Hello, I am Donna Wright, I am a wife and mother, I live in a beautiful area of Surrey with my husband, daughter, 3 dogs and 2 cats in an old Tudor farm house with a little cottage annexe "Doll Cottage" that is my studio.  The picture of the cottage you see on the welcome page is of "Doll Cottage".

Except for taking Art at O' level and A' level I am a self taught artist  with a continual desire to paint, draw and create. 

A few years before my daughter was born I took up a new hobby; "Doll Making".  Growing up I was always a girl who loved my dolls and I never out-grew them.  I almost think it is a pre-requisite for any doll maker, how can you create something that you have no love for?    

I joined an Adult Education class in my local area and learned how to make reproduction antique and modern porcelain dolls, the course was (if I remember rightly) over a 4 week period and from then on I was bitten, doll making became an obsession.

For Christmas and birthdays I asked for doll moulds by my favourite doll artists, I bought my kiln, which I still use to this day, porcelain, paints and brushes - these also became an obsession the best colours and brushes I could find would only do.  I learned every technique I could for creating my dolls and branched out for a little while at craft fairs in Surrey and Sussex.

In 1992 my daughter arrived, doll making slowed for a while, I still made dolls for family and friends and ideas flowed but lack of time and space did slow things considerably, then in 2005 we  moved to our new house with its perfect annexe, from the start this was to be mine.  More materials were bought, rooms designated for specific tasks, a pouring room, a sewing room and the studio which is the creative area.

Having a very firm understanding of the mechanics and techniques of doll making I Recently joined a Life Drawing and Sculpting Group/School to further my understanding of human anatomy, it has been refreshing from previously working in a very isolated individual environment to being alongside others with similar interests.

Now coming up-to-date 2010 (Summer) here I am sculpting my own dolls putting into practice all the years of gathered information to create my own special dolls, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy creating them.