The January/February 2016 issue of DOLLS features 52 four-color pages and includes an autobiography of Lifetime Achievement Award winner Kaye Wiggs and information about the 2016 Dolls Awards of Excellence competition — including new categories! Plus we have a special focus on baby dolls and the artists who create them, including a special feature by doll historian Jan Foulkes on the origins of baby dolls. Artists featured in this issue include Laura Tuzio-Ross, Shawna Clymer, Lauren Faith Jaimes, Barbara Felts, Debby Brooks, and Andrea Arcello.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

8 Get Ready for the Dolls Awards of Excellence
Start planning now for our 2016 competition!

22 The Toy Shoppe celebrates 40th anniversary
Store remodel, expansion allows extra displays, more event space

23 Almost Alive
Laura Tuzio-Ross’ babies capture collectors’ hearts
By Carrie Ferg

24 Kaye Wiggs
In Her Own Words

27 Play Babies
Ashton-Drake Galleries aims to inspire a new generation of collector
By Carrie Ferg

28 Tiny Tots
Shawna Clymer’s makes babies with a touch of fairy dust
By Pam North

32 Lauren Faith Jaimes
Makes a Little Bit of Heaven
By Carrie Ferg

34 Moonlighting
Barbara Felts unleashes her imagination at night
By Stephanie Finnegan

38 Antique Infants
A brief history of baby dolls
By Jan Foulke

42 Bundles of Joy
Debby Brooks delivers lifelike reborns
By Pam North

46 Baby Love
Andrea Arcello’s loving, lovely tributes to infants
By Stephanie Finnegan