Barbara Bell

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation portrait artist, doll designer/creator, writer
Location Kingsport, Tennessee
Introduction Middle-aged married lady with six kids born 1980 - 1997; homeschooling parent, portrait artist, dollmaker, writer, editor/proofreader.
Interests Reading, writing, drawing, knitting, sewing, playing the mandolin, listening to music, baking bread, pottery, tap-dancing, juggling.
Favorite Movies You've Got Mail (even though I don't like the idea of internet romance), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (much gentler and more romantic than it sounds), Casablanca (possibly the best movie ever made)
Favorite Music Handel's "Water Music, " Mozart of almost any kind, bluegrass/handmade Appalachian instruments--especially hammered dulcimer, GLAD a capella, and more
Favorite Books The Rosemary Tree by Elizabeth Goudge, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (especially In the Company of Cheerful Ladies) by Alexander McCall Smith, the Mitford series by Jan Karon

Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?

It will be made of papier-mache, and will commemorate the victory of saving money by successfully re-using many commonly discarded household items and materials.