Peggy Wilson

As a member of the CDAA since 2003, Peggy has been making dolls for almost 8 years now and designing her own almost from the beginning.

Peggy has been a member of “All Dolled Up”, an Ottawa doll club, for 7 years and a member of the Canadian Doll Artists Association for 5.

She began creating her own designs virtually from the start. She has served on the executive of “All Dolled Up” and the Board of Directors for the Canadian Doll Artists Association.

Awards:
1st in costuming Black and White Challenge 2002, Australia
1st All Dolled Up summer challenge “Moving” 2002
1st CDAA Fantasy division, 2003, for the Snotgurgle
2nd CDAA Realism division, 2003, for Monique
1st CDAA Caricature division, 2004, for Sir Humphrey Snodgrass
2nd CDAA Fantasy division, 2004, for Dervla, a Goth Faerie
2nd CDAA Abstract Representation, 2004, for Glooscap
2nd CDAA Caricature division, 2005, for ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’
2nd CDAA Fantasy division, 2006, for Brogan the Sock Gremlin
1st All Dolled Up, International Pin Doll Challenge 2008
1st All Dolled Up, Ladies of the Club Challenge, 2008
1st, Adele Scoritino’s Mardi Gras Challenge, 2008
1st Enchanted Doll Artists Convention, Albuquerque New Mexico, advanced artist division 2008, for “That would Just NOT be Allowed on Our Side of The Mirror” Best in Show, EDAC 2008

Twice her original designs have been selected for the All Dolled Up membership card. She was a featured artist, Foreign Exchange segment of HGTV’s Space for Living, spring 2006. Peggy’s work resides in private collections across Canada, the United States, Japan, Indonesia and Australia.

She was recently commissioned to create a ‘one of a kind’ figure for a popular Australian recording artist. Peggy has been teaching her original doll patterns as well as a variety of doll making techniques for over five years. Ontario and was selected to teach two classes at the Canadian Doll Artists Association Conference, May 2007 and 2008, her doll making workshop series at Algonquin’s Summer Academy of the Arts in 2007, 3 classes at Australia’s Masters at Maroochydore conference, August 2007 and to a full house at the Toronto Creativfestival in October 2007.

Peggy presently teaches introductory to advanced doll making techniques workshops, as well as specific featured dolls, in her home studio near Ashton and as a guest teacher both near and far from home.


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			Member Gallery - Artist Member Peggy Wilson Ashton, ON Email: thistledowndolls@hotmail.com
			As a member of the CDAA since 2003, Peggy has been making dolls for almost 8 years now and designing her own almost from the beginning. Peggy has been a member of “All Dolled Up”, an Ottawa doll club, for 7 years and a member of the Canadian Doll Artists Association for 5. She began creating her own designs virtually from the start. She has served on the executive of “All Dolled Up” and the Board of Directors for the Canadian Doll Artists Association. Awards: 1st in costuming Black and White Challenge 2002, Australia 1st All Dolled Up summer challenge “Moving” 2002 1st CDAA Fantasy division, 2003, for the Snotgurgle 2nd CDAA Realism division, 2003, for Monique 1st CDAA Caricature division, 2004, for Sir Humphrey Snodgrass 2nd CDAA Fantasy division, 2004, for Dervla, a Goth Faerie 2nd CDAA Abstract Representation, 2004, for Glooscap 2nd CDAA Caricature division, 2005, for ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’ 2nd CDAA Fantasy division, 2006, for Brogan the Sock Gremlin 1st All Dolled Up, International Pin Doll Challenge 2008 1st All Dolled Up, Ladies of the Club Challenge, 2008 1st, Adele Scoritino’s Mardi Gras Challenge, 2008 1st Enchanted Doll Artists Convention, Albuquerque New Mexico, advanced artist division 2008, for “That would Just NOT be Allowed on Our Side of The Mirror” Best in Show, EDAC 2008 Twice her original designs have been selected for the All Dolled Up membership card. She was a featured artist, Foreign Exchange segment of HGTV’s Space for Living, spring 2006. Peggy’s work resides in private collections across Canada, the United States, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. She was recently commissioned to create a ‘one of a kind’ figure for a popular Australian recording artist. Peggy has been teaching her original doll patterns as well as a variety of doll making techniques for over five years. Ontario and was selected to teach two classes at the Canadian Doll Artists Association Conference, May 2007 and 2008, her doll making workshop series at Algonquin’s Summer Academy of the Arts in 2007, 3 classes at Australia’s Masters at Maroochydore conference, August 2007 and to a full house at the Toronto Creativfestival in October 2007. Peggy presently teaches introductory to advanced doll making techniques workshops, as well as specific featured dolls, in her home studio near Ashton and as a guest teacher both near and far from home.