Craft Lab

Welcome to my blog and I am known as Krafty Lady. I am primarily a doll artist but I dabble in various creative ventures. I give myself permission to explore the creative process while giving it a prominent place in my life. I have spent most of my life in the creative sphere changing genres as they were a reflection of my own development over the years. I have written a play that was performed, I participated and hosted spoken word venues, and I have created masque and props for theater. As an amateur musician, I played with an adult orchestra and still explore musical instruments at will.

But, life happened and I found myself unanchored. I worked, came home, and prepared myself for the next day. Then, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. I talk about her at length on my blog www.coloredmentalillness.com. I needed something tangible to do and began looking for myself using google. (I know this sounds cliche but it’s true). I wanted to make a rag or cloth doll but had no idea where to start. I bought a book on sewing primitive cloth dolls and that is where I began. I kept going and experimenting from 2011 onward.

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