HEARTFELT DOLLS... companions for the journey
HAIR TODAY
I am a maker of dolls, or perhaps more accurately, representations, reflections, explorations, and musings using the human form as a springboard.
Sometimes pretty. Sometimes not.
Sometimes finished. Sometimes not.
Sometimes original. Sometimes not.
Sometimes for sale. Sometimes not.
Never perfect.
Nearly always made in a group or series.
For me, doll-making is a transformative experience;
a healing experience;
an anti-depressant.
It is more about process, reflection, meditation and attentiveness
to myself, my whanau, my community, than about product.
Doll-making is a delightful, life-giving, soul-nurturing, thought-provoking blend
of journalling, art therapy, expressive therapy and self-care.
Sometimes, a doll demands to be started AND finished. Sometimes, simply the design, the resourcing, the note-making satisfies the need to create. But this is, in itself, a creative process.
My dolls are an outward expression of a hidden, silent, unknown, hitherto un-revealed inward journey.
They are an encounter. They are sacrament.
I make dolls to evoke a response, to make a statement, to inform, to empathise.
I make dolls for their own sake, for play, for the pure joy of creating.
I make dolls as a response to a random challenge: a word, idea or place.
I make dolls to challenge long-held beliefs; to honour life-long practices; to give these a modern context, to make them relevant or shelve them until it is their season.
I make dolls to remember: a photo in doll form.
I make dolls to express grief.
I make dolls to celebrate change.
I make dolls to try to make sense of the inexplicable and to provide a springboard for change and healing.
THANK YOU to all who take the time to visit this website. I am honoured to share my story with you.
Liz Pearce
Sometimes pretty. Sometimes not.
Sometimes finished. Sometimes not.
Sometimes original. Sometimes not.
Sometimes for sale. Sometimes not.
Never perfect.
Nearly always made in a group or series.
For me, doll-making is a transformative experience;
a healing experience;
an anti-depressant.
It is more about process, reflection, meditation and attentiveness
to myself, my whanau, my community, than about product.
Doll-making is a delightful, life-giving, soul-nurturing, thought-provoking blend
of journalling, art therapy, expressive therapy and self-care.
Sometimes, a doll demands to be started AND finished. Sometimes, simply the design, the resourcing, the note-making satisfies the need to create. But this is, in itself, a creative process.
My dolls are an outward expression of a hidden, silent, unknown, hitherto un-revealed inward journey.
They are an encounter. They are sacrament.
I make dolls to evoke a response, to make a statement, to inform, to empathise.
I make dolls for their own sake, for play, for the pure joy of creating.
I make dolls as a response to a random challenge: a word, idea or place.
I make dolls to challenge long-held beliefs; to honour life-long practices; to give these a modern context, to make them relevant or shelve them until it is their season.
I make dolls to remember: a photo in doll form.
I make dolls to express grief.
I make dolls to celebrate change.
I make dolls to try to make sense of the inexplicable and to provide a springboard for change and healing.
THANK YOU to all who take the time to visit this website. I am honoured to share my story with you.
Liz Pearce
