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FEATURES
ARCHIVE: 2
Aug 1999

FEATURES
Slide Show 2:
   Carole Bowling
   Elizabeth Brandon
   Astry Campbell
   Antonette Cely

Featured Artist 2:
Haukenfrers & Peper

Features
Archives:
1: May 1999

TECHNIQUES
ARCHIVE: 2
Aug 1999

Techniques 2:
   Art Dolls of Resin
Tips & Tricks 2:
   Felt for Hats

Techniques
Archives:
1: May 1999

National Institute of American Doll Artists

Features

Bowling Yvette
Carole Bowling
Yvette, c. 1999, resin

"My vision of a child is one of innocence and vulnerability. This is enhanced by keeping my work simple, direct with few extraneous details. Gesture and finish are very important. As my work matures. I am more involved with the inner spirit of each child. Clothing and play activity are simplified to focus on a face infused with inner feeling. Whether cloth, wax or resin, I try to awaken the positive spirit in us all."
Carole Bowling

For more information on Carole Bowling visit the Contact a NIADA Artist Member page of this web site.
Brandon Spirit Of Kansas CityElizabeth Brandon
The Spirit of Kansas City,
c. 1998, jointed porcelain


"My whole heart and soul are tied up in sculpting the form. As a musician I sculpted sound. With sculpting dolls my music has become solid. From many sources of inspiration I see a figure in my mind. Then I search out the technical means to achieve it. I usually sculpt jointed figures because I like to capture not one, but many moments in time."
Elizabeth Brandon

Contact information for Elizabeth Brandon is not currently available.
ACampbell Minikin 4 Astry Campbell
Minikin, c. 1998, 12" jointed porcelain fashion doll.

"I have designed , hand-made and dressed over 1000 dolls for over 30 years. Some designs have been manufactured by Effanbee and Schildkrot. My dolls are conceived as "play" dolls, to be dressed, posed and handled. I simplify sculptural forms and idealize features to achieve a universal character. Many, somehow, rest in museums. My "minikin" fashion doll is currently available in a variety of vintage dresses."
Astry Campbell

For more information on Astry Campbell visit the Contact a NIADA Artist Member page of this web site.
Cely DiversionsAntonette Cely
Diversion I - Music, c. 1997
Cloth doll, cloth over Fimo face mask.


"I have a fascination with the human figure, with a particular interest in the condition and experiences of the adult female. The grace and beauty of the female form make it a natural object of artistic expression. My dolls usually tell a story and portray an aspect of life that we can all relate to."
Antonette Cely


For more information on Antonette Cely visit the Contact a NIADA Artist Member page of this web site.

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Dynamic Duo Are
Featured Artists


Pierrot, c. 1999


Haukenfrers and Peper will be featured with NIADA artists at Doll Art 2000, a groundbreaking exhibition at the Carole and Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures, Los Angeles, CA January 14 through February 26, 2000.

Click to Calendar of Events for more information.

FEATURED
ARTIST
ARCHIVES:
1: Lisa Lichtenfels


Uwe & Jurgen Strength

Strength
c. 1999: Wood and Paperclay

Uwe & Jurgen All About Balance

 All About Balance
c. 1999: wood & Paperclay

Uwe & Jurgen Nice Pet

Nice Pet
c. 1999: Wood & Paperclay

Uwe & Jurgen Peanut Man

Peanut Man
c. 1997: Wood & Paperclay
Featured Artist of the Quarter


A Dynamic Duo - Collaborators in Art
Uwe Haukenfrers and Jürgen Peper
by Maralyn Christoffersen


"When I first saw Jürgen's and Uwe's work in Frankfurt a few years ago, I knew that it was something very special. Beautiful, innovative, finely crafted and entertaining. What a combination!"
Neil Zukerman, NIADA Patron and owner of CFM Gallery, SoHo, NY

Uwe Haukenfrers and Jürgen Peper bring remarkable skill and delicacy to their art; and charm that is innocent and mischievous at the same time. Their work is technically assured and crisp. One readily discerns the beauty interpreted by their hands.

Working as display artist's during the 1980s, Uwe and Jürgen were asked by a friend to restore an antique doll which had broken arms and legs. Deciding to sculpt new limbs of Fimo they brought an innovative, modern touch to the doll. Finding sculpting so fun and enjoyable, they began creating their own polyform and fabric figures; usually harlequins and pierrots, influenced by memorable performances at Tivoli Park, Copenhagen, Denmark. From this early body of work, performed only a short time, they kept but one. Others were given as gifts and reside in private collections.

Long time friend, NIADA colleague Axel Lukas, had been charmed by their early figures; indeed, they were the inspiration of his becoming a doll artist himself. Axel encouraged Uwe and Jürgen to begin sculpting again. Opening to the world of dolls in 1994, they experimented with different media and were influenced by the simplicity of the dolls of Sasha Morgenthaler, Käthe Kruse and Yuki Atae. This encouraged a realism in their own work. Ultimately developing their own style, they began experimenting with combinations of wood, porcelain and Paperclay. As their style and technique developed, their figures became less realistic -- more poetic and symbolic, recalling images and memories from stories heard as children.

Collaborators throughout the creative process, it takes the duo four to six weeks to complete a figure depending on size. First an idea is sketched, sometimes by Uwe, other times by Jürgen. Uwe sculpts the head. Both do arms and legs. All the carving is done by Jürgen which is completed before head and limbs together, are brought to the final shape. They both paint, sometimes using oils, sometimes water color and finally assemble the piece. "Assembling the figure is a very dynamic process for us as we alter shape and color of the original concept while the work is in progress."

A most important aspect of their work is blending and altering different mediums, often making it difficult to recognize the original ones used. "This seems to be the key to understanding, that what people see on the surface of our pieces, is not necessarily the obvious, but very often just symbolic. Our figures are not anatomically correct in terms of human anatomy but more developed from simple geometrical forms and shapes. Inspiration comes from different sources. A great influence has been and still is the work of Lewis Carroll. Music and paintings also inspire us; however, most important is imagination."

Uwe and Jürgen enjoy discussing the many aspects of doll art with their NIADA colleagues; observing and watching the many diverse and distinct ways of approaching doll art. They have reservations with the term "doll", preferring "figure" though they "acknowledge that in the wider sense, the figures are dolls." Whatever you call their art form -- figure or doll -- you will be enchanted by their vision.
Price range: $500 to $4500

Uwe Haukenfrers & Jürgen Peper
Am Kielortplatz 116
D-22850 Norderstedt
F: 011 49 40 524 1221
Email: ajuco@t-online.de


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