By Kaye Wiggs
I started out making reproduction porcelain dolls in 1989 and sculpted my first doll in 1990. My first doll was named Sarah; she had a porcelain head, half arms, and 3/4 legs with a cloth torso. I made about five of her.
I’m not really planning too far ahead right now. It can take months (and sometimes more than a year) to get a new doll ready for sale. I plan to offer some dolls as limited editions and some on a month-long pre-order. I’m also hoping to be able to do some experimenting with porcelain this year to see if I can make porcelain BJDs in the not-too-distant future.
Making dolls has been a big part of my life for so long, and I still love making them. I still feel the excitement when I am putting a doll together for the first time, then dressing and photographing her or him. I also get overly excited and can’t wait to show collectors what I have done, which isn’t always a good thing, because then they usually have a long wait until I can get the doll in production and ready for sale!
My 30 years as a dollmaker have had their ups and downs, but I have loved every minute of it!
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Human Thistle is a 22-inch resin BJD. “I have not decided on edition size yet; she will be coming later this year,” Wiggs said. 
Wiggs’ Mini Gracie will be available in both human and elf form. The 14-inch resin BJDs will be limited to the number sold during a one-month preorder. The artist said she might do a later edition in a different resin color. 
Lucy Lu, 17 inches, is a limited edition of 30 resin BJDs hand-painted by Wiggs. 
“This is a sneak peek at a sculpt I am working on now,” Wiggs said. “I hope to have her available late this year. She will be a 17-inch resin BJD and a limited edition of 30 to 50 (I’ll decide that later).”
