After two decades of designing paper dolls, Kwei-lin Lum threw out conventional rules and began to challenge the boundaries.

This pattern was created for Connie Lowe’s 16-inch Meili and Stella dolls, although dolls with similar measurements can also wear the completed outfit.

Jackie Hay answers a series of questions and shows readers some of the characters she has created from polymer clay and mixed media.

No one could ever deny that Ruth and Elliot Handler, the married couple that headed Mattel Inc.s, were marketing and creative geniuses.