The Lost Doll Found Collective is a new collaboration of 8 established independent Kent & Medway based artists, who work in a wide variety of styles and media, but who each share a fascination with dolls in some form within their artwork.
The original ‘Lost Doll’ was an artwork created by founding member Veronica Tonge in response to the poem of the same name by Charles Kingsley, and this will also be on show.
The exhibition will explore new perspectives to ‘the doll’, with deeper examinations of the psychology behind our personal reactions, both good and bad, to what otherwise may too easily be dismissed as a childish toy.
Exhibitor Information
Lost Doll Found Collective is formed of eight artists:
Sheilagh Dyson: a mixed media artist with special interest in eco-printing and book making, increasingly drawn back to the things she loved to make in childhood (@SheilaghDysonArtist)
Laura Fisher : Medway based photographer with a passion for black & white documentary photography (@LauraFisherFoto)
Freddy J Lambert: a creator of oddities through painting and sculpture, often taking inspiration from folklore, history and pop culture (@FreddyLamb.art)
Gail Mercer: an artist whose work is predominantly Textile Art Design, which can involve free-motion embroidery, hand embroidery and printing (@Gail.Mercer.16)
Ann Small: a textile/mixed media artist who creates evocative thought-provoking cloths and humorous curiosities that reflect the quirky side of her personality (@asmalldesign)
Annie Taylor: an artist of whom it has been asked “has she nothing better to do?” as she creates fabric friends (soft sculptures) and falls down rabbit holes of the mind (@whitstabletail)
Veronica Tonge: surreal mixed media assemblages using doll’s houses, toys and discarded garments with applied text, mainly exploring psychological narratives
Jaqueline Yerlett: a mixed media artist with a particular passion for doll-making, creating characters in porcelain, fabric and stitch, often with links to fantasy and folklore, inspired by the natural world
