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Excellent, inspiring, very creative, March 20, 2010
This review is from: Mixed-Media Dollhouses: Techniques and Ideas for Doll-size Assemblages (Paperback)
I am so glad I got this book! The pictures and ideas are wonderful. The book is full of inspiration. Only a couple of grammatical errors in the text, but the photography makes up for everything. Anyone can now make creative dollhouses for any theme, with any materials, and at little cost. I will buy another copy of this book for my sister - I know she'll love it. Can't wait to get started. I bought a little journal and I'm jotting down ideas that come into my head as I'm looking through this book. A big THANK YOU to Tally and Julie! Would love to see a sequel book, too.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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thank you for writing this book, April 22, 2010
This review is from: Mixed-Media Dollhouses: Techniques and Ideas for Doll-size Assemblages (Paperback)
I have been creating shrines and other assemblage for over 10 years now and when I think back to my childhood, I remember that it all started there. We couldn't afford the Barbie Townhouse, so I made my own. I was always creating little living spaces for my dolls or imaginary people and when I think back to it, it makes me happy.
That happy feeling got me started on a new dollhouse. An altered dollhouse. I started with a box from a warehouse store, painted it and gave it a cool brick-looking roof. And then I got scared about wasting my time on something so silly.
Oh, but wait, it makes me happy, doesn't it?
My friend showed me this book yesterday. I have only looked at the photos (haven't read a stitch of text) and immediately went to the store to pick up a copy of my own. I went home and dragged out my dollhouse and am looking at it with a fresh eye and "permission" to play.
And it makes me happy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Stupendous!, April 29, 2010
This review is from: Mixed-Media Dollhouses: Techniques and Ideas for Doll-size Assemblages (Paperback)
This book could encourage anyone, regardless of artistic skills, to become engaged in the art of assemblages. The idea for the book was born when the authors, Tally Oliveau and Julie Brill Molina, challenged a group of artist friends to create specific rooms for a theme house. When the participants finished, the rooms were assembled into a house. Apparently, they had so much fun, that they created a collection of houses - a tree house, a castle, a circus house, and 4 others. Each room is basically a shadow box which is intricately decorated with miniatures, paper dolls, mixed media, and much, much more. The book could be useful for someone interested in a form of self-expression or easily adapted for an elementary through high school project.
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