Our Annual NIADA 2011 Conference was held
Thursday, Aug. 25th ~ Sunday, Aug. 28th
at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Denver, Colorado
The 2011 NIADA Conference was one of the most enjoyable ones in recent memory, due, in large part, to the gargantuan efforts of our hardworking Conference Chair, Leslie Molen. Leslie welcomed us all to her hometown, Denver, where the stage was set at the beautiful Westminster Westin Hotel north of the city with the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance. ~Shelley Thornton, NIADA artist, NIADA board member
The Classic Conference was preceded by the NIADA Dollmaking School
Monday, August 22nd ~ Thursday, August 25th, 2011
One and two-day classes were taught by NIADA Artists:
| Stephanie Blythe: Choosing, Coloring, Manipulating and Embellishing Textiles for the Doll Artist Ankie Daanen: How to Make an Innocent Doll Face How to sculpt and paint a “Heartbreaker” doll Deborah C. Pope: Costuming from Conception to Completion Hand-Felted Animal Head Donna May Robinson: How to Draft a Pattern for Cloth Hands and Feet |
Forest Rogers: Motion, Gesture and Expression Shelley Thornton: Beyond Needle-Sculpting: Advanced Techniques for Cloth Dollmaking Marlaine Verhelst: Stick Doll: Sculpting a Face with Air Dry Clay How to Sculpt Good Hands and Feet Annie Wahl: A Handful of “Witch” Kathryn Walmsley: Out of this World Characters |
Many thanks to Vickie Arentz, Barbara Campbell, Mary Ellen Frank, Peggy Frank, Lillian Hopkins, Shelley Thornton, Marlaine Verhelst, Darlene Wadden and Annie Wahl for the use of their photos.
See more Conference highlights: NIADA 2011 Revisited: Denver, CO
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