Dolls by African American artists/manufacturer: Lorna Miller Sands, Lorna Paris, Gloria Young Rone, Floyd Bell, Goldie Wilson, Shindana Toys |
CURRENT BLACK ARTISTS/DOLL MAKERS
ABBDA
Email: weloveblackdolls@gmail.com
Afrikashyne
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://afrikashyne.com/product-category/dolls/ini-dolls/
Angel Hugs 4 All (Angela Huggins)
Medium: Cloth
Website: https://www.angelhugs4all.com/
Beautiful Blessings
Medium: Vinyl (full-figured 12-inch fashion dolls)
Website: https://www.iamabeautifulblessing.com/
Beed, Dr. Linda - author, children’s minister and dollmaker - lindaonassignment@yahoo.com
Medium: Vinyl (full-figured 12-inch fashion dolls)
Website: https://www.iamabeautifulblessing.com/
Beed, Dr. Linda - author, children’s minister and dollmaker - lindaonassignment@yahoo.com
Bell, Floyd
Media: Wood, resin
Email: belledolls@sbcglobal.net
Beloved Reborns (Tiarra Shante Venter)
Media: Vinyl and silicone reborns and reroots
Email: belovedreborns@yahoo.com
Biankha and Friends Dolls (Based in the UK)
Medium: Vinyl (13.4-inch fashion doll)
Website: https://www.biankhaandfriends.com/
Black, Lillian - lblackdolls@gmail.com
Bloodworth, Marilyn
Media: Cloth, Liquache
Media: Vinyl and cloth 18-inch talking dolls for children
Brooklyn Dollworks (Valerie Gladstone)
Media: Mixed media art dolls
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Email: dc123dolls@yahoo.com
Coleman-Cobb, Patricia
Media: Cloth and resin art dolls
Colette, Vivian
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vivian.colette
Coloured Goodies (The Netherlands)
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.colouredgoodies.nl/?fbclid=IwAR36mmCm_2uzPsQd8dKE0VHBgyGk8sJuCBQujBt9xVfHrWGve5r-QBeL4I0
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.colouredgoodies.nl/?fbclid=IwAR36mmCm_2uzPsQd8dKE0VHBgyGk8sJuCBQujBt9xVfHrWGve5r-QBeL4I0
Creations by Ba'ucham (Ra’chel Ba’ucham)
Media: Yarn (crochet), porcelain, cloth
Facebook:
Email: Unekleyme1010@gmail.com
Cuddle Me Soft (Fay O’Neal)
Media: Vinyl and silicone reborns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cuddlemesoft
Website: https://www.cuddlemesoft.com/
Dean, Tiffani
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiffani.dean.5
Deborah Grayson Studios
Media: Mixed media art dolls
Website: https://www.graysonstudios.com/
Dolls by MonTQ (Tanya Montegut)
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Dolls Just 4 U (Scharynne Holmes)
Medium: Cloth
Ellis, Mabel - truedevotions@yahoo.com
Expressions of Color (Jean Henderson)
Media: Mixed media art dolls
FableDollHouse
Medium: Natural Fiber Art Dolls with a Whimsical Flair
Fomby, Tosh
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Fort, Patricia - patriciasdolls@hotmail.com
Fresh Dolls and Positively Perfect Dolls
Media: Vinyl and vinyl and cloth
Website: https://thefreshdolls.com/
Fusion Dolls
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.fusiondolls.com/
Gant, VonZetta - dollsandfashion@gmail.com
Godfrey, Sahara - slgvibinge@earthlink.net
Green, Marie
Fresh Dolls and Positively Perfect Dolls
Media: Vinyl and vinyl and cloth
Website: https://thefreshdolls.com/
Fusion Dolls
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.fusiondolls.com/
Gant, VonZetta - dollsandfashion@gmail.com
Godfrey, Sahara - slgvibinge@earthlink.net
Green, Marie
Media: Cloth dolls, jewelry, and clothing
Email: bemarie257@yahoo.com
Hall, LaVerne
Holiday Festival of Black Dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LaVerneHolidayFestivalBlackDolls/
Hall, LaVerne
Holiday Festival of Black Dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LaVerneHolidayFestivalBlackDolls/
Handmade Dolls by Twissi
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Email: twissidolls55@gmail.comEtsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Twissi
Harris, Patricia - dhpal2626@gmail.com
Harris, Sherelle - sdjharris63@yahoo.com
Healthy Roots Dolls
Medium: Vinyl 18-inch doll with natural hair
