08 April 2009

Maya


Por vezes, pessoas de diferentes nacionalidades conhecem-se, apaixonam-se e dão origem a novas pessoas. É o caso de uma menina que é simultaneamente portuguesa e dinamarquesa; loura e de olhos azuis, não deixa de ser tão lusa quanto eu. Esta boneca (uma nova versão destas duas que fiz na altura do Natal) pretende retratar esse encontro de culturas: o seu cabelo louro vem de uma camisola amarela em pura lã (que pertenceu a um tio meu quando era pequeno), os olhos azuis foram bordados e o vestido é numa chita de que gosto especialmente. Espero que a pequena Maya se identifique com a sua nova amiga.


Sometimes people from different nationalities meet, fall in love and originate new people. There is this little girl who is simultaneously Portuguese and Danish; she is blonde and has blue eyes and yet she is as Portuguese as I am. This doll (a new version of these two I made over last Christmas) is an attempt to show this cultural encounter: her blonde hair comes from an old pure wool jumper (that belonged to one of my uncles when he was a child), her blue eyes are embroided and her dress is made of a 'chita' (Portuguese traditional fabric) I especially love. I hope little Maya will be able to see herself in her new friend.


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Esta boneca, tal como as anteriores, foi feita com base num molde da autoria da Emily Martin.
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This doll, as well as the other two I made earlier, was made based on an original pattern by Emily Martin.

(images: Tiago Cabral)

15 comments:

  1. Can I tell you that your blog is very nice ? I love sewing,knitting,crocheting and doing every thing with my hands,my ideas and of course my fantastic sewing machine too...
    If you like I'll put you in my favourite links ,do you ?
    With friendship
    AnnaPaula

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  2. Hi Constanca,

    We are on the same e-course.
    I just checked out your blog - it looks great. Seems like you have been in the blogging business for a while know - great job!
    Take care,
    Anita

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  3. Beutiful! I love things with that much thought in them!

    /Maria

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  4. A ideia é ternurenta e o resultado amoroso :) Gostei bastante desta mescla transposta para o craft
    Uma boa semana

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  5. Is it a coincidence that your doll's hair looks like one in here? http://letrainfantome-notes.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-lumi.html

    One needs to be careful where the creativity comes from.

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  6. Hi Rose,

    I made this doll based on a pattern Emily Martin (author of the blog 'Inside a Black Apple') shared on the Martha Stewart show.

    In this post I link to the first dolls I made: if you read that post you'll see that I link directly to Emily. But, just in case, I'll add those credits to this post too.

    Cheers,

    Constança

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  7. Olá :)

    Pensei en ti cando o ví http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=wtwqhw&preview=1&_x=1#/page0/

    Beijinhos

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  8. Meninheira: obrigada! :) Acertaste, gosto muito da GreenGate!

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  9. Estou encantada com o seu blog e do seu trabalho,vou tentar adquirir algo na loja assim que puder!

    Um abraço ;o)

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  10. Concha!! é un prazer receber uma resposta.

    Muito, muito obrigada, um beijinho dende a Galiza :)

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  11. Very cute! I really like the fabric you used for the body.

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