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"When I saw my first BJD
I was not interested."
~Connie Lowe~

Stella's creator, doll artist Connie Lowe.

Stella is a delightful 20-inch ball-jointed doll, known in doll circles
as a "BJD." Inspired by and based on the photographs of young girls
from the 1930s, she was sculpted by doll artist, Connie Lowe. Uniquely
creative dolls like Stella first appeared on the doll scene back in 1999
by a company named "Volks." These dolls came in three basic sizes: SD
or Super Dolfie, from 27-½ to 35-½-inches tall, MSD or Mini Super Dolfie,
15-½-inches tall, and YOSD, 10-½-inches tall. Other companies in Japan
and Korea made BJD dolls as well, in the same basic sizes. An exciting
feature about these dolls is that they could share wigs, eyes, clothes
and shoes. When they started appearing in the United States, they were
embraced by Cosplay (dressing up as costumed characters) and Steampunk
groups. By 2005, BJDs were appearing at doll shows. There were several
artists in the United States making individually-created dolls, customizing
dolls for other people or creating clothing and shoes for the dolls. In
2007, Goodreau Doll Company presented their American BJD line with
less anime-style (Japanese hand-drawn and computer animation) to the
faces. The dolls, "Whisper," "Innuendo," "Rumor" and "Secret," launched
Goodreau into the mainstream of manufacturing and marketing BJDs.
The first BJD event was held at UFDC's 2008 Annual Convention in Las
Vegas, Nevada, introducing the "Magician's Helper" with the companion
doll, the "Magician."
Stella's friend and creator, Connie is a self-taught artist, doll maker
and collector of antique dolls. She was drawn to the beauty of artist and
collectible dolls when her first daughter was young. Fascinated
by the skills used in the various sculpts, Connie soon found
herself collecting artist and collectible dolls. Regarding the
new BJDs, she claims, "When I saw my first BJD I was not

Stella comes to life with a sketch and a lump of clay.

The creative process continues with refining the sculpt.
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A finished paper/stone clay head is the result.



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