Fadila Sqalli

Fadila was an art teacher in a secondary school in Morocco, her country of origin; she married her English husband and left in 1987. She has been making cloth dolls since 1982 and in 1992 met a Dutch doll artist who introduced her to dollmaking using papier-mâché.

Fadila is fascinated by dolls and totally dedicated to dollmaking. She is currently experimenting with porcelain clay, Fimo and Cernit but has never forgotten her beloved cloth. Fadila is doing a sculpture course and believes in learning and improving all the time. She would like to specialise in one-of-a-kind Moroccan dolls but welcomes commissions.

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