Author: Joy Murray

I'm a 60 year old artist in Memphis, Tennessee. I spend my life trying to catch stories, give them form, color and light, then send back out into the world.

Dressed

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I got my reader doll dressed and coiffed today.  I had recently read a great book on making cloth dolls and how to make precise little garments.  I tried a few but went back to draping and attaching the garment to the body.  Since I am working by hand, I like using the garments to shape and add character.  I love it when the fabric pools into a shape all its own.  I also am still attached to visible stitches — not every stitch, but enough to show the fragile nature of human structures.  Precision is not my nature.

Now I just need to make her shoes and her book.

Storyteller Anne Rutherford – Home Page

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I got a chance to see Anne Rutherford today and she was brilliant.  Very engaging stories and lovely songs accompanied by her mandolin. Her tag line is “Lifting hearts, fueling imaginations with live, original stories.”  She also won the Liars Contest at the NW Folk Life Festival and she told a great one today.  Wonderful bird stories and songs, sweet harvest stories,  and a mixed bag of humor, insight and delight.  If you get a chance to see her, don’t miss it!

Storyteller Anne Rutherford – Home Page.

Chronically Inspired Workshops

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Here’s a link to my new blog on rising above pain creatively.  It will be the main space for talking specifically about my ideas on this matter and you can find out information on workshops and classes I’ll be offering:

http://chronicallyinspired.wordpress.com/