Ball Jointed Dolls (BJD) | DOLLS magazine | Collecting Dolls https://dollsmagazine.com/collectible-dolls/ball-jointed-dolls-bjd/ Advice By and For Professional Doll Makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 Meet Millie: Sandy Anderson Produces a New BJD Exclusively for DOLLS https://dollsmagazine.com/meet-millie/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:42:08 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=24058 From the creative mind of dollmaker Sandy Anderson come Millie — a new 15-inch (38 cm) ball-jointed doll — and her beloved toy bunny, Bun. The adorable pair are being offered exclusively through DOLLS. Millie is a resin doll with a fair skin tone. She is a limited edition of 20. In addition to Bun, […]

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]]> TINY TEMPTATIONS: Sandra Maxwell Serves up Bite-Sized BJDs https://dollsmagazine.com/tiny-temptations-sandra-maxwell-serves-up-bite-sized-bjds/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:55:34 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=22749 Sandra Maxwell has produced a line featuring bite-sized ball-jointed doll (BJD) tykes who pull at heart strings.

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]]> Anderson Art Dolls: We’re Making a Doll https://dollsmagazine.com/anderson-art-dolls-were-making-a-doll/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:42:19 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=21379 Anderson Art Dolls (Sandy Anderson) walks us through the production of her beautiful dolls, taking us through the process from start to finish. Enjoy!

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]]> Ode to Joy: Joyce Mathews Launches New Joy Forever BJD Line  https://dollsmagazine.com/ode-to-joy-joyce-mathews-launches-new-joy-forever-bjd-line/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:06:06 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=21037 “As a nurse, my occupation was focused on healing the body. As a doll artist, I would like to believe my dolls offer some healing and solace to the soul

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]]> Island Dreams: Alena Amicus Settles Into New Life in Britain https://dollsmagazine.com/island-dreams-alena-amicus-settles-into-new-life-in-britain/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=20977 Fashion and fantasy BJD artist Alena Amicus (Elena Kochurova’s professional name) won an Industry’s Choice award in the Teen/Adult Doll category in last year’s Dolls Awards of Excellence. Late last year, the Russian artist and her husband were able to move to Great Britain. Alena is continuing her dollmaking and working on new designs as they both settle into their new home.

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]]> Linda Macario Remains Fascinated by BJDs https://dollsmagazine.com/linda-macario-remains-fascinated-by-bjds/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:09:35 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=20929 Italian-born artist Linda Macario is nearing the quarter-century mark of her dollmaking career. She started out in the field of graphic design after high school, taking freelance jobs illustrating children’s books and textbooks. Then she discovered the world of dolls.

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]]> Shows of Note: Resin Rose BJD Expo Preview https://dollsmagazine.com/shows-of-note-resin-rose-bjd-expo-preview/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:24:06 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=20890 Resin Rose BJD Expo is the Pacific Northwest’s largest BJD show, held at the Monarch Hotel and Convention Center in Clackamas, Oregon. Resin Rose is a nonprofit organization run by a team of volunteers. Their love of BJDs brought them together to start Resin Rose in 2015. We are now on our seventh show, which will include over 50 vendors, including invited BJD artists.

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]]> Meet bbflockling’s Abrielle https://dollsmagazine.com/meet-bbflocklings-abrielle/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:27:47 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=20039 Award-winning ball-jointed doll (BJD) artist Rose Lacefield of bbflockling is bringing out a special limited edition of her doll Abrielle in five different skin tones, available exclusively through DOLLS magazine. This exclusive edition of Abrielle will go on sale via the DOLLS website at 11 a.m. Central Time Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

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]]> Kidding Around: Judy Porter’s BJDs Celebrate Children https://dollsmagazine.com/kidding-around-judy-porters-bjds-celebrate-children/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:47:19 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=19875 Being able to see the world in a quirky and comical way is a blessing. That was particularly true during these past few years when a global pandemic and its attendant fear circulated across countries and communities. During these isolating and unusual days, doll artist Judy D. Porter looked around, took stock of the situation, and knew that a special brand of protective dolls was called for. Enter her enchanting line of Little Guardians.

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]]> Fashionable Flexibility: British BJD Design Duo Focuses on Beauty, Posability https://dollsmagazine.com/fashionable-flexibility-british-bjd-design-duo-focuses-on-beauty-posability/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 14:57:22 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=19591 By Wil Peterson Pursuit of the perfect doll physique is a perpetual priority for Emperis Dolls. In this case, “perfection” represents a body that’s both visually appealing and as fully functional as imagination and ingenuity allow. Since its debut in 2010, the Staffordshire, UK-based fashion ball-jointed doll (BJD) company has created myriad sculpts featuring faces […]

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