DOLLS - May/June 2023
The May/June 2023 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and features a look back at Mel Odom’s creation of fashion-doll icon Gene Marshall, fashion BJD artist Alena Amicus, BJD artist Joyce Mathews, and more!
Features
7 Island Dreams
Alena Amicus Settles Into New Life in Britain
By Joyce Greenholdt
10 LuLu Tatum’s Creations
Are a Kaleidoscope of Creativity
By Pam North
12 Mel Odom
Gene’s Heart and Soul
By Anne Monday
BJD1 DOLLS Presents BJDs
BJD4 Linda Macario
Remains Fascinated by BJDs
By Joyce Greenholdt
BJD6 Ode to Joy
Joyce Mathews Launches New Joy Forever BJD Line
By Stephanie Finnegan
BJD10 Shows of Note
Previews of PNW BJD Expo, Resin Rose BJD Expo, and BJDC Texas
33 House of Nisbet
Snapshots Back in Time
By Karen B. Kurtz
Departments
6 Editor’s Notebook
B10 Shows of Note
40 Curious Collector
41 Classifieds
42 Doll Scene
43 Portraits
44 Paper Doll
46 Event Calendar
46 Advertiser Index