...Handmade Dolls...
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like newborn baby dolls
Cyndy's handmade dolls are realistic baby dolls and maybe even the most realistic baby dolls.
Her
newborn dolls are newborn baby dolls and again are realistic newborn baby dolls.
Her native American baby dolls are some of the most beautiful sculptured dolls
you will ever find.
For larger graphics of dolls just click on the photo.
Cyndy's business "Echoes of the Past and First Stop Java"
is located directly across from the historic Weippe Prairie, where for untold
generations has been a favorite place to gather camas roots. Hand
sculpted dolls are made from sculpey polymer modeling clay. Then baked at low
temperatures. They are all one-of-a-kind. I may be doing limited edition
sculptures made from man-made stone at a later date.
Echoes of the Past and First Stop Java is owned and operated by Cyndy Koerling,
a life-time resident of the region. In 1986 Cyndy started making her hand
crafted One-of-a-Kind Indian dolls and has had a home business ever since. She
has sold her dolls to people as far away as Australia and to people as famous as Demi Moore. A few years ago Cyndy decided to expand the business and started
construction. Now it is Cyndy’s Echoes of the Past and First Stop Java
including a gallery, estimated to be completed January 2006, which will be
filled with pieces of the past and hand-crafted items. Also included in the
business is a drive thru espresso hut (First Stop Java) which is already a
prospering piece of the business, and a tourist information center.
Although there
are various different items for sale, the business has and always will center
around Cyndy’s one-of-a–kind, hand sculpted dolls. These dolls, after all,
started Echoes of the Past and First Stop Java. Indian babies come in four
different sizes in their own hand beaded cradleboard. Cyndy has recently
started making specialty sculptures like the Lewis and Clark set and an
impressive Chief Joseph on his Appaloosa. Each one is unique because they do
not come from a mold. They are lovingly sculpted and put together by Cyndy
herself. She also makes portrait dolls but these have to be special ordered.
Dream catchers and medicine bags are also in the gallery. All of these things
are hand crafted with love and care.
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Various
artifacts and antiques will be on display. Most have been collected by the
Koerling family over the years but some have been given to the business by
friends or found at an antique store. An old revolver, a ticket on the Orient
Express, and authentic Indian arrow heads dug from the Weippe Prairie are just a
few examples.