Bibliography

Below is a fairly complete list, in chronological order, of published articles or mentions of my work - plus some other relevant items.

This list does not include advertising material that I commissioned.

If you are aware of any other material that I may be interested in, that is not in this list, then please contact me JosephineParnell@Hotmail.com

1995. Promotional Material for Country Cottage Craft Shows.
1995. Bears commissioned by Award winning Doll Artist, Andrea Robbins, to accompany her pieces, Christpher Robin and Goldilocks. These were advertised in Doll magazine and exhibited at IDEX as well as in Germany in 1995.
June 1996. Commended in Best Dressed Bear competition by Trent Bear Fairs.

November 1996.Teddy Bear Scene magazine. Article announcing launch of Original Design Dolls House Bears.
November 1996. "The Event", Alexandra Palace , London - Souvenir Showguide (and every year since). The Original Design Dolls House Bears were launched at this event.
April 25th 1997. Northampton Journal. Small feature with photo.
April 1997. Teddy Bear Scene magazine. Bears included in a photo in an article about The Tedi-Bach hug - miniature Bear Club which Josephine is still a member of.
May 1997. Teddy Bear Club International magazine. Bear on front cover and full three page article with photo's.
July 1997. Teddy Bear Club International magazine. Norvelle Bear Kit article and prize draw.
June 1997. Commended in Best Dressed Bear competition by Trent Bear Fairs.
September 1997. Dolls House World magazine. Small article with photo.
Sept/Oct. 1997. Beautiful Stiches magazine. Small Norvelle 'kit giveaway' article, with photo.
October 1997. Maison de Poupée No. 47, French Dolls House magazine. Mention and photo as a part of a 'Miniatura' show review.
December 1997. Teddy Bear Club International magazine. Photo and write-up as part of promotional giveaway.
1997. Nominated in the British Bear Artist Awards. In the 'miniature group' category with a family of Dolls House Bears.
1997. A pair of 12th Scale Dolls House Bears were Donated and Auctioned at The 1st Japan Teddy Bear Picnic. Funds were raised for the aid of children affected by the Koebe earthquake.
January 1998. Crafts Beautiful magazine. Two Bears featured on front cover.
March/April 1998. Teddy Bear Scene magazine. Norvelle Kit Review with photo's.
May 1998. Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine. Front cover photo and full three page article with photo's.
June 1998. Teddy Bear Club International magazine. Small article and photo.
Sept. 1998. Crafts Beautiful magazine. Two page article with photo's featuring a specially designed easy to make set of 'pocket pals', miniature animals. Included patterns and instructions.
Sept/Oct. 1998. International Dolls House News magazine. Photo and desription as part of 'Miniatura' show review.
Nov. 1998. Dolls House World magazine. Full two page article with photo's and kit review.
Nov. 1998. Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine. Front cover photo of "Libearty"
1998. "Libearty" a 'one of a kind' Bear. Donated and auctioned as part of the World Society for the Protection of Animals 'Libearty' fund raising.

1998. Nominated in the 'miniature group' category of The British Bear Artist Awards.
1998. Certificate of Achievment in two categories at the Tedi-Bach Hug Convention competitions.
1999. Bear used on 'Miniatura' promotional material.
April 1999. Josephine was accepted as a member of the British Toymakers Guild. (membership has been allowed to lapse).
July 1999. Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine. Bears in three photo's as part of an article on 'The Millenium Castle' charitable project as well as in the photo on the front cover.
August/Sept. 1999. International Dolls House News magazine. Photo and mention.
1999. Photo's with credit featured as part of book 'Teddy Bears and all that", by Rotraud Ilish published on CD Rom in German and English.
Feb. 2000. Dolls House and Miniature Scene. Bears in front cover feature photo, with credit.

