Wee folk

For over a year, Polly stood in silence on a high shelf overlooking the studio’s work space. Hour after hour, day after day she saw the same sight – her maker sitting and stitching. Not…

Posts about Fairies written by Salley Mavor

Are you familiar with the Salley Mavor’s wee felt folk? Quite a while ago, I fell in love with Salley’s artwork, through her book illustrations. (I reviewed her book, Pocketful of Posies, here). On exploring her artwork, I discovered her website and blog, and her book Felt Wee Folk, reviewed here. Salley’s approach to her ...

Today, my publisher, C&T is posting my story, “Return of the Wee Folk”, which is about my new book Felt Wee Folk – New Adventures. I talk about the wee folk doll phenomenon th…

Posts about Wee Folk written by Salley Mavor

Felt Wee Folk how-to book, with extra goodies – playing cards and faux flowers Where did the wee folk come from?”Early childhood dissatisfaction may have set this whole wee folk enterpr…

I have been fascinated with the Russian Rag Dolls for a long time now. I have been collecting information abou

Recently, I’ve felt an urge to paint doll faces on wooden beads. Not just a few, but lots and lots of them. Like stitching, I find the repetitive process calming. This compulsion, or meditati…

Polly Doll is going on a trip next month and her regular outfit will not do! She loved Oregon (see here) and San Francisco (see here), but missed the flight to Ireland. For this…

Before sharing the process of making wedding cake topper dolls for my son Ian and his new bride Liz, I want to remind you to sign up for a ZOOM Talk that I’ll be giving on August 25th at 2:PM…