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"Altered dolls"
Barbie® brings out the worst in me, sometimes. This is a good example. She’s not quite Toy Story, but she certainly is strange. I replaced her torso with a cloth body, and reinforced the (cloth) neck so it will hold her head up. Her arms and legs are jointed, attached at the hips and shoulders [...]
Altered dolls usually (but not always) start with ready-made, store-bought dolls. They may be modified or even deconstructed to make a different art doll or mixed-media figure. These can include anything from themed, customized BarbieTM dolls, to Raggedy Ann gone wild, to McD’s doll toys that are made into jewelry or chess pieces. However, that [...]
