Amy fell in love with clay during her first introduction to it in kindergarten, when she made a hilltop tree holding a nest containing several tiny eggs. Taking every art course available while in high school, she moved to Europe for five years before returning to her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, where she has taken several clay courses and volunteered for the non-profit KC Clay Guild.
As a ceramic artist, tiles have been the focal point of Amy’s work. She is always expanding her ideas for textures, patterns and subject matter. Her amazing doll last year was one that was hard for me to let go of. Fortunately, a friend of mine bought it, so I get to see it pretty regularly!
This year’s doll is just as magical. With it, Amy manages to take me back to my own childhood memories of imagining myself “queen of the land.”
Amy wrote this about her doll:
“When I approached the doll project this year I decided to take into consideration the personality of the child who made the doll. Of course I have never met him or her, so I don't really have any actual information, but it is always fun to imagine.
So, the girl who made this doll is about ten years old and has a vivid imagination. She loves to run through open fields with her arms outstretched pretending to fly. The hills and valleys where she lives are always bright green, like the first grass in the spring. She also likes to collect rocks and fossils and pretend she is a paleontologist who has discovered new forms of ancient life. Of course she names them all.
Her favorite imaginary game is to pretend she is queen of the land. She is a nice queen and very fair with her subjects, and in return they all love her and bring her gifts of fine food and jewels.”
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