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| Dee Dee Triplett |
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I see possibilities in everything! I believe that one way or another, an artist's entire life goes into each piece she creates. Working primarily with fabric, I feel a tie, a thread, that connects me to women of the past , and I hope to be a part of the thread that will connect to future generations.
Always having a penchant for fabric, I have designed and taught arts and crafts for more than 25 years, designing projects freelance for publications including McCall's, Better Homes & Gardens, Rodale Press, Oxmoor House, and Lark Books. My teaching experience includes national doll seminars, quilt symposiums, and classes for guilds. I am the Resident Artist for Dolls and Surface Design at John C. Campbell Folk School and have taught week long doll classes there since 1988.
When asked how long I have made dolls or worked with needle and thread, I find the question difficult to answer--was there ever a time when I didn't sew? The beginnings were surely in childhood play with paper and fabric and glorious colors. I have sewn as long as I can remember. As an artist, I feel that every bit of that play and experience continues in what I love to do today.
My desire is that my pieces will uplift--will bring joy to the viewer and thereby diminish some of the effects of this technological and stressful age. Attention to color, detail, and a sense of movement and whimsical elegance are important, contributing to my desire to elicit a positive response in a too-often negative world. I consider it a privilege that my 'work' is dancing with cloth and playing with rainbows of color.
Classes
March 9-15, 2008 Arrowmont
Cloth Figures in Motion
www.arrowmont.org
865-436-5860
April 6-11, 2008 John C. Campbell Folk School
Innovative Embroidery
www.folkschool.org
1-800-FOLKSCH (1-800-365-5724)
June 8-14, 2008 John C. Campbell Folk School
A Doll of Your Own: Painted Ladies and Gents
www.folkschool.org
1-800-FOLKSCH (1-800-365-5724) |
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| Delicate Balance |
Created for a challenge proposed by Somerset Studio magazine, this figure was selected to be on the cover of the premiere issue of Art Doll Quarterly.
12" tall, 10" wide. Painted UltraSuede and wood. |
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