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These odd dolls are not something
you will find in a toy store. They are hardly something you would
buy for a child. They are misproportioned, strangely dressed,
and they have a story and character uniquely their own.
Each doll is entirely hand
made using polymer clays, vintage fabrics, acrylic paint, and
sometimes real human hair or teeth. Each piece is one of a kind.
Beth
Robinson is a self-taught New England artist who has been
making and selling hand made dolls since 2003. Although she found
success with her oil paintings, her life was transformed when
a friend introduced her to Japanese balljoint dolls at Pygmalian
Galleries ( eyedia.com).
From that moment she realized that taking her characters off the
canvas and turning them into little "people" would be
the best way to express herself. She is now a prolific artist
with collectors across the globe.
Robinson's dolls have been featured in the magazines:
Art Doll Quarterly, SPIN, "Stuff" in the US, "Maxim
UK" and "Maxim Hong Kong," "Rue Morgue"
in Canada, and "Nokia CP" in Turkey, "RIP"
in Russia, and "Nordic Vision" in Norway.
Her dolls have appeared in galleries throughout
the USA as well as in England, The Netherlands and Germany. She
is currently represented in the Netherlands by cabinodd.com,
in Berlin, London & NYC by Strychnin
Gallery, and in Vermont by The
Lazy Pear Gallery
"Now here's a doll May Canaday would make
if she watched The Brothers Quay Collection while listening to
Nightmare Picture Theatre and hadn't slept in a week. Weird, misshapen
and tortured, these unusual handmade dolls are...definitely not
for children, unless you want them to have nightmares." -Rue
Morgue, 2005
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