When we went to Ethiopia two and a half years ago, they had these little dolls at the guest house we stayed at that represented a traditional Ethiopian wedding. I fell in love with them but couldn’t find out who made them or where to buy some like those ones. The people at the guest [...]

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I want to start this post by thanking the people at the New York African Film Festival for letting me watch and review the two Ethiopian films showcased at this festival. I truly appreciate their gesture. The first movie I watched is Lezare (for Today). It is a short film directed [...]

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I don’t want to post every single doll I’ve been making these past weeks because this blog will turn into a “doll blog”. But every now and then I will show you one. There are many times in which my dolls don’t turn out as I want, after all each one of them [...]

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You probably already read about my “an Ethiopian doll a week” challenge, so I thought what was more adequate to give away to one of my readers than an Ethiopian angel doll! So here she/he is, a simple handmade arched-shaped doll for you and your child to [...]

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