Dollieh Sanctuary

I'm someone who only joined the hobby a few years back. I didn't grow up with a knowledge of all of the different types of dolls out there. I know the basics of what's out there, but there always seems to be another person mentioning something in passing that I've never heard of before. (Especially on this board!) Google images has become a good friend of mine.

I'm certain I can't be the only who goes "what are they talking about now?". The most recent look up for me was a "Victorian Penny Wooden" that Zirconmermaid mentioned in another thread. I think that was the 4th search for a random doll this week!

So, my question is: what do you have that you would consider an outlier in the hobby? Do you have anything more on the unique side of things? Even if it's not totally unheard of, maybe it doesn't get mentioned on this type of forum to often?

Pictures are always welcome!

Hittys by richila9098, on Flickr
Hittys were my first real play dolls at age 50. I made the cloth one, Gabby. I carved the tiny one, Zita. My husband painted the eyes on the dolls I made. Aliza is on the right. She is my artist carved Hitty. She is carved from olive wood from the Holy land. Her name, Aliza, means joy in Hebrew.

I didn't know you made dolls! Very nice!
Are they based off of the Hitty story? That's the only thing I could find looking them up, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place.

The doll that I consider my most unusual is carved out of antler. It is a 6 inch play doll with movable arms and legs and a solid head/body. I also have a doll wearing an actual sealskin raincoat - Alaskan Native doll. He came from the same trip that the bone doll did. My smallest doll is an inch tall. my largest doll is a vintage walking doll - about 40 inches tall I think. I also have jointed resin dollhouse dolls of the wives of Henry the 8th. I collected dolls from around the world for a long time. I have some lovely wooden Sami dolls dressed authentically in woolen clothes. I truthfully have never counted all the dolls in the house. I don't really want to know!

Richila: I love your Hitty's!! I want to see that wooden one in person some time!

quidam wrote:I didn't know you made dolls! Very nice!
Are they based off of the Hitty story? That's the only thing I could find looking them up, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place.

Yes, they are based on the Hitty the first 100 years story. There is a very activity doll group called Hittygirls on the web.

Well, I don't actually have them anymore, but I did have some clown dolls... they had porcelain heads and their bodies were cloth, the limbs were filled with sand... Apparently most people think they're creepy...

quidam wrote:I'm someone who only joined the hobby a few years back. I didn't grow up with a knowledge of all of the different types of dolls out there. I know the basics of what's out there, but there always seems to be another person mentioning something in passing that I've never heard of before. (Especially on this board!) Google images has become a good friend of mine.

I'm certain I can't be the only who goes "what are they talking about now?". The most recent look up for me was a "Victorian Penny Wooden" that Zirconmermaid mentioned in another thread. I think that was the 4th search for a random doll this week!

So, my question is: what do you have that you would consider an outlier in the hobby? Do you have anything more on the unique side of things? Even if it's not totally unheard of, maybe it doesn't get mentioned on this type of forum to often?

Pictures are always welcome!

I understand exactly what you mean! I'm not at all clued up when it comes to BJD's and there is a LOT of BJD talk on DS, so I often don't know the dolls that are being discussed. I too have become well acquainted with google images . I have also never done any kind of doll restoration or made any changes to the way the doll looks (physically) and am constantly amazed at how many people are into changing their dolls looks. So yes, between the BJD and restoration talk, I'm definitely on the outside looking in

Zirconmermaid- those sound pretty awesome! It seems you must be a general doll lover with so much variety! Do you have a photo of the antler one?

Lamia- Lol! As much as I love clowns- no, I really do!- I think I might get creeped out by the porcelain ones!(but then, I still have a bit of a residual doll phobia!)

MelodyT- Thank you! I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who is at times clueless! BJDs are what got me into the hobby and the only ones I somewhat keep up on, so I'm usually good there. Obviously I know what Barbies and MH type dolls are (usually in a more generic sense- if you mention a specific Barbie, it's unlikely I'll know anything) , but so much gets mentioned in passing here I'm constantly looking up things!

quidam wrote: MelodyT- Thank you! I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who is at times clueless! BJDs are what got me into the hobby and the only ones I somewhat keep up on, so I'm usually good there. Obviously I know what Barbies and MH type dolls are (usually in a more generic sense- if you mention a specific Barbie, it's unlikely I'll know anything) , but so much gets mentioned in passing here I'm constantly looking up things!

Well the good thing is we are learning a lot . Primarily I have 1:6, but I have spread my wings to 14". I have 3 dolls that size. The rest are all 1:6 and primarily Barbie.