{"id":2752,"date":"2015-01-27T19:13:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T01:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2015-01-27T19:18:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T01:18:07","slug":"artist-makes-handmade-author-dolls-including-updike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2015\/01\/27\/artist-makes-handmade-author-dolls-including-updike\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist makes handmade author dolls, including Updike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-27-at-6.52.17-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2753\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-27-at-6.52.17-PM-195x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-01-27 at 6.52.17 PM\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-27-at-6.52.17-PM-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-27-at-6.52.17-PM.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Like Updike&#8217;s main witch in <em>The Witches of Eastwick<\/em>, <strong>artist Debbie Ritter<\/strong> makes small figurines\u2014not women, like Alex&#8217;s &#8220;bubbies,&#8221; but authors and characters from literature.<\/p>\n<p>Her company is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/uneekdolldesigns\">UneekDollDesigns<\/a>, and you can buy dolls of authors like Lewis Caroll, Virginia Woolf, Gwendolyn Brooks, Flannery O&#8217;Connor, Dashiell Hammett, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/220009656\/author-doll-john-updike-creative-writer?ref=shop_home_active_6\">John Updike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This creative author doll is crafted out of wood, wire, clay, and paint. He wears a costume of black pants, plum colored, ribbed turtleneck, and holds a copy of one of his famed works. His hair is real fiber and his face is hand painted. A perfect addition to the fan of Updike&#8217;s literary works!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Updike holds a miniature version of the 2003 Ballantine Books paperback edition of the first two Rabbit novels.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter, who is from Huntsville, Ala., has gotten some notice for her dolls, including <em>The Today Show<\/em>, <em>At Home in Illinois<\/em> magazine, <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> online, <em>Showtime<\/em>, a PBS documentary on Rachel Carson, and <em>Doll Collector Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Updike&#8217;s main witch in The Witches of Eastwick, artist Debbie Ritter makes small figurines\u2014not women, like Alex&#8217;s &#8220;bubbies,&#8221; but authors and characters from literature. Her company is UneekDollDesigns, and you can buy dolls of authors like Lewis Caroll, Virginia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2015\/01\/27\/artist-makes-handmade-author-dolls-including-updike\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-corner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}