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DESIGNS
Manufactured Dolls Designs
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Ashton-Drake Galleries
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In the late 1980's, I was asked to work on a ghost
project. For those who do not know what a ghost project is, it is
where one artist develops an items based on artwork of another artist.
In this case, I sculpted dolls based on the paintings of John
McClelland's Circus Series. Part of being a ghost artist is that
one is not recognized as the artist. In the beginning, that was
fine with me as it got my foot in the door. However, when they
began advertising that this was John's first doll, I had a fit and spent
hours on the phone trying to explain that they were falsely advertising.
The first doll in the series was Tommy the Clown and their advertisement
should have read that this was the first doll based on John's
work. It was only after the four dolls in the series
were completed did they come to me with a contract basically to keep me
quiet. After contacting my attorney, I did not sign the contract.
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| Cottage
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During the mid 1990's, I was approached by Ganz to design dolls for
them. Although they were a well established company, they were new
to the doll business. After a year of hesitation, they caught me
in a weak moment and I decided to take a chance and join their company.
It has been a great experience and the quality of the dolls they have
produced is wonderful. I will continue to work for them as long as
they want me.
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| Danbury Mint |
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After my experience with Ashton-Drake Galleries, I was reluctant to
work for another big company. But along came Danbury Mint.
This was my first experience of working with rather than for a company.
To this day, I consider Danbury Mint people my friends.
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| Effanbee Doll
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During the 1991 Toy Fair, I met Stanley and Irene Wahlberg.
They had recently taken over the Effanbee Doll Company and were looking
for a few artists to design for them. They had been invited to our
Toy Fair booth to meet with another artist and kept looking at my stuff.
We agreed on a lady doll. My 48" Celeste would be reduced
down several times and eventually became Lady Alexander at High Tea.
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| HSN |
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When I was first asked if I would consider doing HSN, I hesitated for
quite some time. It was a whole different world and I just wasn't
sure if I wanted to go that route. Eventually I gave in and it
didn't take long to realize I had made a good decision. It wasn't
all fun and games. The very first time I was on the show, Pat
Kolesar told me later that she thought I was going to throw up just
before the camera went on me but I pulled it off like an old pro.
Tina and I got in trouble all the time, mainly because we would get
really silly. We still laugh about the time I smacked her hand and
told her to quit screwing the the dolls hair. Tina and I still
talk several times a year and always have a great time when we get
together.
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| Candy Spelling
Dolls |
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The Madame Alexander approached me to design a special lady doll for
Candy Spelling, wife of famed producer, Arron Spelling. They flew
me to New York to met her and we spent the entire day talking about our
kids. Candy had selected me and Hildagard Gunzel to sculpt a doll
for her. She did all the costume designs and Madame Alexander
manufactured them. The dolls were presented through QVC.
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| It was the Cottage Collectible dolls that took me to QVC.
Although I was only on air twice, it was a great experience. The
QVC Studio complex is fantastic. As of this writing, I haven't
designed any dolls exclusively for QVC but hope to in the future. |
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