Main Banquet Doll - The Kent State School of Fashion
Robert Tonner has created an extra special doll for our Conference. It is a brand new facial sculpt set on an Ellowyne body and will celebrate our renown Kent State University School of Fashion with an outfit from the fabulous 1960s.
Mr. Tonner's work will be featured at our main banquet and is included with your registration.
Kent State University Museum
with fashion gallery
The name Tonner is instantly recognized throughout the doll world. According to Pat Henry, founder and publisher of Fashion Doll Quarterly magazine and the book: Robert Tonner: Two Decades of Fashion and Design (2012), “Robert Tonner is one of the most influential doll designers of all time.”
After graduating from the famed Parsons School of Design, he began his career as a fashion designer eventually becoming head designer for the Blassport division of Bill Blass, but he is best known for the creation of the Tonner Doll Company, Wilde Imagination and Phyn & Aero, a collaboration with Andrew Yang.
Tonner’s original doll lines, Tyler Wentworth, Antoinette, Cami and Jon, Ellowyne Wilde, DejaVu and Kitty Collier, Betsy McCall, Ann Estelle among others, have won world-wide acclaim and the Tonner Doll Company has also been granted licenses to market doll designs for contemporary films such as Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Wizard of Oz, Pirates of the Caribbean, Avatar, Dr. Who and WonderWoman among others.
Mr. Tonner retired his company in 2018 and now only works as an independent artist on the special projects he chooses.
Tyler Wentworth, 2015
Runway Rave Jac 2006
These dolls are all from Tonner's uber popular Tyler Wentworth line
1999-2016
Haute Magazine Sydney 2003
Neema - Charmed, I'm Sure
2022
Sumptuous Esme, 2004
Tyler Bride, 2001
Betsy McCall and Company
School Play, 2002
Ellowyne Wilde "Gilded Gloom"
2012
Anne de Toile Deja Vu 2016
Nancy Ann Storybook Doll "Sweet Violet" Bisque Porcelain
2018
Ellowyne Wilde
"Divine Inspiration,"
Spring, 2022
Effanbee Patsyette Flower Girl
2014
Spiderman, 2007
Brenda Starr "Shanghai Secret"
2005
Wonder Woman 2017
Gal Gadot
Helen Kish Tribute
"Helen Kish, The Artist"
Maggie Iacono Event - Cleveland's Art District
Event: Dinner 6:00 - 8:00 PM Friday, May 3, 2024
Maggie has created a beautiful12" doll
paying homage to Cleveland's Art District
Limit 75
Sponsor: Cindy Bailey
Host Club: Ann Arbor Doll Collectors:
Tony Iacono, Maggie's Husband and Right-Hand Man
Virginia
“Maggie Made” dolls are celebrated and easily recognized throughout the doll world for the unique and extraordinary works of art that they are. Each of Maggie's dolls is created from wool felt and can be repositioned in endless poses using her unique ball-jointed system. Hips, knees, and even the ankles are ball-jointed to allow the doll to take a particular stance or expressive mood to interact with the other dolls in your collection and more importantly, interact with you, the collector. The head is completely moveable, enabling the doll to cast her glance in several directions. Each finger is wired, which enables the doll to be manipulated in just the right way to suggest a feeling, or hold an accessory.
Click the image to visit the Maggie Made Dolls Website
Raina
Mary Quite Contrary
Genevieve
Katherine
April, 2015 Event Doll
15" high
Lorna, 2019
One of a kind
Reba, 2017
Peter and the Wolf
Ruby Red Fashion Friends Siblies Event - American Greetings
Lunch: Noon - 2:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2024
The doll for this event will be a cute as can be
12" Ruby Red Fashion Friends Siblies doll
This event will pay homage to iconic media characters from Cleveland such as Superman, Strawberry Shortcake, Ziggy, Holly Hobbie and the Care Bears.
Limit 50
Host Club: Northern Ohio Doll Club
The original
Strawberry Shortcake
1978
Ruby Ho’s ultimate passion project was Ruby Red Galleria. After working in the doll industry for over fifty years, Ruby decided it was her turn to make her mark with her own unique brand. One of her first dolls, Ten Ping, was given her own Chinese name. Ms. Ho’s objective was to create premium dolls that value artist integrity. The Ruby Red Fashion Friends are an offshoot of the Ruby Red group and the Siblies are the young sisters and brothers of the Fashion Friends. To read Ruby Ho’s fascinating biography and more about the captivating Ruby Red line of dolls, click the buttons below.
Ruby Ho
Founder of Ruby Red Galleria
Ruby Red Fashion Friends
Siblies - Sunny
Ruby Ho
Founder of Ruby Red Galleria
with some of the
Ruby Red Group Dolls
Siblies - Sydney
Siblies - Bailey
Siblies - Rory
Siblies - Kelsey
Siblies - Callie
Click the Image to Visit the Fashion Friends and their
Siblies at the Ruby Red Website
Elizabeth Cooper Event - The Christmas Story House
Lunch: Noon - 2:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2024
The doll for this event will be a
6" Polymer Clay Doll
This event doll is inspired by The Christmas Story House
Limit 50
Host Club:
Girl with Snowman
Tooth Fairy
Boy on Saucer
Elizabeth Cooper is a celebrated polymer clay artist whose creations exude a sense of charm and whimsey. Elizabeth’s dolls have been featured as the souvenirs at many UFDC meal events and her dolls are sought after for their Norman Rockwell quality giving us a feeling of warmth, joy and childhood memories. To learn more about Elizabeth’s life and art, click the button below.
