About the Artist
Carole Brothers designs and creates cloth and doll art using paints, dyes, textiles, mixed medium to produce wall dolls, cloth figurines, and wearable arts. Her innovative approach leads her to discover many fascinating ideas to incorporate common household objects as well as other unusual items in her work. Carole’s newest creations include surface manipulation and found objects.

Carole began making dolls in 1999 after noticing that there were very few dolls that reflected both her African American heritage and her Christian values. With a creative spirit and deft hands but without formal training, Brothers has integrated a number of techniques she has learned from various workshops over the years to create her one-of-a-kind pieces. She uses paints, dyes, textiles, mixed media, and surface manipulation to design dolls, figurines, and wall art. Her innovation leads her to incorporate found objects and household items in unusual ways. Carole describes her work as an “interpretation on dollmaking from that dates to the earliest of times.”

Carole has been commissioned to do dolls for prominent clientele such as, The Smithsonian African American Museum Shop. Her work continues to excite customers and can also be found in their private collections throughout the United States of America.

Exhibitions include:
• Cecil County Art Council held in conjunction with the Dizite Doll Club – Under the Big Top
• The International Doll Show, Wilberforce, Ohio
• Doll Show, Union Station, Washington, DC
• Mocha Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Darker Images Doll Show and Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Fiberart Show, Apex Museum, Washington DC

Awards
• The Black Doll Show, Towson, MD
• Purple Door Music/Art Festival, PA

Publication
• Better Homes and Gardens Crafts showcase