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It has come to the attention of forum staff that Dollshe Craft has ceased communications with dealers and customers, has failed to provide promised refunds for the excessive waits, and now has wait times surpassing 5 years in some cases. Forum staff are also concerned as there are claims being put forth that Dollshe plans to close down their doll making company. Due to the instability of the company, the lack of communication, the lack of promised refunds, and the wait times now surpassing 5 years, we strongly urge members to research the current state of this company very carefully and thoroughly before deciding to place an order. For more information please see the Dollshe waiting room. Do not assume this cannot happen to you or that your order will be different.Dismiss Notice
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Dollshe Craft and all dolls created by Dollshe, including any dolls created under his new or future companies, including Club Coco BJD are now banned from Den of Angels. Dollshe and the sculptor may not advertise his products on this forum. Sales may not be discussed, no news threads may be posted regarding new releases. This ban does not impact any dolls by Dollshe ordered by November 8, 2023. Any dolls ordered after November 8, 2023, regardless of the date the sculpt was released, are banned from this forum as are any dolls released under his new or future companies including but not limited to Club Coco BJD. This ban does not apply to other company dolls cast by Dollshe as part of a casting agreement between him and the actual sculpt or company and those dolls may still be discussed on the forum. Please come to Ask the Moderators if you have any questions.Dismiss Notice
Dollb
Dollb is a group of artists and designers with different academic backgrounds, passionate for Craft, Art & Design.
Development story
adapted from BJD Collectacy interview (2010-02-13) [1]
Fong, a mother and former web programmer and web designer, quit her job after her son was born. After her son started school, Fong began to search for something that she could do at home in her spare time. Around March 2009, C.Y., who was a fashion designer and tiny BJD collector, asked Fong to help build an online community which specialized in tiny ball jointed dolls. C.Y. hoped to build a simple forum that also included a search engine for internet resources such as web pages, blog entries, photos on Flickr, and videos from Youtube, to give members updated information. They worked on the site together, and TinyBJD.com was created and launched online May 1st, 2009. The forum developed a following of tiny doll enthusiasts from many countries.
Running a free online community turned out to be more complicated than C.Y. and Fong originally thought. As the online community required a lot of time and money for maintenance, updating, and interaction with the members, C.Y. and Fong started to look for a way to fund the site while keeping TinyBJD.com a free community. One of the TinyBJD.com members, Miu Miu, suggested that Fong and C.Y. set up an online shop to offer products for doll collectors.
Jenny and Patrick, who worked in a Guangzhou Toy Factory, knew C.Y. as they had worked together a few years earlier. Jenny and Patrick were both experienced in creating items, and soon they were taking C.Y. & Fong's designs and developing products for the shop. Together they created a variety of detailed shoes and tiny outfits. The dollb.com studio was created in July 2009 in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and dollb.com began selling its own designs in Oct 2009.
C.Y. is credited with proposing the creation their own brand of tiny doll. She has collected tinies for several years, and her collection currently includes a Lati Yellow, PukiFee, Bisou Ai, and a Felix Brownie. During the day, C.Y. works in a Hong Kong Brand children's apparel company as fashion designer, but her night job is now doll fashion designer. When designing shoes and outfits, C.Y. regularly transported her tiny dolls between Hong Kong and Guangzhou to work as models for Jenny and Patrick to develop new products. Often her dolls were in Guangzhou for weeks at a time.
C.Y. then asked Patrick could if they could possibly design a BJD of similar size and body shape, for which they could develop more products. The doll took months to design. The head, complete with a face-plate system, was completed first, and photos were released in December 2009. The body proved to be more complicated. The group designed and rebuilt the body until they were satisfied with the design. The first complete resin doll was made February 2nd, 2010, and was posted on dollb.com, TinyBJD.com, and Flickr that same night.
All of the dolls are hand-cast and sanded. Dollk dolls are sold as a basic doll with a head, body, eyes, and face-up. Additional items are available at dollb.com. According to the company, owners can share their Lati Yellow and PukiFee wigs with their DollK Doll as they have the same head size.
Future plans for the doll line include additional face-plates and different styles of hands. The dolls will use the same body for males and females. In order to increase production, the company is moving to a bigger studio, and hopes to hire a few more staff members. They will continue to create new items for different brands of tiny dolls. Asked about future dolls, the company hinted, "We still enjoy the honeymoon with our 16 cm Tiny DollK Doll; when he/she starts to feel lonely, we may bring her some brothers, sisters or even PETs!!"
Team
- Fong: web developer, web programmer & organizer
- C.Y.: doll fashion & accessory designer
- Patrick: doll sculptor, doll shoes artist
- Jenny: doll clothes artist
Links
- Dollb Official website