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The July 2019 issue of DOLLS features84 four-color pages. This issue is our special annual Debut of Dolls collector’s edition! Inside, you’ll find features on nearly 50 top doll artists and designers, including Miroslava Brodlova, Lorella Falconi, Hildegard Günzel, Lauren Faith Jaimes, Nancy Latham, Connie Lowe, Donna RuBert, Beverly Stoehr, and Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features
10 Hildegard Günzel
Says farewell to doll manufacturing
this year
By Claudia Senior
14 Nancy Latham
A Dollmaker’s Tale
By Nancy Latham
16 Maria Lynn Grover
Reborn artist shares her love of babies
By Stephanie Finnegan
18 Miroslava Brodlova
Variety is the spice of BJD designer’s life
By Wil Peterson
20 Charlene Smith
Collaboration is key for doll customizer’s
marketing success
By Wil Peterson
22 Roxanna Maria
Focus on health means fewer doll projects
By Wil Peterson
24 Madame Alexander Doll Company
2019 designs honor company’s
dollmaking roots
By Stephanie Finnegan
26 Debby Brooks
Remarkably realistic reborns
By Pam North
28 Kim Arnold
Crafts chunky, spunky BJDs
By Wil Peterson
28 Stacey Haskins
Makes magic with reborns
By Pam North
30 JC Toys
Follows a family traditional of
quality baby dolls
By Stephanie Finnegan
32 Vanessa “Vee” Lee
Doll collector turns artist,
collecting advocate
By Stephanie Finnegan
34 Jennifer Latham-Robinson
Dollmaking is a family tradition
35 Christina Whiting
Aims for even more realism
36 JpopDolls
Brings BJDs from around the
world to US collectors
38 Bo Bergemann
Bears, BJDs coexist in
artist’s new world
By Wil Peterson
39 April Norton
Puts a modern spin on
traditional dollmaking
By Stephanie Finnegan
40 Connie Lowe
Depression era continues
to inspire haunting BJDs
By Wil Peterson
42 Shawna Clymer
Sculpts babies of all sizes
By Pam North
42 Queen’s Treasures
Expands Little House line in 2019
43 Stella Tu
Combines engineering, art
training in her dollmaking
44 Sarah Mellman
Reborn artist turns to sculpting
fantasy kits
46 Rashaell Dyson
Reborns reflect love of dolls, art
47 Dolly Dames
Artist finds joy in dollmaking
48 Virginia Obeius
BJD designer turns adversity
into art
By Wil Peterson
50 Lorella Falconi
‘Dolls are my passion’
50 Dina Meneses Enes
Accidental doll artist
By Pam North
51 Jeni Razoux
Babies that go bump in the night
By Stephanie Finnegan
52 Donna RuBert
Takes on new challenge
By Stephanie Finnegan
52 Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski
Opt for OOAK longevity
By Wil Peterson
53 Laura Tuzio-Ross
Fashions beautiful babies
By Pam North
54 Judy Porter
Driven to design
By Wil Peterson
54 Holly Hartzell-Reviglio
Makes unique fantasy figures
55 Brenda Mize
Adds BJD face-ups to
her repertoire
By Stephanie Finnegan
56 Debbie Sampson
Two decades of tiny dolls
57 Beverly Stoehr
Still passionate about dollmaking
after 50 years
By Stephanie Finnegan
58 Virginia Comish
Returns to reborns
58 Edith Schmidt
Crafts fashions for BJDs
By Stephanie Finnegan
60 Tiffany Campbell
Imitates life in huggable art
By Pam North
60 Lorna Miller-Sands
Brings babies to life in silicone
62 Judy Pollard
Creativity fueled by fairies
By Wil Peterson
62 Marge Crunkleton
Creates holiday cheer year-round
By Stephanie Finnegan
63 Elsie Rodriguez
Sculpts babies big and small
64 Linda Lyons
Makes OOAK magic
66 Lauren Faith Jaimes
Sculpts stories
67 Rita Rich Arnold
Channels love of newborns
into dolls
68 Paging the Doll Doctor
Antique, vintage dolls get
new lease on life at
Attic Antiquity Dolls
By Dorothy Meredith
Departments
8 Editor’s Notebook
72 Shows of Note
75 Event Calendar
75 Portraits
76 Antique Q&A
78 Curious Collector
79 Advertiser Index
80 Paper Doll
