Artist: Kathryn Belzer
Size: 75 CM tall
Medium: Needlesculpted cloth with papier mâché and wire armature.
Photo: Dan Abriel

Ralph is a cross-dressing leopard frog who is positioned atop his stump. I am indebted to Julie MacCullough’s Gnome Crone for the legs and cut-in-one shoes. The stump has a niche for hanging earrings and two practical drawers. One drawer contains a quote from Jeanette Winterson’s, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery, concerning the importance of cross-dressed performers to Shakespere’s plays and to early opera. The content of the other drawer is known to very few.

Ralph is about 75 CM tall including his stump, he’s made in needlesculpted cloth with papier mache’ and wire armature. As my contribution to the frog swap sponsored by the online discussion group, canadianfibredollmakers@egroups.com, he hopped West and is now part of the collection of Donna Walker, Calgary.