Website: https://healthyrootsdolls.com/
Herstory Dolls (Canada)
Medium: Vinyl (articulated 17-inch dolls)
Website: http://www.herstorydoll.com/
Hillian, Vanessa - hillianvanessa@gmail.com
Holoford, Lillian - lilhol@sbcglobal.net
January, Kor
MayOla’s Kidz - dhpal2626@gmail.com
McMurray, Crystal
Melandolly
Medium: Polymer clay
Website: https://melandolly.com/portfolio-2/
Melanites
Medium: Vinyl (17-inch boy doll)
Website: https://www.brownboyhood.com/products/jaylen-action-pal
M'simbi Dolls (Zambia, Africa)
Medium: Vinyl (18-inch dolls)
Website: https://www.msimbidolls.com/
Neal, Mary - mary@tnealcps.com
Neal, Mary K. - dollsdesignerlady@gmail.com
Our Brown Boy Joy (talking plush doll to empower brown boys)
Pretty Brown Girl
Media: Vinyl, cloth
Website: https://prettybrowngirlshop.com/
Reed, Gwendolyn - almeta1512@sbcglobal.net
ROGERSs Originals
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cj.starz.7
Website: https//www.studioxoxodolls.com/
Urbidolls (France)
Medium: Vinyl
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/Urbidolls
Website: https://urbidolls.com/
Williams, Trish
Wilson, Goldie (see Original Dolls by Goldie Wilson above)
World Girls
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.teamworldgirls.com/collections/all
Harris, Patricia - dhpal2626@gmail.com
Harris, Sherelle - sdjharris63@yahoo.com
Healthy Roots Dolls
Medium: Vinyl 18-inch doll with natural hair
Website: https://healthyrootsdolls.com/
Herstory Dolls (Canada)
Medium: Vinyl (articulated 17-inch dolls)
Website: http://www.herstorydoll.com/
Hillian, Vanessa - hillianvanessa@gmail.com
Holoford, Lillian - lilhol@sbcglobal.net
Hubbard, Pamela
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pamm.dollindiva
IamU Dolls (Stacey McBride-Irby)
Medium: Mass-produced 12-inch vinyl fashion dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Iamyoudolls/
Imagination Dolls (Debbie Hilson)
Media: Mixed media art dolls
Iwyatt Imagist (Wyatt Hicks)
Medium: Polymer clay
January, Kor
Medium: Wood
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kor.january.9
Joffee Diva Dolls (Joy Griffis)
Media: Polymer clay and cloth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoffeeGeones/
Kappia, Rita (lives in England)
Medium: Cloth art dolls
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rita.kappia
Kissing Kousins Dolls (Karen Oyekanmi)
Media: Felt, porcelain
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.oyekanmi
Email: kissandk@gmail.com
Lively Folks by Tracy Perry
Medium: Cloth
Medium: Cloth
Instagram: SeamsLikeTracy
Email: Contact the artist through the Etsy shop contact link
Massa's Servants Collectibles (Gloria Y. Rone)
Media: Polymer clay, cloth
Email: Gloriayoung5511@gmail.com
McMurray, Crystal
Media: Nylon
Melandolly
Medium: Polymer clay
Website: https://melandolly.com/portfolio-2/
Melanites
Medium: Vinyl (17-inch boy doll)
Website: https://www.brownboyhood.com/products/jaylen-action-pal
Montsh, Abenaa Rukiya
Media: Polymer clay
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abenaa.montsh
M'simbi Dolls (Zambia, Africa)
Medium: Vinyl (18-inch dolls)
Website: https://www.msimbidolls.com/
Neal, Mary - mary@tnealcps.com
Neal, Mary K. - dollsdesignerlady@gmail.com
Original Dolls by Goldie Wilson
Media: One-of-a-kind porcelain and cloth
Email: goldiewil@msn.com
Our Brown Boy Joy (talking plush doll to empower brown boys)
Medium: Plush
Website: https://www.ourbrownboyjoy.com/
Paddlefoot Dolls (Debra Pounds)
Medium: Cloth
Paris, Lorna
Media: Leather, cloth
Pretty Brown Girl
Media: Vinyl, cloth
Website: https://prettybrowngirlshop.com/
Reed, Gwendolyn - almeta1512@sbcglobal.net
ROGERSs Originals
Sands, Lorna Miller
Media: Silicone lifelike dolls
Website: http://lornamillersands.com/
Sankofa Doll Artistry
Media: Mixed textiles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SankofaStudio/
Sharon Pittman Art Dolls
Medium: Polymer clay
Sharon E. Tucker Original Designs
