Some words stick long after they’ve been spoken. Effie knows that kind of hurt. She gathers up the barbed words and their sting, giving you a place to set them down instead of carrying them around in your own heart. Her golden star pocket is ready to keep what you’re letting go
Effie’s head began as a fresh apple, carved by hand and slowly dried for about 30 hours or more. As it shrinks, the apple forms her own expressive, weathered face. Then I build her broomcorn body and sew her dress by hand, tailoring it just for her. Her warm golden fabric is printed with dark branching vines, and a stitched star pocket rests on the front. Sterling silver details are worked among her beads and charms.
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian makers. Effie is one of my original Worry Women of Broom Hollow, made with that old handmade tradition in mind.
Some words stick long after they’ve been spoken. Effie knows that kind of hurt. She gathers up the barbed words and their sting, giving you a place to set them down instead of carrying them around in your own heart. Her golden star pocket is ready to keep what you’re letting go
Effie’s head began as a fresh apple, carved by hand and slowly dried for about 30 hours or more. As it shrinks, the apple forms her own expressive, weathered face. Then I build her broomcorn body and sew her dress by hand, tailoring it just for her. Her warm golden fabric is printed with dark branching vines, and a stitched star pocket rests on the front. Sterling silver details are worked among her beads and charms.
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian makers. Effie is one of my original Worry Women of Broom Hollow, made with that old handmade tradition in mind.
