While living through the current pandemic, the Winnipeg artist started learning about a past one: the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. A handmade doll, inspired by a Spanish flu children's song, is dressed in vintage lace. (Tyler Funk and Carmen Ponto)The art dolls have delicately painted faces and are dressed in 1900s-style formal wear. Sigurdson began making children's dolls in 2017 before graduating to the more intricate art dolls she creates now. While navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Winnipeg artist Charlotte Sigurdson drew from history and the Spanish flu of 1918 to create her new dolls.

Source: CBC News January 24, 2021 12:00 UTC