INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- As a little girl, Diana Friend never had the luxury of owning a porcelain doll. Instead, she and her sister -- two of seven children in her family -- grew up playing with little ...

First, Mary Johnson oiled the leg. She dabbed paint on the thigh, the shin and the top of the foot and smeared it like rouge. She set the leg down to dry, then picked up a head. Using a toothpick, she ...

Louise Cogzell has made 600 porcelain dolls — some with human hair — and is giving away the entire collection as long as the "family" stays together. A Queensland historical society is preparing more ...

Their creator is somewhat of an enigma — but the creation of porcelain dolls will be the subject of an eight-hour class this summer at Prairie Flower Beads in Portage. The Wisconsin artist, so far ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Business. Followed categories will be added to My News. But now the master doll maker has an award of excellence under her belt and is passing on her unique talent ...

A HEARTBROKEN woman has immortalised her son as a Reborn doll after he died from cancer aged 39. Betty Bading, 65, from Launceston in Tasmania, was in her mid-20s when she was introduced to the art of ...

CLERMONT — A small company that nurtured the porcelain-doll-making craft into millions of dollars in global sales has closed after half a century in the vastly changing business. A few workers were ...

THIS 59-year-old woman is capable of making faces and breaking faces. Find out what two clashing hobbies she enjoys in her spare time. The fourth-dan black belt could also outrun people half her age.