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Who's Your DADA?: Redefining the Doll through Mixed Media

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Looking for a way to jumpstart your creativity? Linda and Opie Obrien's "Who's Your Dada?" will inspire you to create your own found object work of art! As a lifelong artist, aficionado of mixed media and assemblage art, and a voracious reader of art, sculpture, and craft books and magazines, I cannot recommend this book more highly. Linda and Opie welcome you into their incredibly imaginative, inspiring, and amusing world presenting not only their unique take on the "Dada doll" but also an intimate portrait of their shared artistic journey. This truly wonderful book invites you in and introduces you to a whole new set of friends. You will want to spend more time with this amazing couple and the cast of unique, talented, and quirky fellow artists who populate the pages of this book with their personalities and creations.

I am a HOOGE fan of The O'Brien's! Their book was such a treat to explore.. I usually stick to cloth only dolls, but the explosion of using TRASH in my art these days is ever growing- their style is ADDICTIVE as well as humorous! Unfamiliar with the tools needed for tin/metalwork, I picked up a copy of their book which is fun to read and extremely informative! The ideas/projects are NON-stop.. quite easily you can expand upon the information they give so to apply this knowledge to YOUR OWN UNIQUE STYLE. I highly r'cmnd this book to anyone who is looking for inspiration in the world of art dolls! Go buy it NOW!

I always look for books that will inspire and spark my creative energy. There is no doubt that if what you are looking for is a book that explains techniques, supplies, and do's and dont's, with mind blowing photographs of the resultant material variations come to life, well look no further coz this book is it!
I found this book to be a treasure trove of possibilities and I would describe it as a photographic journal of artistic representations (there are over 30 of the most cutting edge artist examples featured here people!) that you will be able to go to this book time and time again. Am I excited about having found this book? You bet!!.. and you will too.

Long time fans of Linda and Opie.. own their first book and what a HUGE honor to be asked to contribute one of my art dolls. But
beyond my own little kudo, the book as a whole is just way COOL!
Tips the scale for over the top creative juices for all artists who work in mixed media. LOVE the quotes that each artist submitted. The whole presentation is just too fun.
Run for your local bookstore and grab your copy. I promise it will be a long time standing source of inspiration in your art library.
It just turns on the light bulb and illuminates the possiblities.
WOW!

This book is so full of inspiration! If you love found object art and making dolls you need this book. It's full of visual stimulation, detailed instructions and food for thought. It will have you picking up all kinds of things off the ground and using them in the most surprising ways! If you ever looked at something and thought, hmmmm that looks like a face, or a foot, etc, you'll love seeing what the collection of artists in this book have done with old, broken, forgotten items! It will make you smile!

This book ROCKS!!! Chock full of fabulous artwork from people you know and some very talented ones that maybe you didn't. Linda and Opie have given us a wonderful book celebrating the human form ... in that strange and weird way that only they could.

This book will inspire you, tantalize you, bring out the artist in you. I got it yesterday and have gone through it 3 times already and each time I get new ideas from the images and all the Fantastic artwork. Linda and Opie have done it again , they have put a smile on my face and all the people i share it with just think it's the coolest collection of Artists and their Artwork. I can't wait to get started on creating my own DaDa. This is a book I would recommend to everyone not just Artists .

This book is very similar to another book they authored, however it takes a different direction by focusing solely on dolls. I am enthralled with doll making - especially when it comes to found objects and/or recycled objects. I believe we need to use what is at hand, use old stuff to create new unique stuff. This books helps you think in different ways on how to use the thrown or found items you come across.

I really enjoy the authors, Opie and Linda, and this beautifully created book. This is a must have and a keeper for your mixed media/assemblage library.

What is an art doll? And how do you craft an art doll using dissimilar materials, found items, paper....even scrap tin litho cans? WHO'S YOUR DADA is where you find out. By means of compelling text and pictures, Linda and Opie have done it again...taken us into their unique realm, and encouraged us to re-think who we are as artists. The book has a challenge appeal---as they've enlisted the assistance of numerous well-known artists to define the genre. SO! this one is pure eye candy....and food for your creative soul. If you were merely contemplating the purchase this volume...stop contemplating, click BUY....and be prepared to quiver with delight when your copy arrives in the mail. The hunter-gatherer in you will soon be storing materials for YOUR first mixed-media Dada doll!