E-Mail Address: MicroJill@aol.com
Homepage: members.aol.com/MicroJill/MicroJill.html
Studio Name: Jill's MicroCosmos
Location: Clifton, NJ USA
Media used: Porcelain
Type/style of dolls: Type/style of dolls: Limited Edition miniature and larger (1 1/2 to 25") porcelain dolls. Prototypes/samples & sculpts for manufacturers.
Length of time in dollmaking: Length of time in dollmaking: About 8 years...Five years doing originals.
Professional Credits: Professional Credits: Publication in DOLLS THE COLLECTOR, DOLLMAKING CRAFTS & DESIGNS (the cover and my bi-monthly column), DOLL LIFE, DOLLS IN MINIATURE, DOLL CRAFTER, DOLL WORLD and more to come...
I've produced a number of dolls for various play-doll manufacturers and am working to bring my whimsical dolls to the collectors mass market. A book on making dolls in miniature will be published by the end of 1999!
Other: Other: I also teach sculpting in my Clifton studio...beginners to pros! Brochure available!Comments on dollmaking: Dollmaking has not only been a joyous discovery, but my saving grace...I adore smaller dolls, which is why I make them, there is, for me, an intimacy in making the tiny dolls that just cannot be found in their larger counterparts.
"My Guardian Angel" is armatured porcelain in 5-inches. He was featured
in "DollMaking Crafts & Designs" Magazine and on the cover of The Doll
SourceBook '96. He's limited to an edition of 10 and comes with his
handcrafted wood and metal bench. Information about his price and ordering
this doll can be found on my webpage.
A.B.
A. and B."Tickled Pink" and "Baby Blues" ... (these were BOTH featured in Dolls the Collector Magazine)
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