May 19th 2000. The County Times, Powys. Article for a charity event with photo containing my Bears. Bear also donated for auction to help raise funds for Chernobyl victims.
Nov. 2000. Silver SelecTed Award for Teddy Bear Web Site of the Month by the Wee-Teds mailing list.
2000/01. Josephine's Web Site won the Golden Web Award.
May 2001. Teddy Bear Times magazine. Full page photo with credit.
May/June 2001. Teddy Bear Scene magazine. Two photo's and commentary.
2001. Nominated in two categories in the British Bear Artist Awards.
May 2001. Teddy Bear Times magazine. Full page photo and credit as part of mini Bear article.
Sept. 2001. Josephine donated a Bear for auction via the 'Bear Relief' web site to raise funds after the terrorist attacks on the USA on Sept. 11th.
Nov. 2001. Teddy Bear Times magazine. Full page 'Cybearspace' Web Site review.
Nov 2001. 'Bird Watching'. Bear donated and auctioned as part of the 'Libearty' campaign.
2001/02. Josephine's Web Site won the Golden Web Award and a Web Site award from Art Space 2000.
Feb. 2002. Dolls House World magazine. Full page feature on the new 24th scale range of Dolls House Bears.
2002. Bears Nominated in two categories in the British Bear Artist Awards.
Jan. 2003. Teddy Bear Tmes magazine published photographs of the Nominated entries to the British Bear Artisit Awards.
June 6th. 2003. The Spalding Guardian carried a small feature on a new show in Spalding which carried a photo of Josephine with some of her Bears.
Summer 2003. Miniatura News, published by the Miniatura Show mentioned Josephine as part of a new venture at their Scottish Show.
Sept. 2003. The Dolls House magazine published an article featuring Josephine's Bears. Also in the same magazine was a kit review on her Norvelle kit.

In 2003 Josephine's Web Site won awards from Golden Web Awards and Art Space 2000.
March 2004. The Doll's House magazine had a small feature to launch the new 'Jane' Bear kit.
2004. Josephine was featured on the flyers for the 'Bears n Dolls' shows as well as in the 'Miniatura News'.
September 2005. The Doll's House magazine ran a small article featuring the bear 'Elizabearth I' by Josephine.
2006. Josephine had a picture of a Bear as well as mentions about workshops on the 'Scottish Miniatura' flyer and in the 'Miniatura News'
September 2006. The Doll's House magazine features a Bear by Josephine as part of a giveaway competition for their 100th edition.
December 2006. The Doll's House magazine had a 3 page article that was a complete 'how to make' Travis the mini Elephant.
Spring 2007. Miniatura News and the Scottish Miniatura newsletter both had pictures of Josephine's work.
October 2007. The Dolls House magazine had some of Josephine's work as part of an article for the Miniatura show.
Nov. 2007. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine did a Kit Review on the Norvelle Bear kit.
March 2008. The Miniatura 50th Show flyer and Show guide both featured Klondyke Pete, a Bear by Josephine.
2008. A Canadian based web site www.about.com featured a kit review on the Norvelle Bear kit. As well as a small Artist feature.
April 2008. The Dolls House magazine had a small article and pictures with Josephine's work.
May 2008. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine had a 3 page feature article on Judi Taylor and her shop which included mention of Josephine and pictured some of her Bears.
June 2008. The Dolls House magazine had a full page article on Josephine and her work which also included 7 photo's.
May 2009. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine did a full page Kit Review on the new Elephant Kit 'Travis', with pictures.
Nov. 2009. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine did a 4 page feature article, with pictures, on Josephine and her work.
Dec. 2009. The Guardian Newspaper did a review of The Kensington Dolls House Festival on their web site. One of the pictures featured was of Josephine's work, with her husband in the background.
Feb. 2010. The American Miniaturist magazine did a 6 page feature article on Josephine and her work, which includes many photo's.
March 2010. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine did a full page kit review on Josephine's new range of 12th scale rag doll kits - as well as a competition page.
2011. The Miniatura Show had Josephine and her hands on workshop at the show in their show guide.
May 2012. The Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine did a full page kit review on the new Rabbit kit, with picture.
April 2013. The Dolls House magazine did a special Bear edition which featured Josephine's work on the front cover, inside a 2 page article with pictures and also a half page 'Kit review' on her recent Rabbit kit.
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Josephine has been listed in various Show Guides, mentioned on various Web Sites and has been listed in 'The UK Teddy Bear Guide' since 1996.
Some of Josephine's Bears are in the collection of 'The Puppenhausemuseum' in Basel, Switzerland.

Josephine is proud to be a member of the Miniature Needlework Society. www.mnsociety.org.uk
Josephine is a member of the Internet based group Artisans in Miniature. An association of professional Artisans dedicated to promoting a standard of excellence in handcrafted scale miniatures.

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