Giving the Dolls a Home

From its inception The Bábóg Project was about giving everyday people the opportunity to take a little bit of time out of their lives and spend it making a doll: a gift for a little baby whose name they never knew, whose story they would never know.

The heart of the project was about the process and therefore there was never a firm plan about what would happen to the dolls once we had made them.

We worked through a number of ideas, such as a travelling exhibition which would tour Ireland or finding a single resting place for all 12,000 dolls together. However, the logistics of these ideas were difficult if not impossible.

We realised then that the dolls should leave the project exactly as they came. Many hands created this work and many hands would now hold it. Just as we shared the responsibility of making the dolls, so we share the responsibility of disseminating the work. Just as the dolls arrived with stories and connection, so too will they leave with stories and connection.

We are so happy to invite you to contribute in the dissemination of this incredible body of work.

You are invited to be as creative and imaginative as you like. Perhaps you would take 10 dolls and will give them to each member of your family and ask them to look after it. Perhaps you would like to take 100 and make a display of them in a frame that will hang in a public space close to you. Perhaps you would like to take 1,000 and create an exhibition in your local area and then allow people to take a doll home with them. Perhaps you will have a little basket of them on the counter of your shop or stall and offer them to your customers.

Every doll is free of charge and should remain that way.

For further information or to request numbers greater than 100, please email thebabogproject@gmail.com or use our contact form.