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I HAVE A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE BISQUE DOLL ARMS AND LEGS - BECAUSE, OF COURSE I DO. I THOUGHT HOW ODDLY ANACHRONISTIC IT WOULD BE IF THESE PERIOD DOLLS HAD TATTOOS. WHAT WOULD SOMEONE FROM 1890 THINK ABOUT A DOLL WITH PERMANENT INK DRAWINGS ON THEIR ARMS AND LEGS, LET ALONE A YOUNG WOMAN? THE SHIFTS IN WHAT PEOPLE DEAM ACCEPTABLE OR NOT, INTRIGUE ME AND FOR THIS REASON, I BEGAN PUTTING TINY TATTOOS ON THESE DOLL PARTS. FRIENDS WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE NEVER BRAVE ENOUGH PUT A TATTOO ON THEIR OWN BODY, WERE ESPECIALLY ATTRACTED TO THE PIECES. SOMEHOW IT WAS SAFER TO HAVE THE TATTOO ON A DOLL. AS A RESULT, I CREATED A SERIES OF NECKLACES AS WELL AS REARVIEW MIRROR CHARMS AND SHADE PULLS.
