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Southern California doll artist, Randi Taylor, has been making and designing
dolls since the age of 2. Anything and everything that could be made into
a doll or critter was. Her obsession with mystical deities came about the age
of 3 when fascinated by a neighbor's tiny loveable elf sitting on her coffee
table. At that point, a doll artist was created and trying to re-create that
mystical little elf was a goal. |
In 1975, she started a wholesale business designing and making cloth
and porcelain dolls. In 1976, she discovered polymer clay and her first attempt
to re-create the loveable little elf started. With some encouragement from
a friend, she entered her Christmas elves in the Orange County Fair and not
only won a first place blue ribbon, but also won the whole Christmas division
as well. That success led her into the world of miniatures and "Wee Forest
Folk" was born.
In the early '90's, she started sculpting larger elves and entered a
worldwide contest by Family Circle Magazine for Christmas ornaments. She
was one of the 1st place winners and received a savings bond as well as
her ornament was displayed on one of the Trees of Christmas at the Smithsonian
Museum of American Art History.
Randi Taylor is a member of ODACA, Academy of American Doll Artists
(AADA, NAME, O.C. Polymer Clay Guild and the National Polymer Clay
Guild. She has been featured in the magazines: Nutshell News, Catalog of Miniatures,
Contemporary Doll Collector , Dolls;
and the books: Creative Ways With Polymer Clay by Dotty McMillan, and Fantastic
Figures by Susanna Oroyan.
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