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Family Matters: Sandy Anderson and Her Family Blend Retro Whimsy With Futuristic Technology

Stephanie Finnegan — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:20:04 +0000

Sandy Anderson, an adventurous artist since childhood, is the chief doll creator behind Anderson Art Dolls.

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Nancy Malay Creates Folksy, Whimsical Fantasy Characters

DOLLS Magazine Staff — Wed, 17 May 2023 20:05:52 +0000

Minnesota-based artist Nancy Malay has been making her whimsical, vintage-inspired creations for nearly four decades now.

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Halloween Spirits: Marguerite Noschese’s Dolls Combine Whimsy, Scariness, Humor

DOLLS Magazine Contributor — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:36:44 +0000

I came to the business of creating art dolls along a very circuitous path — I had been a dealer in antique dolls, children’s toys, and antique baby clothes. I was also an avid quilter and creator of fabric dolls, while later I worked as a child portrait artist. While I loved all these different artistic pursuits, it all came together for me artistically when I began making art dolls. My passion for fabrics, design, and portrait painting were now all incorporated in one discipline: art dolls!

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Pumpkins on Parade: Jennie Hepler Takens Carves Out a Career in Halloween Art

DOLLS Magazine Contributor — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:14:19 +0000

Years ago, a group of friends and I had to go to one of the friends’ houses for something. When we entered his parents’ home, I was immediately enchanted. His mother, Sue Shroyer, had the most delicious collection of antique German Halloween pieces I’d ever seen. She had artisan-made pieces, antiquities, and work by famed artists the world over. I just couldn’t believe my eyes! At that moment, I began my home-grown education into dollmaking and Halloween art.

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Ghoulies & Ghosties: Linda Lyons Specializes in Haunting OOAK Creations

DOLLS Magazine Contributor — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:29:23 +0000

My inspiration for most of my dolls come from ghosts and animals. When I was young, I always loved the old black-and-white horror movies like “The Mummy,” “House on Haunted Hill,” “Frankenstein,” “Wolfman,” etc. I’m also a big animal lover, so many times I will create anthropomorphic dolls.

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Carol Johansen Finds Joy in Dollmaking

DOLLS Magazine Staff — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:11:31 +0000

A lifelong doll lover and a serious collector since the mid-’90s, Carol Johansen began exploring making her own dolls when, she said, “My taste in dolls outstripped my budget, as it does for many of us.” She took sculpting courses both locally and online from such artists as Diane Keeler and Deb Wood and began making dolls professionally in 2008.

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Elizabeth Cooper Carves Creative Niche With Clay Characters

DOLLS Magazine Contributor — Tue, 31 May 2022 20:22:24 +0000

During a nearly 30-year doll-design career, Elizabeth Cooper has unfailingly relied on the same successful formula. First comes inspiration, followed by motivation, perspiration, and when necessary, innovation.

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Anna Maryina’s Dolls Capture the Many Facets of Female Beauty

Stephanie Finnegan — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:31:00 +0000

From a country and a culture located across the world to a happy home life in Pennsylvania teaching and sculpting, doll artist Anna Maryina has seen and done myriad things. She is truly a woman of the world, and her world is one of artistry and achievement. Maryina was born in East Germany to a […]

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Cindee Moyer Makes Her Mark in Multiple Careers

DOLLS Magazine Contributor — Fri, 20 May 2022 13:35:00 +0000

Before she became a full-time doll artist, Cindee Moyer was a human resources manager for a manufacturing company in Iowa for 15 years. One of her accomplishments she’s most proud of was integrating refugees into the company’s workforce. At the time, Iowa was processing large numbers of refugees from Bosnia, Vietnam, and Sudan. “Our company was expanding rapidly, so working with the Bureau of Refugee Services, I was able to hire 30 refugees in the first month — and that was just the beginning,” Moyer said.

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Autumn Bellar Makes Monsters, Fairies, More

Joyce Greenholdt — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:27:00 +0000

Texan artist Autumn Bellar entered the Dolls Awards of Excellence for the first time in 2021 and came away with an Industry’s Choice Award in the One-of-a-Kind Fantasy category for her Ladybug Fairy. Now living and going to school in South Carolina, Bellar said she’s relatively new to the dollmaking world.

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