Directory of Doll Making Resources

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This category is for sites offering doll making instructions, advice, non retail exhibitions and resources for the doll maker.

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Resources in This Category

• African American Heritage Dolls

  http://www.southernelegance.net/
  African American dolls by JoAnn Bernard depicting life in the 1800's, inspired by sketches of that era.

• Arensbak Trolls

  http://www.trolls.com/
  Handmade troll and gnome dolls, including information about trolls, family history, FAQs and a list of shops where the dolls can be purchased.

• Bob Cunningham's Little People

  http://home.golden.net/~fantasy/
  Fantasy, one-of-a-kind art-doll sculptures by Canadian doll artist Bob Cunningham.

• Boy Dolls

  http://dolls.nunodoll.com/
  Gallery of handmade cloth dolls by a Japanese doll artist, Runo, some depicting anime characters. Includes free patterns, guest doll gallery and message boards for support.

• Chris Miller Dolls

  http://chrismillerdolls.com/
  Featuring porcelain dolls and clothing outfits by Chris Miller.

• Cloth Doll Connection

  http://www.clothdollconnection.com/
  Offers classes and a shopping directory for cloth doll makers with links to designers, free patterns, supplies, classes, doll events and doll clubs.

• Contemporary Doll Collector Magazine

  http://www.scottpublications.com/cdcmag/
  Offers subscription to magazine featuring doll artists, how to collect, where to buy, restoring dolls and display ideas.

• De Poppenstee

  http://www.poppenstee.nl/
  Original dolls created by Bets van Boxel.

• Doll Artisan Guild

  http://dollsbeautiful.com/
  A worldwide membership organization dedicated to porcelain doll making. Site features membership information, events, seminars, supplies and techniques. Pensacola, FL.

• Dollhouse Noah's Gallery

  http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~dhnoah/indexb.htm
  Japanese artistic dolls, ball jointed. They are lovely little girls in Kimonos. Site in English, takes time to load initially.

• Dolls & Stuffed Animals by Natasha Fadeeva

  http://fadeeva.com/
  A photo gallery of cloth dolls, mice, cats, bears, bunnies and other stuffed toys, plus photographs and watercolors created by Natasha Fadeeva.

• Flickr: Art Dolls

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/41506416@N00/
  Image gallery and forum for people who create art dolls and like to share their inspiration with other art doll artists.

• Handmade By Venus

  http://www.hmbv.blogspot.com/
  A doll maker's journal and photos. Describes technique, fabric selection and inspiration.

• Hawk Mountain Armory

  http://www.angelfire.com/biz/HMA/
  Featuring Native American and Cabbage Patch doll clothing and accessories.

• Hedgehog Coloring Costumes

  http://www.janbrett.com/costumes_main_choice.htm
  Jan Brett's paperdolls to print. Includes outfits to dress the characters including hiking, ballerina, fireman, cowgirl, and cowboy. Uses PDF Reader.

• Katjushchik's Gallery

  http://man.khakassia.ru/eng/dolls/
  Gallery of hand carved wooden dolls. Includes links and information on the collection.

• Marlaine Verhelst

  http://www.marlaineverhelst.com/
  Gallery of fantasy dolls and exhibition calendar.

• Nicol Sayre

  http://nicolsayre.com/
  Featuring Nicol Sayre 18th Century style handmade folkdolls, candy containers and pincushions. Includes list of retailers who carry her work.

• ODACA-Original Doll Artist Council of America

  http://www.odaca.org/
  ODACA is an organization of doll sculptors creating original dolls. Artist membership is awarded based solely on the quality of the history of the artists' original doll work.

• Royal Paper Dolls

  http://www.royalpaperdolls.com/
  Colorful historical paper dolls, with detailed biographies of King Henry VIII and his six wives.

• Soft Dolls & Animals! Magazine

  http://www.scottpublications.com/sdamag/
  Offering subscription to bimonthly magazine, how-to projects for all levels of skill, techniques, artist profiles and patterns.

• Strange Dolls

  http://www.angelfire.com/in2/belmer/
  Strange and disturbing dolls' gallery of hans bellmer.

• Susan's Nest

  http://www.susansnest.com/
  Porcelain designer dolls in small series, Porcelain portrait dolls made from photos, some dressed sculptures and mixed media figures.

• The Shuppy Shoppe - Art of Dolls

  http://mypages.allwest.com/~jshuppy/
  Porcelain dolls created by Sue Shuppy. Includes artist biography and gallery.

• Ugly Art

  http://www.uglyart.net/
  Surreal,Gothic and Satanic Dolls and art work.

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