Another very kind member of the family, who is also interested in my blog about my late mother, Sarah Jane Fisher, has done a bit more research into the article I mentioned a few posts ago.
She has discovered that 'Sarah Jane Fisher - The Dollmaker Who Hated Dolls' is in fact written about my mother. Although the whole journal is not accessible online, a few extracts are viewable if the right keys words are used in the search (I have learnt).
“As a child, Sarah Jane Fisher had no interest in dolls whatsoever. In fact she despised people even remotely interested in them. But childhood was very special in those days, and she spent hers in the market town of Malton in Yorkshire...”
Sarah was obsessed with hobby horses as a child, at her family home in Malton! I believe she was very much a tomboy - but I don't recall her saying she hated dolls...
“Painting the faces is her favourite part of dollmaking. Herein lies the real heart and soul of a doll and signature and expertise of the real artist. Botch the face and the doll is worthless. For Sarah Jane painting... “
Sarah's dolls definitely show that painting faces was her favourite part...and interestingly the word 'signature' is used. I'd struggled to find the right word when I was trying to say a little about the dolls' faces, and signature was what seemed appropriate. And it's true - the heart and soul of a doll is in it's face.
I'd dismissed this interview due to it's title; it hadn't occured to me that it was referring to Sarah as a child - but it makes for a catchy headline!
Now I need to see if this article has been stored away somewhere in Sarah's archives, but if not, it is possible to purchase a copy of the journal. I'm looking foward to having a look through these archives in February...
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| Mum gave me 'Lady on a Sofa'. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, about 20 years ago. |
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