Tree Change Dolls — A huge thanks to producer Rani Chaleyer and camera...

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A huge thanks to producer Rani Chaleyer and camera operator Daniel Hartley-Allen and all the team at sbs2australia program The Feed for putting together such a lovely piece on our little story.

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I want to say a big thank you to all my followers. (Reached 5000 followers yesterday!)

Here is another recent Tree Change Doll I have finished. I just realised I have given her the exact hairdo I had as a child! So here’s a photo I found of me learning to paint at kinder. Rather appropriate.

Other exciting news is that Tree Change Dolls will be on TV tonight at 7:30pm Tasmanian time. Tune in to SBS2 program The Feed, or live stream at:

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/349779011574/the-feed-live-stream

We will be on Twitter straight after the show to hear your thoughts. First time I’ve done this. @treechangedolls

Sonia

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I will have another group of Tree Change Dolls available in my Etsy shopwww.etsy.com/au/shop/treechangedolls on Wednesday 2nd December at 10pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time). Here are a few preview photos of some of the dolls enjoying a frolic outside now the days are getting warmer here in Tassie! That means holiday season is on the way!

I will post more photos soon, so stay tuned.

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PREORDER Set of 6 blank Tree Change Dolls greeting cards, original photos by artist Sonia Singh
This is a PREORDER. The photos displayed are the sample cards supplied by the printer. The final product may vary slightly. This set of 6 blank

Hi again. 

We’ve had so many messages, emails and enquirers today that we have brought forward the listing of the first set of Tree Change Dolls greeting cards on the etsy shop. This is a preorder - they are being printed next week. We didn’t want to just produce merchandise for the sake of it so we decided that greeting cards were something that people could buy to be filled with good thoughts and messages to give to other people in an act of generosity. 

We don’t want to produce anything that doesn’t have a use. We are working with a local printer who’s business is just up the road and we are using the greenist paper we can. We would love it if you wanted to buy some! 

Thanks for the amazing supportive messages throughout the last few weeks. Sonia and John.

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A statement from Sonia Singh, the Tasmanian artist behind Tree Change Dolls.
 
Hi everybody,
It’s now been just two weeks since I started my tumblr and put up the images of my ‘Tree Change Dolls’ (after encouragement from my partner). I never, ever imagined my work would reach as far and touch as many people as it has!
I have begun working on some new dolls. About 20 of these will be put up on Etsy on 15 Feb, and I plan to create a similar number of Tree Change Dolls each month. As I work on transforming these dolls, my partner will film and put together a few short videos online showing the process. I would also love to publish a photo book depicting the Tree Change Dolls in their outdoor environments.
For sentimental reasons I have decided to keep my original group of dolls with the exception of the two Tree Change Dolls pictured. These two little girls I have now listed on eBay. 20% of the final sale price will be donated to support the good work of the International Women’s Development Agency (www.iwda.org.au).
The rest will help me set up my new small business. (This has all happened so fast!) These dolls are listed through my partner’s eBay account, with user name 'madang_man’.
The interest, support and response to my work has truly amazed me, and it has only just begun to sink in that this could be a life altering experience. I will to continue to create reused dolls and toys and hope my work inspires other people to experience the joy of creative toys that are personal and unique treasures. 
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has tumbld, reposted, shared, liked, followed, favourited, upped, retweeted, commented, blogged, sent lovely emails etc. I would also like to say thanks to the media outlets that made a donation to IWDA in exchange for using my tumblr images in their publications.
This experience has reaffirmed for me that the special and lasting nature of our connection to childhood toys is universal.
I am looking forward to see what happens from here.
Sonia Singh
Tree Change Dolls
Tasmania
29 Jan 2015
 
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This is the doll with no hands I am shown buying in The FEED documentary. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/story/tree-change-dolls

Take a look at her now. I have made her some removable hands from oogoo. They do come off quite easily so I’m going to have another try. I also thought I might make her some gardening gloves. I might also try making her some hands that are shaped so she can hold things.

It will be up to whoever this doll goes to to decide how they would like her to have adventures. With or without hands, with or without feet, with one, two or no hands.

In other news, our March charity doll is doing well on ebay, and still 4 days to go. 50% of the auction price will go to IWDA for International Women’s Day. Check out the eBay listing here http://bit.ly/1E5gOtI

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Here’s a few more photos of my last group of dolls climbing Mt Wellington! 

The next group of Tree Change Dolls will be available on 3rd February at 10pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time in my Etsy shop. I am planning to support the Australian Twin Registry for February. Twins (both identical and non-identical) are an important resource in all kinds of medical and social science research. My twin sister and I have participated in many studies that may one day lead to new knowledge that may help many people. Twins are also pretty cute! I’m going to enjoy painting and re-styling some sets of twin dolls for the February group!

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Meet little Lucy! She is the Tree Change Dolls® charity doll for June supporting Save the Children. She is now up for auction on eBay athttp://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121668562669

I will let her introduce herself:

“Hello! My name is Lucy. I love looking after my backyard chookies. My chooks names are Dame Eggna and Julayer. I feed them with food scraps from the kitchen and with lots of green grass. I also give them pellets to help them lay eggs with strong shells. I sometimes go snail hunting in the garden for them too! They are great pets and I love watching them pecking and scratching. It makes me feel relaxed and happy to sit in the garden and watch and listen to their antics.”

Lucy has been cleaned, had her hair restyled, factory paint removed and a new face meticulously painted on and sealed. Sonia has hand modelled new removable gumboots for her using a combination of oogoo (a homemade silicone based mixture) combined with Sugru.

Also included are the two hand-knitted chooks designed and knitted by Sonia’s mother Silvia.

Lucy comes in a hand-knitted short sleeved cardigan and lovely blue shorts designed and hand made by Sonia’s mum Silvia Singh.

Happy bidding!

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I’m excited to have just made available our first Tree Change Dolls knitting pattern as a downloadable PDF in my Etsy shop . It has been a pleasure working with my mum Silvia to prepare the pattern and photographs, and with Nat our ace designer at Onetonne​ who has put the whole thing together so nicely.

We have tried to make the pattern suitable for beginners as well as more experienced knitters. All measurements use metric units (I am a scientist and an Australian remember), so just be warned.

This is the first of many patterns to come. Happy knitting!

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