No matter how old, when we hear the word ‘doll’, we automatically travel back to the times of ridiculously disproportionate blonde plastic Barbies and rows of glassy eyed Alexanders perched on shelves ...

Most girls outgrow their dolls, but a sculptress named Marisol is an exception. She has made her dolls grow up with her. One 7-ft. 4-in. figure, Baby Boy, even clutches a small doll, with Marisol’s ...

A new short documentary shows Kate Charles, a sculptor who crafts elaborate and hyperrealistic babies known as "Reborn Dolls," at work. “Dollhouse,” a short film by LA-based director duo Terri Timely, ...

Meet Linda Laird Staszewski, married and in her 60s, who, as she put it, has "reinvented" herself with a second career after more than 25 years in industrial engineering. Blessed with skills that ...

The special "Museum Collection" Barbie's with the paintings that inspired them, left to right, Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I" (1907), Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" (1889) and ...

Shelley Thornton makes dolls, but they’re not toys for young girls. Rather, they’re internationally acclaimed works of art, small sculptures created from textiles, wood and steel. A dozen of them are ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah survey, 1994. Image on file. Smith 1979 signed The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of ...

Jan. 29—Just like the dolls she makes, there are two sides to Amber Martinez. "It's normal to be dark, it's normal to feel sad, it's normal to feel ugly," Martinez said. "That's what this represents, ...