BROOK SCOTT
In
1996 I began creating cloth art dolls to represent characters from a
place I call the land N.B.Tween. The Ragmores are all cousins in one
way or another, who in addition to sharing the same middle name Louise,
also share a great love for the arts and sciences. Following in the
foot steps of their great great great grandmother Lavina Louise
Ragmore, they are curious, creative intelligent ladies who journey
from N.B.Tween purely to inspire everyone they encounter to embrace
learning something new and reunite with their imagination.
I‘m
always excited and filled with anticipation to see the final product
when I start working on a new doll. I never design or preconceive the
doll before starting, I just let whoever she decides to be emerge as I
go along. The end result is always a suprise. When I finally finish
one I get a real kick out of meeting the new Ragmore in town. It’s
also at this point that I decide, or rather she tells me what her name
will be.
No one made dolls like these when I was a child, for that matter they still don’t, so I decided that I would. I get some of my
inspiration from family photos by making use of the array of beautiful
hair, skin and eye color combinations as examples. The stylish rags
that the dolls wear are made from family, friend, and unknown rags of
all kinds. Linens, clothing, draperies, I use it all, I do however
try to stick to natural fibers if when possible to support the "Ragmores Go Green" campaign now promoted in the land N.B.Tween. For bodies I purchase
fabric in small quantities. Fabric die lots seldom remaining exactly the
same, so I take advantage of the subtle differences in shades of brown and tan
available each time I purchase a piece. I create a sort of familial
connection by stuffing one doll with the rags and trimmings of the
previous one or two or three who came before her. I think of this as
the Ragmore version of a family blood line.
VISTA SCOTT
In 2006 I decided to collaborate with my mother Vista Scott. She is an amazing artist thus
evidenced in the current captivating Ragmore faces. Ragmores are not
just art dolls, they are part of something much larger; citizens from the land
N.B.Tween. I desired to take the characters to yet another level by
enlisting Mom’s creative talent to interpret the personalities of the
characters I create in writing, onto the faces of the dolls that I
stitch. Mom and I make a great team. She’s just as much a dreamer as I
am, so she never questions my
gibberish about the Ragmores or the land N.B.Tween. She loves hearing
my nonsense just as much as I love writing it and we both know that
N.B.Tween nonsense makes good sense. There’s one other thing that we
both know and that is, when the Ragmores decided to come here from the
land N.B.Tween they packed enough rags to a stay for quite some time!
If you would like to know more about the Ragmores or any of the dolls from N.B.Tween send us a note at info@ragmoredolls.com
