What's in a Name? Part One ~ Lucretia

When I’m making a ragdoll, sometimes I have a name in mind before I start. Sometimes they take on a personality as they develop and seem to tell me what they should be called. Lucretia was one of the latter.

 

Lucretia - OOAK Gothic Rag Doll

 

I knew I wanted to give her a beautiful gothic dress and corset, but didn’t know exactly how she would turn out. I decided to let her take on a life of her own … and she did. The look of steely determination in her black button eyes and tightly stitched mouth called to mind one of my early gothic influences, Patricia Morrison of The Sisters of Mercy. In my teens, I was in awe of her and spend hours in my room perfecting the iconic goth make-up and back-combed hair. It was also Patricia who  inspired me to pick up a bass guitar. The first song I learned to play was Lucretia My Reflection.

 

Patricia Morrison - Sisters of  Mercy Bassist and 1980's Gothic Fashion Icon

 

So, as I sat stitching the hair to my latest gothic rag doll, it seemed fitting to name her Lucretia, in honour of the musician and the song that stitched a little piece of goth into my being that never left.