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Dolls - rbcdart

So I am still in a doll phase. Did a body of work trying to work with it. Photoshoots at the beach with mermaid dolls, the park with more normal ones. Went to swap meets and garage sales trying to find ones that had their hair trimmed, face painted, etc. Hung Barbies on the Christmas tree for qu…

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Peeled and Destroyed in 2022

This work is a large digital print of where I found the dolls at Kolby's Swapmeet. The sides are also digital prints of the scene.

This is one of the doll rescues where I would find dolls with a history and give them a place of respect. I think it odd that these treasures are so causally lost to ones who once loved them.

The dolls are zipped tied to the piece (easy removal for play, cleaning, or replacement) The edges are cadmium red. All is archival designed to last a hundred years or more (except possibly the dolls and zip ties)... wired and ready to hang.

The person selling the dolls arranged them when he realized I wanted to photograph them.