I am so pleased to share that Pele won the People's Choice Award at the show in Minnesota:
"For Pele: Playing With Fire" by Julie Branch of Rottedam, NY won the People's Choice Award for the "Figuratively Fiber" exhibition of art dolls. There were lots of votes and our guests had many favorites. Thanks to all the artists who shared their work and to Richard and Jodi Creager, the jurors, who selected such a great diversity of art dolls for the Textile Center to Exhibit. "For Pele: Playing with Fire" was purchased and is now a part of a couple's fiber art collection."
from
Textiles on the Town
Textile Center of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
http://juliebranch.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html