2023 Dolls Awards of Excellence Industry’s Choice Winners
The Industry’s Choice winners in this year’s Dolls Awards of Excellence have been selected based on ratings assigned by more than 50 professionals from all walks of the doll world.
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Nancy Malay Creates Folksy, Whimsical Fantasy Characters
Minnesota-based artist Nancy Malay has been making her whimsical, vintage-inspired creations for nearly four decades now.
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Shows of Note: Preview: BJDC Texas
BJDC (Ball-Jointed Doll Convention), a long-standing tradition since 2004, is the largest BJD-focused event in North America for the ever-growing community of BJD artists, vendors, and collectors around the world.
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DOLLS Magazine May/June 2023
The May/June 2023 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and features a look back at Mel Odom’s creation of fashion-doll icon Gene Marshall, fashion BJD artist Alena Amicus, BJD artist Joyce Mathews, and more!
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Shows of Note: PNW BJD Expo Preview
Secret Garden is the theme for the 2023 Pacific Northwest BJD Expo, which will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel in Portland, Oregon. In addition to the vendors room, the expo will offer a variety of meal events, contests and prizes, workshops, meet-ups, and panels for collectors to enjoy.
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Making a Magic World: Hildegard Günzel Celebrates 50 Years of Doll Designs
Alice in Wonderland, from the 2022 collection. By Karin Schrey With more than 200 award-winning...
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DOLLS Magazine April 2023
The April 2023 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and features a look at new doll designs premiering this year, including a feature on multi-award-winning artist Hildegard Günzel, as well as an article on Cosmopolitan’s 1950s Ginger, “The Darling of the Doll World,” and more!
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DOLLS Magazine March 2023
The March 2023 issue of DOLLS features 48 full-color pages, including an exclusive new limited-edition BJD offer and a special section covering lifelike reborn and silicone baby dolls!
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DOLLS Magazine January/February 2023
The January/February 2023 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes this year’s Dolls Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice winners, a feature on award-winning baby doll artist Laura Tuzio-Ross, our annual Doll Directory, and more!
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2022 Dolls Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice Winners
More than 600 voters cast their ballots to decide this year’s Public’s Choice winners in the Dolls Awards of Excellence competition. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and all the talented artists who entered their creations in our 2022 competition. Congratulations to this year’s Public’s Choice winners and our 2022 Artist of the Year!
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DOLLS Magazine November/December 2022
The November/December 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes a showcase of holiday-themed dolls as well as our annual holiday gift guide. In addition, this issue includes stories on Beverly Stoehr’s new silicone baby dolls, a pattern to turn a BJD into an Ice Fairy, a report from a show celebrating Blythe’s 50th birthday, and more!
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Collector Dal Rosario Lowenbein Designs Elegant Doll Fashions
Dal Rosario Lowenbein creates outfits and accessories for a variety of elegant fashion dolls. Lowenbein recently took time to discuss her designs with DOLLS:
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Antique Q&A: Small All-Bisque Doll
I recently found this little doll, just 3 inches tall. The seller told me it came from an estat
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Doll & Teddy Expo – Browse Now
Find your next doll in the 2022 Doll & Teddy Bear Holiday Expo, an exclusive event being run by DOLLS magazine.
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DOLLS Magazine October 2022
The October 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes articles on BJD artist Judy Porter, the design duo behind Emperis Dolls fashion BJDs. In addition, this issue includes features on Jennie Hepler Takens, Marguerite Noschese, World of EPI, Ideal’s Tammy doll, and more!
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Maria Lynn Grover Offers Babies in All Sizes
Maria Lynn Grover is not only a sculptor and artist in her own right, she also shares her talents as a mold maker and caster with her fellow artists. She’s excited by the lineup slated to come from Maria Lynn Dolls this year: “Over this coming summer, we will be pouring several new releases from some fantastic sculptors, including soft-body partial babies, full-body silicone babies, and some lovely new miniatures as well.
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Carol Johansen Finds Joy in Dollmaking
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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DOLLS Magazine August/September 2022
The August/September 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes the annual presentation of the Dolls Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice nominees and ballot. In addition, this issue includes features on Brenda Mize of Eyes of Texas Dolls, Edith Schmidt, Terry Lambert, Henry and Zofia Zawieruszynsky, Susan Gibbs’ first silicone painting contest winners, Madame Alexander’s Sound of Music dolls, and more!
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Susan Gibbs Challenges Painting Students With Contest
Launching her career as a reborn artist in 2010, Susan Gibbs switched to silicone babies in 2014 and has become a highly regarded teacher as well as an award-winning creator. Though the global pandemic put a halt to her in-person workshops and classes, she was able to continue her online courses in silicone painting. This year she added something new: a contest open to her online students from 2020 through 2022.
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Porcelain Classics Owner Adds Eclectic New Business
When Jennie Sykes relocated her family and business, Porcelain Classics, to Hastings, Michigan, about five years ago, the building she purchased had more space than her 28-year-old porcelain dollmaking and repair business needed. She wanted to expand her current business while also showcasing her love for antiques and vintage items, but the name “Porcelain Classics” didn’t fit the new retail space. Thus, Bee Eclectic Studio and Emporium was born.
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