Forough Haghani

A project since 2024

Drawing Dolls

Drawing Dolls turns children’s drawings into soft dolls. Forough follows each child’s lines, colours and proportions as closely as fabric allows, and keeps the name the child gave the figure. The first doll came from her daughter’s drawing; there are now 19 dolls from the drawings of 13 children.

The project can travel as a workshop: children draw, the artist sews, and the dolls are shown beside their drawings.

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A child’s drawing of a girl with a red bow
Drawing
The soft doll sewn from that drawing
Doll
A child’s drawing of a yellow spotted cat
Drawing
The yellow spotted cat doll
Doll
A child’s drawing of a brown dog with a red tongue
Drawing
The brown dog doll with a yellow tail
Doll