Sunday, February 21, 2010

Mixed Media Dollhouses by Tally Oliveau and Julie Molina



Coming soon to a bookstore near you!
Available now on Amazon 

Here is a sample of one of the rooms I worked on.

Here is a preview courtesy of Amazon of one of the dollhouses in the book. 
 
Tally Oliveau is a collage and mixed media artist and has been widely published in Somerset Studio, Belle Amoire, Somerset Memories, and Somerset Home. Tally is the president of Papier Studio, a greeting card company. Her artistic cards are sold in stores all over the country. She lives and teaches in Los Angeles, CA.

Julie Molina is a collage and mixed media artist. She has been published in several of Stampington’s publications including Somerset Studios Magazine and her work is included in 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol. Julie lives in Los Angeles, CA.
 
I was fortunate to have been invited into a dollhouse group by Tally and Julie. They had the idea of getting a group of artists together to create several mixed media dollhouses. We chose themes such as an undersea house, and a castle among others. Each person was assigned one room of each house. We worked on this over the course of a year. Each month we finished our rooms and mailed them off to Julie. With hard work and determination Julie and Tally found a publisher - Quarry Books and it's about to be available in bookstores March 1. I can't wait to see it! Thanks Tally and Julie for including me in a project that was challenging and fun. 

9 comments:

Studio Panorama said...

Congratulations. I can't wait to see the book in person.
Bev

Tristan Robin said...

Awesome! What a fab idea - the pics look terrific. Can't wait to get a copy (will this be in Michael's?)

Frieda Oxenham said...

Wow, that's wonderful, Theresa! Congratulations and I'm off to pre-order this from Amazon! Your contributions look gorgeous!

Becky Shander said...

What a great idea for a book and I'll definitely have to check it out. Your part looks really cool and I can't wait to get a closer view.

danit said...

Hello Teresa.

I wanted to Congratulate you, I nominated you for the Sunshine Blog Award!

http://theletter.makingfaces1.com/2010/03/the-sunshine-blog-award-and-apology/

Thanks for having such a wonderful and interesting blog, I love your work.

theresa martin said...

Thank you danit, for the Sunshine Blog Award.

Terri said...

Lucky you! This must have been so fun to collaborate on!

Katie said...

It just so happens I bought this book last week, and today I stumbled across your blog! How fun. You have many wonderful things! Bravo. And I love your stuff in Somerset!

Wall Lights said...

nice posting keep blogging,