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.
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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.
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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.
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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.