Aisling’s notes: Sukie–also known as Ambermoggie–has been a friend of mine for several years, and I’ve admired her dolls and figures for even longer. I was delighted when she agreed to an interview, because I know how busy she is. One of these days, I hope to visit her studio in England.
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These are free patterns for personal use. These are original, copyrighted designs.
If you would like to feature them on your own website, you MUST include my copyright, and also provide a clickable link to follow to this website, http://www.WildArtDolls.com, from the page with the pattern.
If you’d like to reproduce these patterns for a [...]
This is a 2005 interview with Italian doll artist Stefania Morgante. This is a very informative interview, and you may want to print it out to read offline.
Q. What kinds of dolls do you make?
A. Italian…? I don’t know; Italians tell me that I make American dolls and the Americans say [...]
Q. Did you play with paper dolls as a kid? Do you have a favorite vintage paper doll that still makes you smile?
A. Yes, yes… the Ginghams little girls from the 70s, and Betsy McCalls from my Grandmother’s magazines. I made a paperdoll of my Grandmother in her honor, it is called [...]
In January 2005, I had the great good fortune to interview paper doll artist JJ Buch.
She’s one of my idols, because her art has a very clear “voice” and her concepts are consistently innovative and often delightfully witty.
Here’s the interview*, on two pages:
Q. How did you get started with paper dolls?
Q. If someone is new to dollmaking, what’s your best advice?
Go for it. Don’t worry about how it is done by others. Experiment first, create your style, then read what others have to advise.
Some of the best things I have done I have done not knowing the correct [...]
Q. What’s your greatest influence today? Do you get your ideas from other dolls, other art, or something else altogether?
I read Soft Dolls & Animals, Art Doll Quarterly, and I belong to several internet doll lists. I love all of these, but things and people influence me the most.
Things? [...]
Alice C. W. Dennis makes art dolls with wonderful facial expressions. In this interview on three pages, she shares her insights, inspirations, resources, and recommendations for new dollmakers.
dolls by alice c. w. dennis (c)2005
The interview starts here…
Q. How do you describe your dolls?
I sometimes have difficulty with [...]
Note: This article was written many years ago. There may be new, better products available now.
I have a great, vintage Barbie® doll in a red swimsuit and her original box, complete with stand. However, Barbie had green spots–stains in (not just on) the plastic–where her earrings used to be. It was [...]
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 [...]
