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The July 2018 issue of DOLLS features 84 four-color pages. This issue is our special annual Debut of Dolls collector’s edition! Inside, you’ll find features more than 30 top doll artists and designers, including Bo Bergemann, Miroslava Brodlova, Hildegard Günzel, Connie Lowe, Gregg Ortiz, Beverly Stoehr, and Zofia and Henry Zawierusynski. This issue also includes two patterns, a look at vintage Peter Pan dolls, and more!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features
10 Gregg Ortiz
Doll designs with a license to thrill
By Wil Peterson
16 RubyRedGalleria
New InMotion Girls are fashion-forward
18 Uneeda Doll Company
Dollmaker spends a century designing dolls kids want
By Stephanie Finnegan
20 Roxanna Maria
Building a world of fanciful figurative art
22 Bo Bergemann
BJD artist’s new designs inspired by princesses, pixies, and a petite mouse
By Stephanie Finnegan
24 Linda Ellen Brown-Trinckes
Versatile artist keeps expanding her repertoire
26 Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Small editions, OOAKs are dollmakers’ focus for 2018
28 Hildegard Günzel
Bringing fantasies to life in porcelain, resin
32 Connie Lowe
Artist’s quirky BJDs connect with collectors
By Wil Peterson
34 Edith Schmidt
Creates couture for the well-dressed BJD
34 Shawna Clymer
Artist sculpts the tiniest babies
35 Karen Hawkins
Sculpts a world of fanciful figures
36 Brenda Mize
Self-taught dollmaker keeps trying new designs
37 Vanessa Lee
Pennsylvania artist sculpts children into Angel Dolls
38 Miroslava Brodlova, Charlene Smith
An ocean apart, artists collaborate on BJDs
39 Beverly Stoehr
Decades of dollmaking, mentoring experience
40 JC Toys
Unveils bundles of joy with love, laughter
By Stephanie Finnegan
42 Judy Porter
Artist translates kids to BJDs
43 Maria L. Grover
Reborn artist brings silicone babies to life
44 Valerie Zeitler
Artist styles dolls in all shades of beauty
By Pam North
46 Maru and Friends
Dollmaker celebrates 10 years of multicultural marvels
By Stephanie Finnegan
47 Sarah Maldonado
20 years of elegant porcelain ladies
48 Debbie Weimert
Storytelling through dolls
48 Jeni Razoux
Frightfully good reborns
By Stephanie Finnegan
49 Tatiana Tofaneto
Brazilian artist finds a wider audience
50 Debby Brooks
Celebrates a decade of reborning
51 Lorella Falconi
Plans to get small with her BJDs
52 Dolls of Mine
Mother-daughter team creates BJD fashions
52 Rachel Sherrod
Catching history in cloth
53 Susan Gibbs
From collector to doll artist in just 4 years
54 April Norton
Crafty mom combines creative skills in dolls
55 Tiffany Campbell
Makes bundles of joy at Sweet Sunrise Nursery
56 Professional Doll Makers Art Guild
Announces 2018 Gold Award winners
58 Disney’s ‘Peter Pan’ inspires dolls
By A. Glenn Mandeville
68 Sleeveless in Springtime
A stylish dress and jacket for Silkstone Barbie
By Marsha Olsen
70 Cool Kitten
Make a rockabilly dress for DeeAnna Denton
By Marsha Olson
Departments
8 Editor’s Letter
52 Shows of Note
75 Portraits
76 Antique Q&A
77 Event Calendar
78 Curious Collector
79 Classifieds
79 Advertiser Index
80 Paper Doll
