Name: Woman of Light
Made by and When: Marcella Welch, 1994
Material: Cloth, stuffing, paint, and firm material covered with fabric for the body and base or stump.
Marks: Printed on a ribbon label attached to the doll’s bottom/base; Another / Marcella! / Original. Handwritten and signed on the ribbon label; #55 / ©1994 / Marcella Welch
Height: 17-1/2 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black synthetic hair is held away from the face with a fabric headwrap. The doll has painted facial features.
Clothes: Original print dress, head wrap, beaded necklace and gold fringed wrap, two different gold earrings; holds a basket
Other: Made in 1994, this soft-sculptured one-of-a-kind stump* doll is from Marcella Welch’s “Woman of Light Series. It was purchased by the current owner in 1995 at the Leo Moss Doll Show in Detroit, Michigan.
*Instead of legs, stump dolls have a fabric-covered body and base for support.
“Marcella was a world-renowned mixed-media artist who freely shared her creative abilities with others. Her world was full of creating her next greatest creation, traveling the world to exhibit her artwork and teaching art workshops” (Marcella Welch Memorial Art Foundation). Read more about Marcella Welch at the links under References.
Gallery (Photos and description are courtesy of Mildred Wilson.)
References:
Profile of an Artist
Marcella Welch Memorial Art Foundation
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