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The Art Doll WebRing consists of sites that promote dolls as works of art. These works are one-of-a-kind, or very small limited edition pieces hand-sculpted and created solely by the artist. No commercially available molds or reproductions of other artists work are used, nor do these dolls start life in another commercially available doll form such as in redesigned, repainted, and redressed commercial dolls. Mediums range from terra cotta, cloth, polymer clay, paperclay...you name it! The dolls range in genre from fantasy (as in fairies, elves, etc...to ultra-realism in children and adults). Below is an accepted description by many foremost Art Doll Organizations of what an art doll is: Some descriptions vary slightly with different groups but the standard is the same.
"The Art Doll is a work of art drawn from the mind and hand of the artist and not bound by the same rules as dolls in other categories. It doesn't not have to be recognizable as a human form. It may be dressed or not. If dressed, the clothes may be carved, sculpted, glued on etc. Any media is permissible and likely. The art doll is judged by the same criteria as any other form of art, i.e., by the principles of design, scale, proportion, contrast, dominance, rhythm, balance, and must be judged for what it IS, nothing else."
~Jane Covington
1. Sites in the ring must conform to the description at the top of the page.
2. Your site does not need to be solely Art Dolls, nor do all of the dolls on your site have to be Art Dolls. However, the Art Dolls should be easily located and separate from the other dolls.
3.It is preferred that the ring code be placed on your home page or on the opening page of the section that highlights your original dolls. If you choose to place your code on a Webring or links page, then you need to provide a clearly and easily found link on that page to the section of your site where your dolls are located. Redesigned/rebirthed dolls such as Barbies, vinyl babies, or reproduction dolls are not permissible if they are the only dolls on your site and your site does not focus on or feature other dolls fitting the description above.
4. No pornography please! I'm not talking about the occasional sculpture of a nude figure. What I don't want to see on your site or in your links to other sites, is material that exploits children, women, and men for the express purpose of gratifying sexual desire. You know what I mean. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck then it probably is. If I find such material on your site, or links to such sites, I will remove you from the ring.
5. When you fill out the join form, you can make up any password that is easy for you to remember. The Site ID # can be any word or number you like.
6. I reserve the right to remove your site at any time for any reason if I feel your site is no longer abiding by the above rules and guidelines.
- This is what your ring link code should look like. This is a sample only, and unless you are comfortable working with code, and inserting a background image, the background on the right of the image will be plain and not textured.
- The links in this sample do not work! Do not use this sample for your ring code. When you apply to the ring a custom ring code for your site will be automatically generated.
- You are not allowed to change the overall appearance or size of the ring code, including colors! Consistancy from site to site is important.
- A simple link to this page will not be a subsititute for the ring code. You must have the complete ring code on your website or the ring will be broken.
- Please save the images for the code on your website and link to them there. Stealing bandwidth is not cool!
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Right click on the images below and save them to your hard drive, then upload them to your website. You will need to specify in the code where they are located in your website.
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