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Dollmaker Alesia
Newman-Breen is also an actress, sculptor, graphic artist, writer, wife
and mother who lives in suburban Baltimore, Maryland with her
husband and son. A longtime member of the Screen Actors Guild, Alesia
has appeared in many films, television programs and commercials. She
played a newscaster in the science-fiction film "Species II"and
appeared in dozens of episodes of the long-running Baltimore-based
crime drama "Homicide: Life on the Street'. Alesia's unique
dolls were featured on the "Fresh Faces" page of DOLLS Magazine in
November 2002. Her work has won praise from many, including the late
doll artist Laura Meisner. Laura noted Alesia's "total and unflinching
attention to detail. The dolls are quite rich looking. Something about
the muscularity of the dolls, especially the male ones, reminded me of
the paintings of El Greco." A life-long doll collector, Alesia says "I
began making stuffed animals for my son when he was a baby. I
progressed to cloth dolls and figurines. Eventually, my love of fantasy
and science-fiction art led me to create fully-jointed, posable dolls,
using polymer clay for the head, breastplate, arms and legs, with a
cloth-over-wire-armature body."
Alesia's dolls have
been exhibited in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other cities.
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