CLICK the image above
to visit the Christmas Story House site
Ukraine Strong
"Earl" Shoemaker Elf
Snow!
Caroler
Girl with Cat
Black Doll History Event featuring Disney's Princesses Reimagined
Breakfast: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Friday, May 3, 2024
The doll for this event will be an
11" Vinyl Doll based on the Disney Princess form
with costumes in collaboration with CreativeSoul Photography
Limit 50
Host Club: The Motor City Doll Club
Creative Photographers
Regis and Kahran Bethencourt
View dolls on Shop Disney
Click the image above
The CreativeSoul Doll Collection, based on the work of CreativeSoul Photography founders Regis and Kahran Bethencourt, in collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, reimagines what a classic Disney Princess would look like through a diverse lens. The dolls are styled with natural hairstyles and intricate Afrocentric fabrics and adornments while paying tribute to four Disney Princesses – Tiana, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.
The dolls were featured at Walt Disney World Resort’s 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, and are based on the creative photographic work of the Bethencourts. Limited edition.
Of this collection, the Disney Company writes: "One of the many things we love about our guests is their emotional connection to our stories. When they see themselves and their cultures depicted in our stories, a bond is formed that brings the magic of Disney to life. ...These breathtaking dolls pull inspiration from our beloved Disney Princess characters and the young girls featured in the concept art "
Read more about this collection and a short interview with the Bethencourts on the February Disney Blog
Click the button above to visit the
Bethencourts' Photography Studio Page
The Princesses
Cinderella as restyled by
CreativeSoul Photography
Disney reimagined Cinderella Doll
Tiana as restyled by
CreativeSoul Photography
Disney reimagined
Tiana Doll
Snow White as restyled by
CreativeSoul Photography
Disney reimagined
Snow White Doll
All four Disney dolls
Rapunzel as restyled by
CreativeSoul Photography
Disney reimagined
Rapunzel doll
Denis Bastien Event - The Cleveland Ballet
Breakfast: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Friday, May 3, 2024
The doll for this event will be one of
Mr. Bastien's Leeann line dolls honoring the Cleveland Ballet
Limit 50
Host Club:
Lenny - 2016
Boys Will be Boys
Leneda - 2006
Winter Wonderland
Denis Bastien, also known as Leeann’s Dad, is the sole employee at Affordable Designs - Canada. He started this one-man show in 2000 by selling his first 16 inch fashion doll limited edition outfit creations on eBay. Multiple limited editions were created when he decided to have larger editions manufactured in Asia. What was intended to be a hobby soon became his full-time job. In 2004, he was given the opportunity to give a new life to some of the Oren Village dolls sculpted by Maryanne Oldenburg. The line soon became known for its high-quality dolls, detailed outfits, shoes, and accessories, all at affordable prices. Denis Bastien’s goal was always to bring the joy of doll collecting to a budget-conscious demographic. Eighteen years later, the Leeann and friends doll line has ten different characters sharing clothes, shoes, and accessories that continue to delight its collectors around the world.
Leeann - 2015
A New School
LouLou - 2016
Leeann Slideshow
with Cute Dioramas
Leeann - 2012
Return to Tara
All Leeann's Friends
Visit Denis Bastien's Website
Jennie Sykes Event - Celebrating Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Breakfast: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Saturday, May 4, 2024
The doll for this event will be beautiful 9" Kestner bisque head reproduction with cloth torso and bisque arms and legs -
costume based on her lavender inaugural dress
Limit 50
Host Club: Lansing Area Doll Collectors
2020 UFDC Steiner event doll
with Sophie Pearson
Jennie Sykes has been a Porcelain Dollmaker, Artist, Instructor, Costumer, Workshop developer/presenter, and Doll Doctor since 1994. With a huge collection of porcelain doll molds, over 200 dolls created and sold, 650+ successfully completed restoration projects, several custom orders and workshops under contract accompanied with a 6 to 8-month backlog, the business continues to grow and now includes a combined retail and teaching studio, Porcelain Classics’ Bee Eclectic in Michigan.
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
April 19, 1832 - March 13, 1918
A Barrois Restoration
An Ethnic Huret Restoration
Lena Louise Sutherland
2022 UFDC Convention Doll
To learn more about Mrs. Garfield, click the image above
A Huret Restoration
Merlin, a Sykes Original
Sykes Process - Huret
Before and After Painting
Meissa, a Sykes Original
Huret Project Doll
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Michael Peterson Brunch - Tribute to Margaret Hamilton
Farewell Breakfast: 9:00 AM - 11:00 Sunday, May 5, 2024
Mr. Peterson has created one of his fanciful figurines to
honor famous Cleveland native, Margaret Hamilton
This event is included with your registration.
Cleveland Native
Margaret Hamilton
Dec. 9, 1902 - May 16, 1985
Recognized for his whimsical and adorably charming creations, Architectural Clay Artist Mike Peterson is known for his creative whimsies specializing in houses and accessories. For us, he has created a piece entitled "I'm Melting!"
Visit the Walnut Street Gallery