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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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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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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While multi-award-winning artist Pat Moulton originally built her reputation mainly as a maker of baby dolls and a pioneer in making reborn kits, she’s proven to be an innovator in the BJD field as well, creating socket-and-ball-joint tools in a variety of sizes to help BJD sculptors create joints that will fit perfectly.
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A lifelong doll collector, Mary Senko was inspired to start a business as a show promoter while working on a virtual Facebook event: the World Doll Day Celebration planned and led by Michael Canadas and David Robinson, the directors of the Grovian Doll Museum in Pacific Grove, California.
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While Virginia Comish has over a decade of experience as a doll artist, she only recently began to create BJDs. She went all-in, though, not just sculpting and finishing the dolls, but doing her own mold making and resin casting as well.
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Award-winning doll artist Sandra Maxwell started making her dolls professionally in the early 2000s. While she’s created dolls in polymer clay, porcelain, and other mediums, she’s probably best-known for her Punkin line of 7-inch resin ball-jointed dolls (BJDs). In 2020, she was an Industry’s Choice winner in the Dolls Awards of Excellence for her Punkin Pie entry.
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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. Watch the video to see who won.
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The July 2022 issue of DOLLS is 64 full-color pages. This issue is our special annual Debut of Dolls collector’s edition! Inside, you’ll find articles on more than 20 artists and designers, including Connie Lowe, JHD Fashion Doll, Madame Alexander, Meadow Dolls, Beverly Stoehr, Zwergnase, and more. Plus, this issue includes previews of several summer doll shows and our usual columns on antique and vintage dolls.
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The New Jersey Doll and Bear Show is returning. It is with excitement and enthusiasm that promoters Wendy Collins of Collins Gifts in New Hampshire and doll dealer Gary Passamonte of Gandtiques prepare to bring this doll show back to New Jersey
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The May/June 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and features an introduction to Meadow Dolls’ Makki BJD, available exclusively from DOLLS magazine; articles on GlamourOZ fashion dolls; vintage Barbie dressed box dolls; our annual Spotlight on BJDs section; and more!
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Makki, a new resin ball-jointed doll (BJD) designed by the award-winning mother-daughter team of Miroslava Brodlova and Mjusi Mjus, is set to become the fourth Meadow Dolls BJD offered exclusively through DOLLS magazine.
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The April 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and features a look at new doll designs premiering this year, including features on Madame Alexander, Dianna Effner Dolls, Enchanted Kreature Kits, and more! Plus, this issue includes articles on award-winning artist Cindee Moyer, a look at Ideal’s Tiny Kissy doll from the 1960s, and more!
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The March 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes this articles about doll artists Anna Maryina, Elizabeth Cooper, and Autumn Bellar, a focus on fantasy-themed dolls, DOLLS’ annual spotlight on reborn and silicone baby dolls, and more!
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As collectors observe the holidays each year, many enjoy including their dolls in the celebration, as well. Here we present dolls welcoming in the year 2022! Join in the fun by sharing your festive doll photos using our online form.
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We invited several doll-industry professionals to join us in sharing their memories of the past year and their thoughts about what the doll world can look forward to in 2022, including both personal highlights and general thoughts and observations. Last week’s post covered their look at the past year; now let’s see what they’re looking forward to in the new year:
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Doll collectors share photos of their dolls celebrating Christmas and other seasonal holidays.
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Gina Marie King is both a doll collector and a professional chef with a degree in culinary arts. A suggestion from her mother started her on a new path in 1999, when she started creating small-scale food items for fashion dolls and selling them on eBay.
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The January/February 2022 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 doll artist Esther Manso, our annual Doll Directory, and more!
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More than 800 voters cast their ballots to decide this year’s Public’s Choice winners in the Dolls Awards of Excellence (DAE) competition. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and all the talented artists who entered their creations in the 2021 competition. Congratulations to this year’s Public’s Choice winners and our 2021 Artist of the Year!
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