywhere in the world.  Please look at our entries and then follow the link to vote for your favorite.  You do not have to be a member to vote!  Voting starts November 3rd and runs thru November 13th.  The doll with the most votes will win the "People's Choice Award" for 2020.

We have three entries and there are three pictures of each doll followed by a description.

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low Inspiration Photo

Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) was the founder and first leader of the Girl Scouts.  

The doll creator adapted the pattern "January Girl" by Barbara Schoenoff and used the head pattern from the Triplet pattern by Kathryn Walmsley.  The doll's hair is made of strips of fabric and all visible portions of the doll are gessoed and painted with acrylic paints.

Sacagawea 

Sacagawea 

Sacagawea 

Sacagawea and her baby are original designs made by the creator.  No pattern or molds were used.  Sacagawea has a cloth body and polymer clay head and hands.  The baby is all polymer clay.  Her lamb suede garments, moccasins and cradle board are hand sewn.  Her dress is in the style of the early 1800's Plains Indians.  The yoke is accented with  beads and a small tuft of fur.  The fringe was wetted and twisted to give it a graceful look.  Her belt and cradle board is hand beaded by the artist.  Her braided hair is Merino wool.  She is about 12 inches tall and stands on a flat rock.

History of Sacagawea -- 1788-1812

Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter best known for serving as a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition into the American West--and for being the only woman on the famous excursion.. At the time she joined the expedition in November of 1804, at the age of 16, she was pregnant with her first child, but she chose to accompany her husband on this expedition.  A son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, was born in February 1805.  Despite traveling with a newborn child during the trek, Sacagawea proved to be helpful in many ways during her 26 months with the expedition.  She was skilled at finding edible plants.  When a boat in which she was riding capsized, she was able to save some of its cargo, including important documents and supplies.  Sacagawea was able to arrange, through her Indian kinsmen, for the expedition's safe passage over the Rockies.  After the expedition, she bore a second child but died a few months later.  Clark was her children's godfather,  After her death, he raised and educated her children.

Sacagawea became a symbol for women's rights and a face for the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1905.

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Marie Curie's creator chose Arley Berryhill's "Penny Dreadful" pattern.  Marie's gown is green to symbolize the radiation field she is famous for.  She is holding a piece of uranium (faux of course!).  Marie Curie was famous for keeping a piece of uranium in her pocket, which eventually killed her.

Marie Curie is best known for being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.  She is also the first and the only woman to receive two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.  In 1903 she earned her Doctor of Science degree.  That same year she won her first Nobel Prize along with her husband and Antoine Becquerel for their study of spontaneous radiation.  Her second prize was in Chemistry in radioactivity.  She developed mobile radiography units for X-ray to be used in field hospitals during World War I.  She was also appointed director of the Curie Laboratory of Radium Institute of the University of Paris in 1914.  Her research with uranium and X-ray changed the way we understand and use radiation.

 

Please choose your favorite of the three dolls, then go to this link to vote:  2020 Art Doll Challenge  

  Remember you do not have to be a member of our club to vote.  The winner will be announced after the voting ends.  We hope you enjoy viewing our members' creativity!  Thank you for voting!