Media: Mixed media art dolls and clothes
Small, Sylvia
Medium: Cloth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sylvia.small.71
Sonadolls (Frantz Brent-Harris)
Media: Resin, silicone
Stacelina Monique Dolls and Miniature Accessories
Medium: Customized Barbie/fashion doll repaints, miniature
accessories for playscale dolls
Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls (Rachel McCullough Sherrod)
Media: Felt, cloth
Studio XOXO (Cleveland Wycoff aka Cj Starz)
Medium: Resin (16.75 and 12-inch fashion BJDs)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cj.starz.7
Website: https//www.studioxoxodolls.com/
Sumner, Stephen
Doll Artist/Designer formerly designed
for Hasbro and Mattel
Swann, Alice
Medium: Wood, clay, cloth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swanntailor
Thimble & Doll (London, England)
Medium: Cloth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thimbleanddoll/?tn-str=k*F
Trinity Designs, Inc.
Medium: Cloth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thimbleanddoll/?tn-str=k*F
Trinity Designs, Inc.
Media: Vinyl (16-inch sorority-inspired dolls)
Urbidolls (France)
Medium: Vinyl
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/Urbidolls
Website: https://urbidolls.com/
Williams, Trish
Media: Mixed textiles (art dolls)
Wilson, Goldie (see Original Dolls by Goldie Wilson above)
Medium: Vinyl
Website: https://www.teamworldgirls.com/collections/all
Young, Angela
Media: Cloth and reborns
PAST BLACK DOLL
DESIGNERS MAKERS/MANUFACTURERS OF BLACK DOLLS
Berta Bell Dolls (I. Roberta Bell)
Big Beautiful Dolls, Inc. (Audrey Bell-Kearney and Georgette
Taylor)
Candi and Candi Girls (Helena Hamilton)
Double Dutch Dolls by K. Charles
Golden Ribbon Playthings (Huggy Beans)
Grandy, Gloria (soft-sculptured artist of OOAK dolls)
Lars, Byron (designed the Byron Lars Barbies for Mattel)
Lomel Enterprises (Baby Whitney)
McBurrows, Annuel (sculpted the Brown Eye Doll series for
Remco)
Moss, Leo (late-1800s to early 1900s doll maker)
Olmec Toys (Yla Eason was the founder).
Perkins, Kitty Black (former fashion-doll designer for Mattel)
Again, if you are a Black (African or of African-descent) doll maker or know someone who is, please add the artist's name or the company's name and contact information in a comment to this post. Thank you in advance!
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Thank you for following, commenting, and sharing using the share button below.
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Check out my eBay listings here.
Please follow my sister blog Ebony-Essence of Dolls in Black.
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LaVerne Hall
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I have added you to the list, LaVerne! Sorry for overlooking you.
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https://healthyrootsdolls.com/ Just saw this one
ReplyDeleteThank you, Frankie! Healthy Roots and a host of other companies and artists have been added to the list. I'll keep updating as necessary.
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You're welcome, Linda!
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Hello! I just learned of a company called StudioXOXO dolls that is Black owned and consists of all Black dolls. there's 1/4th scale resin BJDs and 1/6th scale vinyl dolls. They're all stunning!
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https://www.etsy.com/shop/FableDollhouse?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1027845542
ReplyDeleteHi! Just found this AWESOME custom doll shop on etsy-- look how cute the creations are! anyways, it's Black-owned and thought you might be interested in it. I'm gonna order a mini-me ASAP!
Thank you for sharing the link to FableDollHouse's Etsy shop. I have added the shop to the body of this post.
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Sharon Davis cloth art dolls. esdavis44@sbcglobal.net
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