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B8 GeoraotownActon Wednesday Nov 7 She makes dolls Grandma cuddled Dolls are making a big comeback and porcelain dolls are at the top of the list Until approximately years ago little girl cuddled a porcelain doll but now It the grownups who covet hem Antique poreceialn dolls are fetching big prices and are being recommended as one collector item which will keep pace with Inflation The resurgence of Interest in he peaches and cream dolls with Ihe not stirs memories in a lot of women but has prompted at least some of them to reproduce what toys in another era But toys they are not any more as the hobbyists not only make the dolls but spend painstaking hours dressing them in the authentic costumes of their particular time These too are being snapped up but seldom as gifts for children June is one who has rediscovered the art of dollmaking and her fascination with them is reflected in the number and variety of dolls which surround her in her Dawson Crescent home She is passing on her knowledge and joy in the art to ten eager students at the moment She also sells some but admits she does It reluctantly Twelve years she first tried her hand at ceramics and was hooked eventually opening Juno s Ceramics on Armstrong Avenue but lately China painted porcelain dolls have became a major interest She does it all storting from buying the mold and pouring the muddy looking mixture called slip into them But the featureless faces have to have eye sockets cut in If it one of these appealing dolls with halfopen mouth that little girls used to slick tiny baby bottles in then that too must be cut out After firing a very hot kiln for porcelain the head is polished with Tine sandpaper then those ruby lips and pink cheeks are panted on After more firings for the china painted doll the eyelashes are painted on one by one Sometimes this can take a whole afternoon After that these bright flirtatious eyes are set first with a pliable wax then with plaster of par is At this point the doll ain t got nobody so a soft composite or porcelain body is ad depending on the era of the original doD Must antique dolls had composition bodies All June dolls are exact of antique dolls down to each item of clothing Antique dolls had a type of hallmark on the back of the neck to show who made It and June puts her initials and the year on her dolls so they cannot be passed off as an tiques Most dolls are strung together with elastic and a hook and come in five or six pieces including arms and legs But some such as which was the apple of every child eye when the little movie star was singing On he Good Ship Lollipop and was dancing and crying her way into everyone heart comes In 17 pieces This is due ball joints In her arms and legs When the cascading curly wigs go on the doll is finished and he timeconsuming task of making the delicate dresses cloaks and even muffs begins The do lima Iter becomes a scrounger as she searches for satins silks velvets and lace Old costume jewellery becomes a bonanza for ihe tiny necklaces well dressed old fash doll must wear June dolls are modelled primarily on June Larch surrounded by her dolls French and German dolls from the lesdj to 1929 when per eel a in dolls faded from the scene Bui if she and others like her caught up in the rebirth of handpainted china dolls have the r way they come back to their former glory A New Tradition NOVEMBER 9 LARRY HOLMES WILL REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE UK EXCLUSIVE Champ be HOtMIS SMITH xriRlghlW awen cml Halton Cable At House So BASS GUITAR LESSONS Tuei Sat Drenters sculpture Shizuye Canadian painter and writer will hold an exhibition of her work at House Sol starting this Saturday Takashima a Canadian citizen of Japanese descent has evacuated from the west coast and Interned in the interior during World War Out of her experiences she wrote a book entitled A Child In Prison Camp which has been called a moving documentary of our times Her paintings are in collection of public museums such as the National Gallery in Ottawa and the Japanese Canadian Cullural Centre n Toronto Sharing Ihe exhibition Takashima is well known local artist Andreas who now lives in Academy the home of his late brother artist He will bit small and medium siied pieces of sculpture made from found iron such as farm machinery Both artists will be at he gallery Charles SI Saturday November from until p m tmd OPEN SAT 69 MAINS GEORGETOWN Sunday FAMILY DAY Children eat and under Dinner FREE First Class Family dining is now affordable Children can choose from our special menu including beverages and icecream Limit of J free meat per adult meal RESERVATIONS Canadas largest Leather Store OPEN SUNDAYS Jack Tanners RESTAURANT MULCT E ACTON ENTERTAINMENT Thuradfttr Saturday THIS WEEK AIRCRAFT 60 Rock n Roll TRY OUR DAILY LUNCH and DINNER SPECIALS CW t SALLYTIELD g fr PLACES IN HEART Saturday agency GEORGETOWN MARKET CE 8770138 During William Bicentennial Calebra Ion brought a selection his isalher to The Copper Klfl which on Ihere through the winter Ha holds one tit ltd Golden Eagle Barghsmmer Is on of about four people In the world who do this hind of art work and he exhibits worldwide He started developing his skills when he was about six years old Since each picture taxes 400500 hours to complete he has only about 40 so The leather Is loo led and formed Into shapes under heat end moisture act ens SATURDAY SUM DAY from pm HOT COLD BUFFET KIBKEAST the Chateau Restaurant St Georgetown front or the Georgetown Motor Inn THIS WEEKS SPECIAL VEAL CUTLET MONDAY FRIDAY TRY OUR ran rions CALL 8777629