{"id":38,"date":"2025-10-30T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:28:22","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Welcome to Jenna Pan Dolls \u2022 Portfolio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">&#8220;I\u2019m a doll artist who also likes to make costumes, illustrations and puppets. I like to share my interests through the workshops I facilitate and the events I attend.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20231127_203618-copy.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">&#8220;Making art has always been my way of interacting with the world. Over time, it has become a link to my childhood and a way to keep that spark alive, as time and responsibilities tend to make us forget that, once upon a time, we experienced the world in its most mystical and vivid form&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">My craving for reviving all things gone, and a desire to see imaginary creatures come to life, have fuelled my art for decades now, and I hope it will for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);grid-template-columns:auto 33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The technique I mainly used is called doll customizing. The principle is to turn manufactured, mass-produced dolls, into unique pieces of art by modifying them from head to toes, giving them new features and clothes. This practice involves a whole range of skills, from painting to modeling and sewing, which makes every custom a fun new adventure. The feelings attached to old toys that have been abandoned, the nostalgia that may arise when looking at their shape, all of this resonates deeply in my practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1-36x48.jpg 36w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/20230924_224914-1.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">I also like to work with upcycled fabrics and objects whenever I can. I enjoy playing with textures and materials I&#8217;m not always familiar with, and I often let them shape my ideas, sometimes redefine some of my projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Outside of doll-making, I\u2019m interested in baking, learning Japanese and attending social groups. I also have an obsession for collecting cute notebooks that I am quite happy to fill with all sorts of shiny stickers and colourful tape. What can I say? I am easy to entertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-1024x767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1451 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-1536x1151.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-24x18.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-36x27.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03-48x36.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/jennapandolls.ie\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-23-at-12.27.03.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:23px\"><br>My wish is to share the pleasure of making dolls with the world, and meet lovely people along the way.&#8221;<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Jenna Pan Dolls \u2022 Portfolio &#8220;I\u2019m a doll artist who also likes to make costumes, illustrations and puppets. 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