Doll Repair

I have been restoring dolls for roughly 20 years.  I have had training in sculpting, pottery, and painting in college, as well as professional training in doll repair.  I work on any type and period of doll from bisque to plastic.  I have provided restoration services to hundreds of individuals over the years, as well as providing restoration services to a museum and have never had a complaint.

I have provided estimates for insurance companies and to individuals for insurance and filing claims purposes on dolls.  I make doll clothing out of appropriate fabric, styled for the period of the doll. I work with bisque, composition, and plastic; I can restring and set eyes—anything your doll may need, I can provide. 

Click here to see the article the Ledger did about my doll repair services.

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  • Bonnie Babe -- smashed to pieces
  • Bonnie Babe restored!
  • Kestner doll before
  • Kestner doll restored
  • 1890's composition doll
  • 1890's composition doll repaired and restrung
  • Jumeau doll before
  • Jerry Sherman with the Jumeau doll he restored
  • Kling doll in need of repair and restoration
  • Tattered clothes belonging to Kling doll
  • Kling doll clothing repaired
  • Kling doll repaired and restored
  • Patent washable doll before
  • Patent washable doll after
  • Carved Shoenhut doll before
  • Carved Shoenhut doll after
  • Before
  • After
  • 28" Doll — Before
  • 28" Doll — partially restored
  • 28" Doll — After
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