Vanessa Birdsey

I am a retired library director with a 50-year interest in clothing (especially costumes), and in many crafts including doll making, crochet, weaving, ceramic sculpture, and sculpting using acrylic clay. Most of the crafts I am interested in are in support of creating dolls. I am including pictures of some of my more recent dolls and some of my costumes.

I originally planned on being an astronaut and I would still go except my body would probably fall apart on take-off.
I have graduate degrees in Microbiology, Medicine, and Library Science. From 1980 to 1988 I made dolls and dragons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, while I was working full time as a librarian. I retired as the Library Director of Scott County Minnesota public libraries.