Noschese, Marguerite

Sculpting, painting, sewing, and design are Marguerite Surich Noschese's life passions, and doll making encompasses all four!  Through the years, she has worked as a commissioned children's portrait artist in pastels, been an avid quilter, an antique doll dealer, and dabbled in interior design.  Marguerite began doll making over ten years ago as an offshoot of quilting after taking a cloth doll class with Eleanor Peace Bailey. 

Enchanted from childhood with Halloween she has used that sense of childhood magic as a focus for her dolls.  Her doll creations are combinations of all the treasures she has found throughout her travels. Antique laces from Paris, ribbons, and scraps of vintage quilts from her many antiquing jaunts throughout places like New Orleans, Mississippi, and New England.  Marguerite tries to capture a little of the spirit of Halloween in her creations by combining the whimsical, the scary, and the humorous. She enjoys the detail work of doll making and tries to include the tiniest detail in each work - even when she know that such detail (especially undergarments) may not be noticed - She knows that her doll has been crafted to the best of her abilities.

Marguerite has shown her work as a participating artist at Spirits in Sanford, Halloween & Vine, Hallowbaloo, Quinlan Art Shows, and at Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween.  She is a member of the Professional Doll Makers Guild, founded by Jack Johnston. Marguerite also participates in a number of Seasonal Art Shows in the New York area and sell her dolls through her Facebook website and other internet art forums.  All of my work is held in private collections.

She has been featured in Art Doll Quarterly, Spellery Magazine, Dolls Magazine, and International Doll Artists Magazine.  She has been awarded the 2020 1st place award for Character Doll by Dolls Magazine, the 2019 Gaudir Alicante 1st Place Award for Fantasy in the International Doll Artist Competition in Spain, the 2019 and 2020 1st Place Gold Award in the Professional Category for Character Dolls, 2018 and 2020 Helen Bullard Artist Doll Award for Excellence, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Gold Award for Professional Doll Artists, 2017 Gold Award for Professional Doll Artists, 2016 Judges Choice - Outstanding Artistry ID&TS, 2016 Holiday Challenge Award PDMAG, and the titiel of Master Artist in 2020 by the Professional Doll Artist Guild. Marguerite's work is on display at the Quinlan Art Museum in California.

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