Erte Designs Into Paper Dolls
After working for decades as a fashion illustrator and art director, Norma Lu focuses her creative efforts on paper dolls.Trained at Parsons School of Design, her specialty is antique clothing and it shows in her paper doll art. Her Wardrobe series, published by Hobby House Press, includes paper doll sets from the Edwardian, Victorian and Art Deco periods. Her titles for Texas Tech University Press includeCollection by Design I and IIrepresenting dozens of exquisitely rendered costumes from Kent State Museum collection. Other titles includeThe Fowler Family Gets Dressed, The Fowler Family Celebrates Statehood and a WeddingandHeroine of the Limberlostabout naturalist and author, Gene Stratton-Porter.A favorite artist at the annual paper doll conventions, Norma Lu Meehan's souvenir paper dolls are always a hit. These days, Norma Lu is pleased to be working on new paper doll projects for Paper Studio Press. Her fashionable titles includeA Palette of Paper Dolls, Little Ladies of Fashion, The Silver Screen in Black and WhiteandRuth St. Denis Paper Dolls. Her movie star titles includeMargaret O'Brien, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda FlemingandGreta Garbo.With a big family of children and grandchildren, Norma Lu divides her time between her home in Indiana and her lake house in Michigan.