*Black doll maker, Dr. Cassandra George Sturges, shares her love for making handmade dolls by providing free tutorials on her YouTube channel. Her goal is to inspire the African American community to ...

The world of one-of-a-kind (OOAK) dolls is a specialist’s universe catered to by artisans like the Kiev-based Olga Kamenetskaya (@oli.krolik), who seem to blend craft with magic, so realistic and ...

It begins with a piece of fabric. After six hours, 45-year-old Amy Jandrisevits has a brand-new, handmade doll staring back at her. But unlike dolls you often see at stores, these custom-ordered ...

Shirley Simons puts the finishing touches on a doll at Secrist Inc. in Midland. Plant manager Mark Carson said the dolls' lifelike eyes are one of the biggest selling points. The company even sells to ...

Splendora resident Janie Lenox began collecting the members of her extensive doll collection in 2002. Since then, she has accumulated more than 1,000 unique dolls, many of which she has crafted ...

Aniqua Wilkerson and Lion Brand Yarn Company created Skein Tones, a palette of 12 acrylic yarns in neutral shades of browns, creams and taupes, in hopes of making the fiber arts more inclusive As a ...

NEW BERLIN (AP) -- A Wisconsin woman has been making custom dolls to celebrate the diversity of children who aren't well-represented in toy stores. Amy Jandrisevits, a former pediatric oncology social ...

Cissy Lewis has never questioned why she spends a Saturday afternoon each month cranking out handmade dolls. But if she did, all she would have to do is look through a large book that is filled with ...