There has been a revival in the art of doll making and women across America have become absorbed with this form of art.
Dollmaker conventions are held across America and the world and there are competitions to award the best dollmakers and c crafters.
From composition, porcelain, rubber, wood, fabric and other fibers dolls are created to look so real and life-like that they can be mistaken for real children!
One of the latest surges in doll making is the ‘reborn’ dolls which are ordered in kit form and they are then painted with layer upon layer to make the skin and folds and nails and hair so lifelike.
Hair, whether it be mohair, real hair or artificial hair and myriads of different eyes can be sourced and bought.
Dolls can be ordered whole and the crafting be just in the painting or they can be ordered part by part and created step by step.
This craft has also been enthusiastically pursued by younger crafters who will turn out to be master craftswomen or men by the time they are grown up!
