This week's artist feature is Miss Oblivious of Paynecreations.
Please tell us about yourself. What is your name? Where do you live? What makes you tick?
My artist name since 1999 was Miss Oblivious (Paynecreation dolls)which in 2011 reformed into KOOK Teflon.
I am a California native that migrated to the NW (Seattle) in 2006 yet i spend as much time as possible in New Orleans.
I find inspiration from various eras such as vintage photography, seedy history, seaside ports and dust-bowl glamour.
When did you start making dolls? Why did you start making dolls?
I started focusing my art towards dolls as a steady pastime in 2005. I had collected decrepit Victorian and mod 60's type dolls about 15 years prior.
Who or what influences you? Inspires you?
My biggest influence through art has been Madame Talbot, Dame Darcy,Claude Cahun, turn of the century Mardi Gras, Anita Berber,Marie Laveau, Haunted (United States) History and frequent visits to the Big Easy. I love recreating or creating historical persons. Sheri Debow is a big inspiration for me, she also introduced me to ADO.
Tell us a little about your dolls and your process for making them. Materials, preliminary sketches, inspiration, etc.
The dolls bodies are all hand-stitched from new cotton or felt. I normally stride to use as much vintage fabrics for my dolls, most of the time the fabrics I use will come from antique dresses, doilies/hankies, or household items which i reform into the dolls attire. I also place a eucalyptus nut from 19th century trees planted in the San Francisco estate of former New Orleans resident, voodoo priestess and civil rights advocate, Mary Ellen Pleasant, in most of my dolls.
Do you have a favorite doll? It can be handmade by you, handmade by someone else, or even (gasp) mass production.
My favorite doll i own at the moment is by Devout Dolls she is also a Seattle based doll artist and it is of Anabelle Lee which was Poe's lover and inspiration, she is in a white cotton gown and has beautiful long frizzy white hair with a gorgeous painted face! Anabelle Lee is in ghost form.
Besides making dolls, what do you do? Job, other creative pursuits, hobbies, etc.
Other than being a doll maker , I am a photographer and capture the darker side of glamour, zine publisher,i also make surreal music films,I produce live cabaret/queer/no-wave shows and events,curator, a mother and wife,
and just began a new career as "A Pike Place MArket Ghost Tour Guide".
What are some of your favorite: movies, books, websites, magazines, foods, TV shows, music? (Any or all!)
My favorite movies are Skeleton Key,Fire Walk With Me, Suddenly Last Summer,Angel Heart, Storyville, For TV you can find me watching shows such as Twin Peaks,True Blood, Treme,Haunted History,anything involving Rod Serling.
Some of my favorite bands are The Tiger Lilies,Death By Doll,Glass Candy, Dr.John's album "Gris Gris",Muddy Waters, Alabaster Choad,,Riot Grrrl era bands and 70/80's LA punk bands.
I love a few diff blogs such as
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
If I could live anywhere in the world (you guessed it)it would be New Orleans inside of a big decrepit home in the french quarter with my husband and children,
I find inspiration from the air, streets,sounds, religion and stories of the quarter.
Where do you see yourself in one year? Five years? Ten years?
My one year goal is to have all my travel paid for, have my book finished which is based from a few diff collections of dolls i have created.
In five years I plan on being a full time Louisiana Resident and within ten years I'd love to own a specialty doll/art curio shop/gallery in the quarter, a house on Esplanade.
I dream of making dolls all day & night and owning a pet goat.
Where can we find you on the internet? (blog, website, Etsy shop, eBay, et al.)
You can find me online at:
