Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Introducting.... The first cover for Art Doll Adventures!






It will come out in June of 07, as you can imagine, I can hardly wait! Here is the little blurb the Publishing Co wrote about it. Stay tuned for info and updates!

Art Doll Adventures
Exploring Projects and Processes through Cultural Traditions
Lisa Li Hertzi
Doll-making inspired by cultural icons

Finding meaning in your art is one thing; doing it for the fun of the creation is another. How do they go together? Making dolls inspired by cultural icons brings new meaning to your work and helps you connect with larger universal truths. Doll makers are very conscious of and interested in the history of the human/female figure and cultural icons, and often use them as starting points for their designs. Spirit dolls, African icons, goddess figures, and Hopi katichinas are all popular forms.

Using history as a starting point, Lisa-Li Hertzi has created five exciting doll projects, inspired by five very different cultural and historical icons/figures. Through the projects, she explores the creative process, the meaning and significance of each figure, and teaches techniques that doll makers are currently experimenting with: journaling, collage, mixed media, and found objects. Each doll is presented as a step-by-step project with complete instructions, and is followed by a gallery featuring interpretations by leading doll artists of the same cultural figure. Fantastic full color illustrations and patterns by the author are included.

Lisa-Li Hertzi is a professional illustrator, graphic designer, and artist, and runs the art department for Squadra Inc. USA. She is known for her eclectic line of cloth doll patterns, ranging from the Boulder Goddess which is based very roughly on the Venus of Willendorf, to Lilly, a Feisty cowgirl to the EarthSky Man, who was inspired by a raft trip down the Colorado River. She is a popular teacher, using both her patterns and classes to explore art, science, history, the figure, color, and more.

9 comments:

Judi W. said...

Congratulations! Can't wait to see the book.

MaryO said...

I'll look forward to it, too, Li!

Fran said...

CONGRATS! Keep us posted when your book comes out for sale. Looks great. Can't wait to see it.
Love & Hugs
Fran

That Creative Place said...

I can't wait to see this book when it comes out!

Barb Kobe referred me to you...I will send you a private email also.

Hooray for new books!

Lisa

Spike said...

< makes note on PDA to purchase this book>

Li, this makes it awful hard to keep up the stash diet! Fortunately I excluded books from the list (for this year, at any rate).

Anonymous said...

wow! this is great,can't wait to check it out. Norma

Anonymous said...

BRAVO LI.....A great accomplishment. Looking forward to seeing it. Scott

Ute said...

Li,
Got my book today! What a great surprise. The book is awesome, just love it. Thank you so much
hugs,
Ute
http://utes-troll.com

Sue said...

What a wonderful, delightful, scrumptious book! This one will lead me astray for months to come! Thanks for sharing so much of yourself.