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Dolls have been a large part of my life since my Mother entered me in a best doll competition when I was 7. I don't remember winning anything, but the contest sparked what became a lifelong interest in dolls and dollmaking. Using how-to library books I set about right away to make dolls from socks and fabric scraps.

I started working for Hasbro in the late 1960s as a sculptor and designer of dolls and toys. Baby Peek-a-Boo and some GI Joe heads were created by me as well as the Weebles Treehouse and Treasure Island. I invented Walking Baby Loves You. After Hasbro, I freelanced for several major toy companies.

My doll collection is small and on offer here. The dolls from the 1950s were childhood gifts. The art of making dolls has always been more important than gathering them and the ones I have were chosen often for their beautiful and expressive sculpts and some quality about them that spoke to me.

NIADA, the National Institute of American Doll Artists, has allowed me to keep learning through their classes. I so enjoy attending their annual convention where the member artists display their latest fantastic creations for sale. It's through NIADA that I've met extraordinary artists I've admired for years: Lisa LIchtenfels, creator of astonishing figurative sculptures using nylon, Martha Armstrong-Hand, renowned for the many wonderful dolls she sculpted for Mattel and George Stuart, creator, and curator of richly and precisely detailed historical figures that are displayed in his museum in Ojai, CA. I and my fellow sculptors were able to study for a week with these master figurative artists because Gloria Winer, a patron of NIADA, turned her home into an art studio and invited us in.

It's time to say a bittersweet goodbye to the dolls that have brought happiness over the years so they can bring their joyful magic to new homes.