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Louisa May Alcott's "Jo" March Needle Felted Doll
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Division: Needle Felted Wool Sculpture
Category: Art Doll
Date of Creation: 2011
Series: Fogleberry, Movie Time
Content: Dyed Merino Wool
Non-fiber Accessories: Paper "Manuscript", Wire in Petticoat
Height: 8-1/4 inches
Weight: 3 ounces
Non-poseable Position: Standing
Shipping Case: Wooden Trunk
This Wool Sculpture was inspired by June Allyson's 1949 portrayal of Josephine March in the MGM classic movie based on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, "Little Women".
Jo's dress features the well-known patch and a long row of felted "buttons" down the back. Her coral-colored apron has a pocket that's just the right size to hold her monogrammed hankie. She's wearing brown boots and white bloomers. Her matching coral-colored socks proudly display a "wheat sheaf" design which has been felted to look like embroidery. Her white petticoat has been stiffened (during the felting) with wire, like an old-fashioned hoop skirt. This wire cannot be seen, since it has been felted into the wool petticoat. All of Jo's clothes are permanently attached but give the appearance of separate pieces. In Jo's clasped hands is a paper "manuscript", like the one which she sends to her friend (ours are blank pages, not to be opened).
This is a one-of-a-kind character doll, since I have no plans to replicate this Fogleberry. An artist knows when a piece is wonderful and when it's time to step back and say "this is good". It's time. Jo March will not disappoint.
This figure has been hand-sculpted entirely from Dyed Merino and Cotswold Wool -- from the inside out, from the top to the bottom. Never a covered form or wire armature in one of my Fogleberries! In fact, each Fogleberry design is an original, and no templates are ever created.
Category: Art Doll
Date of Creation: 2011
Series: Fogleberry, Movie Time
Content: Dyed Merino Wool
Non-fiber Accessories: Paper "Manuscript", Wire in Petticoat
Height: 8-1/4 inches
Weight: 3 ounces
Non-poseable Position: Standing
Shipping Case: Wooden Trunk
This Wool Sculpture was inspired by June Allyson's 1949 portrayal of Josephine March in the MGM classic movie based on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, "Little Women".
Jo's dress features the well-known patch and a long row of felted "buttons" down the back. Her coral-colored apron has a pocket that's just the right size to hold her monogrammed hankie. She's wearing brown boots and white bloomers. Her matching coral-colored socks proudly display a "wheat sheaf" design which has been felted to look like embroidery. Her white petticoat has been stiffened (during the felting) with wire, like an old-fashioned hoop skirt. This wire cannot be seen, since it has been felted into the wool petticoat. All of Jo's clothes are permanently attached but give the appearance of separate pieces. In Jo's clasped hands is a paper "manuscript", like the one which she sends to her friend (ours are blank pages, not to be opened).
This is a one-of-a-kind character doll, since I have no plans to replicate this Fogleberry. An artist knows when a piece is wonderful and when it's time to step back and say "this is good". It's time. Jo March will not disappoint.
This figure has been hand-sculpted entirely from Dyed Merino and Cotswold Wool -- from the inside out, from the top to the bottom. Never a covered form or wire armature in one of my Fogleberries! In fact, each Fogleberry design is an original, and no templates are ever created.