I grew up on a farm in South Western Ontario, Canada, the third youngest of a large family of thirteen.
As long as I can remember, dolls have always been a part of my life. I distinctly recall countless hours of playing and dressing my baby dolls. These dolls to this day are a part of my doll collection. This is where it all began.
All forms of art, as well as, a great imagination has remained part of me throughout the years. Watching my Grandmother and Mother sew for many years, truly inspired me to sew. I have worked in factories as a seamstress and sewed for my two children including their clothes, doll clothes, teddy bears and crafts of all kinds. I have participated in many craft shows.
I started making porcelain dolls but these dolls were not my creation. So eight years ago, I took a weekend sculpting workshop and I loved it. From my hands, I sculpted my very first one-of-a-kind 18" doll I named "Grandpa". I was amazed at what I could do. But it still wasn’t what I wanted. I remember telling the class I would love to sculpt babies. A few years passed, until one day while searching the internet I came across some hand sculpted babies. "Wow babies", this is it ! So it branched off from there, teaching myself to sculpt babies from professional polymer clay, hour upon hours. The ugliest creatures I had seen and still have to look back at and continue to give me a good chuckle every now and then. I kept on going and time after time I progressed and got better.
I strive to sculpt the most realistic lifelike newborns and capture their true innocence, for collectors all around the world. I have sold one-of-a-kind sculpted babies to collectors around the globe: the UK, Australia, US and Canada. I am thrilled to be known both nationally and internationally. My thanks goes out to all collectors who purchase my sculpted babies, for it is your wonderful feedback of joy and excitement you give me, that truely makes my day. With each baby I sell, a part of me goes with them; some are harder to let go than others.
I have been blessed with a form of art I completely enjoy and love. Seeing these babies come to life from a block of clay, with an added touch of my hand sewn clothing is just undescribable. I will strive for my dream, to one day have these babies produced into vinyl and silicone dolls. This was meant to be; from playing with dolls years ago, to now creating them. One can never be too old for dolls. They just keep me young at heart.
This is my doll room where my collection of vintage and new dolls reside. I painted the tree on the wall and my husband and I built the fence and tree house. The inspiration came from another fellow doll collector.
