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"The Dollmakers" by Lynn Buchanan is an inventive but uneven debut novel set in a world plagued by ravenous monsters called the Shod. The protagonist, Shean, is an orphan who has dedicated her life to creating sentient dolls to fight against the monsters. However, when she is told her dolls are better suited for art than combat, she sets out to prove her worth. While the premise and character development are satisfying, the story is slowed down by the introduction of new lore and characters who pause during action sequences to reflect. Despite its flaws, fans of empowering feminist fantasy will find "The Dollmakers" worth exploring. [Extracted from the article]

The article talks about Empiria Dolls brand creator Olga Pervuninskaya's teddy bear and doll making business including her handmade naturalistic and fantasy animals, her high-quality materials and online sales, and her character creation process, and also features her bear and monster creations.

The article reports on various flexible fabric dolls of 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The types of doll being discussed here include Klumpe Character Dolls, Roldan Male Dancer, and Little Trolls. Also being discussed are their makers, uses, and compositions. The article also mentions several stories which explore the fondness of these doll makers with them.

The article features The Pale Rook, a textile doll maker. Topics discussed include the inspiration for Scottish artist, Johanna Flanagan's textile dolls, use of herbal and plant infusions for her hand dyed mythical creations, bird-headed dolls, her interest in crows which serve as her inspiration for her doll designs, some positive connotations from the lives of birds and a comparison of the process of making crows and human-headed dolls.

Psychology Investigators discuss new findings in psychology. The news editors obtained a quote from the research from AoyamaGakuin University: "We conducted three experiments to examinewhich part of the dolls resembled their makers. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers the insight of 47-year-old doll artist Victoria Rose Martin regarding her interest in otherworldly things, the awards she received for her freelance work on commercial fine arts projects, and her distinct style for doll making.

The article features the doll creations of doll artist Marina Demchenko with information on her passion, design and styles.

The article focuses on the doll creations of artist Val Zeitler with information on her style, expression canvas, design precision and future plans for her dolls.

The horror flick, about a life-like doll that becomes sentient and starts killing people, will now open on January 6, 2023, instead of January 13 of next year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several photographs are presented depicting Venus doll with its different fashion outfit.

The article features British illustrator and fashion doll collector Hayden Williams and his popular-culture icon-inspired creations.

The article presents an interview with Tracy Promber, American ball-jointed doll (BJD) artists who discusses how she started making dolls, on what inspires her to make these dolls, and on how she manage her life in family, doll making and as volunteer firefighter.

"Span" by L.I. Henley "The Heart is a Bridge" by L.I. Henley "We Met in a Shared Dream" by L.I. Henley L.I. Henley was born and raised in Joshua Tree,California. Her art, poetry,and prose have appeared most recently in Adroit, Brevity,The Indianapolis Review, Waxwing, Diode, The BellinghamReview, Ninth Letter, and Arts & Letters. A mixed-media artist, doll maker, and writer,she is the author of six books including Starshine Road,which won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize, and thenovella-in-verse, Whole Night Through. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that Industrial action in trucking at Vancouver, at U.S. railroads, and at ports in Europe, tied to surging inflation and a desire to share in historic carrier profits, will make the next summer of discontent. Topics include containers are piling up outside those warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) at the ports; and ports are becoming more congested, and both the Canadian and U.S. railroads are backlogged, creating congestion at the ports.

Photographs of several dolls are presented including Lenore porcelain boudoir art doll, Alicia: The New Hat strawberry brown-haired sweetheart, and Enchante hand-felted merino wool over a cloth body supported by a wire armature.

The article focuses on business owner Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh and her doll creations. Raleigh was born on September 11, 1889 in Indiana from an artistic and literary family. It explores Raleigh's doll business, the Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh Doll Co., and the difficulty of finding and identifying her creation due to the lack of markings. Details about Raleigh dolls, which were modeled after children, are provided.

The article focuses on the author's collectable doll-sized chairs creations. The author recounts how she got involved in chair-making from being a doll artist, citing her favorite dollmakers that influenced her craft. She tackles how the learning process and techniques she acquired in chair making helped her in dollmaking as well as shares her plans for her art.

The article focuses on Brikette doll made by the Vogue Doll Co. Inc. and its competitors in North America. A brief historical overview of Brikette doll, which was manufactured from 1959-1961, is given. Brikette features ball-jointed waist and neck tilted from side to side, enabling it to be placed in many poses. It discusses the license for Brikette as well as explores its competitors, including Jolly Jinx, Tobykins, and Susanne.

The article offers brief information on several dolls from various manufacturers and artists including Anna Karenina by Jamie Williamson, Forgotten Hearts dolls, and the 2014 Heartstring Doll Collection. The Anna Karenina is sculpted of Cernit, with a gown and jacket made of silks. Forgotten Hearts dolls are regarded as unique collection pieces, which feature a special mechanism. The Heartstring Doll Collection is called "Season of Change."

The article features the doll company ShirrStone Shelter Dolls established by couples Nikolay and Olga Prashnova. Topics discussed include the first ball-jointed dolls made of epoxy resin created by the couple, the elements of nature and mysticism, and anthropomorphism in the works of ShirrStone. Moreover, several photographs of ball jointed dolls created by the company are presented.

An interview with doll clothes designers Mario Paglini and Gianni Grossi is presented. Topics discussed by Paglini and Grossi include the creation of their book "Dreaming of Dolls," its accomplishment and description, and the difficulty of collaborating various photographs of dolls in their book compilation.

The article offers the author's insights on the ball-jointed dolls (BJDs) of French artist Enaibi. Topics discussed by the author include the artist's style influence from anime or Japanese animation, the animal/human theme in her BJDs, and her use of two colors of resin for casting. Enaibi also comments on style as the culmination of life experience and taste.

The article features dollmaker Sally Owens of Mystic Asylum in the U.S. It chronicles how Owens' passion in dollmaking has started and mentions her first handmade dolls, which were witches. It details Owens' different influences in making unique and mystique dolls and reveals his fascination of movies and stop animations. Moreover, Owens also discusses the value of being an artist.

The article focuses on doll maker Lizzie Tinker Gibson from New Orleans, Louisiana. It states that her creative skills motivated her to established the doll business Lollipop Cloth Creations, which produces dolls made from unique cloth materials. Moreover, Gibson mentions that she learned skills in needle works including crochet, quilting, and sewing from her mother and grandmother.

An interview with Lori Lyon, a designer of fashion doll couture, is presented. When asked about her personal life beyond her business name, she reflects on her life as a mother and wife. Lyon mentions that she started selling dolls on eBay Inc. and later started working on clothing of Barbie dolls. She gives advice to people who want to start their own fashion art.

The article focuses on the experiences of doll artists Lara Antonucci and Laurie Sánchez in learning the art of reborning baby dolls. According to Saáchez, reborning allows her to delight in loving baby dolls that instilled her the love of newborn babies and in loving newborn babies that drew her to reborn dolls. Meanwhile, Antonucci says that all the techniques that she had learned by artists over the world like making new pallets, skin tones, and texture have developed over time.

Photographs of designer dolls from doll artists and manufacturers are presented including the Purple Princess by Arlene Fish-Navarro, the Millicent by Amy Crouse and the French fairy by Kaerie Faerie.

The article offers information on doll artists and their new collection of dolls for 2013. It informs that doll artist Monica Reo has become an international award-winning doll artist and designer and known for her dedication to excellence in porcelain doll artistry. It presents several dolls with the 2013 collection theme "Take it Outdoors."

Photographs of cuddly cloth dolls from doll artists and manufacturers are presented.