She also hosted the 1991 sasha festival in keuka park, ny, which included a childrens fund silent auction and sale the first of what was to become an annual festival event. She studied at kings college, cambridge and the college of law, working as a solicitor for years. Back of neck is marked with sylvia natterers signature sn and white balloon. This book is the current encyclopedia of sasha dolls. Sasha dolls through the years isbn 0912823852 written by dorisanne osborn a great reference book with useful photographs of the studio dolls 1940s1975, first production of german sasha dolls made by the gotz factory 19641970 and the english manufactured sasha dolls 19651986. Sasha puppen published by benteli press in switzerland. The collectors guide to identifying studio dolls of the 1940s1970s and manufactured dolls 19641986. A great reference book with useful photographs of the studio dolls 1940s1975, first production of german sasha dolls made by the gotz factory 19641970 and the english manufactured sasha dolls 19651986. Original unopened vintage caleb doll 16 uk trendon nude sasha friend. Books at this time three new, very comprehensive full color books about sasha dolls have been published. New vintage sasha doll 108 redhead, tag england nib. This book is a wonderful book for a sasha lovercollector.
Dorisanne was the editor and publisher of the newsletter friends of sasha from 1989 to 2005, and author of the book sasha dolls through the years. The first sasha festival was held in 1983, hosted by ann barden now chandler at her farm in new hampshire. Tridias toys and sasha tridias toyshop was started in bath by my parents, robin and charlotte cooke in 1964. From child hood to sasha profile number 7 the sasha emporium. Oh i see i did not see that you ahd the whole lot that goes with the doll itself, that you for the photo. Ken, introduced by mattel in 1961 as barbies steady boyfriend, has gone through many incarnations over the decades. This book is an updated and handy version of the sasha dolls by cameron morgenthaler, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The next two photos of this 1969 frido dungaree girl show the very first doll that i bought off sashadolluk on april 6th, 2002 for my 61st birthday the next. I was thrilled to see that my dream child studio doll, hedea, had been included in this book and here we see her looking at herself on page. There is information on the studio dolls, course dolls made under sashas or her assistant, trudi lofflers, instruction, and all the lines of production dolls. I changed the order of some of the instructions for example, sewing the pockets in place. The book sasha puppen sasha dolls by stefan biffiger see just below pictures the dolls that were housed at the puppenmuseum, and also contains essays about her life and work. Today, these handmade, studio sasha dolls are highly. She started to make toys and dolls for her three children in the 1920s. Eventually it will take a series of four books to tell the whole story. If you are an experienced sewist i suggest reading through the instructions before starting to sew. Sasha morgenthaler 18931975 was a swiss artist and dollmaker, best known for the sasha doll produced in germany and the united kingdom beginning in the late 1960s. Popular with collectors, sasha dolls are characterized by their individualism, their realistic expressions, their unique color, and the extreme attention to detail in the manufacture of the dolls as well as their clothes. This book is a must for all sasha collectors whether a newbie or a seasoned veteran, everyone will find it as your go to reference when it comes to identifying that mystery sasha doll.
Glitter series limited edition lol doll figure mga chop. I subscribed to a national doll magazine called collectors united, and bought many sasha dolls through that magazine. Brigittes second restring at the sasha celebration weekend was a trendon girl who had become floppy. She was also a humanitarian and a keen observer of all the worlds children. Sasha doll clothes, this is a good back to school outfit for sasha, and the blouse can be worn with jumper or with a skirt. I would have liked a longer book, with more explanations on the involvement of gotz in both the 60s and in the 80s and how the company got involved in making sasha dolls. This first book is a comprehensive look at the history of sasha dolls, material that has been covered in none of the other books. The sasha doll was named after her designer, sasha morgenthaler who lived in switzerland and died in 1975 at the age of 82 years.
It involved using another cord the stripy one to help pull the main double cord through her body. Although perhaps 10 years old, auction doll once again is available from kathe kruse company, this time called minouche. By the fall of 1999, sasha dolls through the years had come back from the printers in hong kong. Though bratz dolls fared poorly at their may 21, 2001 debutmostly due to the longheld monopoly by barbietheir popularity increased the following christmas. In 2006, a toyindustry analyst indicated bratz had captured about forty percent. Dolls can be categorized by era antique dolls, vintage dolls, modern dolls or by material bisque, wood, wax. When her factory closed in 2007, annette chose the toy shoppe to exclusively represent her own. Integrity doll clothing for sale founded in 1995, integrity toys is a company that specializes in producing highend fashion dolls. More details on the different dolls would also have been useful, as well as a cataloguing of all. Sasha dolls have been popular for decades, and are well known to children and their mothers all over the world. More details on the different dolls would also have been useful, as well as a cataloguing of all the different outfits and doll names over the years. Annette himstedt established a bold new direction and inspired many artists and companies in doll making. The collectors guide to identifying studio dolls of the 1940s1970s and manufactured dolls 19641986 dorisanne osborn on. She was a founder member of the write fantastic writers group together with fantasy.
She eventually set up a doll making studio in her home and with the help of a local sculptor began to produce sasha dolls from molds. At the 30th sasha festival, held in stratforduponavon in 2012, ann spoke about the festivals history at the group dinner. Barbie has been a part of my life for a long time now and although i collect other dolls and love them. Her travels in israel, france, eastern europe and southern africa have provided some of the inspiration for her writing. Her vision was to create dolls that represented and reflected the spirit of children of all races and cultures during their age of innocence. She was wearing an early sasha outfit that i really wanted although sasha herself dates to 1970 according to her string colour, neck bar and shade of vinyl as well as her height. She explains in the book that the tiny check fabric was used in late 1968 to early 1969. Our newest range your modern girl dolls is a collection of characters with unique personalities who are all best friends and live in. Cabbage patch kids werent actually born in a field of vegetables, but out of the entrepreneurial mind of a 21yearold art student, xavier roberts, in helen, georgia. You will also find themed dolls celebrity dolls, alice in wonderland dolls as well as dolls sorted by their function play dolls, collector dolls, utility dolls. Sasha dolls through the years by dorisanne osborn 1999, gold horse publishing.
Jessica rydill is a british fantasy author from the west country. Tridias was the first shop in the uk to sell sasha dolls first in our bath branch, and then over the 20 years of uk production in all our stores in the uk. It was late saturday afternoon at the 2018 scw and my daughter had sold a few hair accessories at her sales stand, much to her relief after all her crochet work it was gratifying to have some customers. The son of a state security secret policeman, and a proud supporter of the communist party, acceptance into the pioneers is sashas first step towards following in his fathers footsteps.
She was a lot more complicated to restring than the gotz girl before her. Tomorrow is the day he will finally be accepted into comrade stalins young soviet pioneers. Sasha dolls, clothing and patterns is available now through susannas website. A lovely vintage sewing pattern for 16 sasha dolls and other similar size dolls. Ken was created just two years after barbie and has been produced every year since, except in 1968 when mattel decided to change his body mold.
Dolls by jumeau, schuenau and hoffmeister, dressel. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as needle molding. The photos in the book are beautiful too so the eye candy effect is there as well. I do, however, use sasha dolls through the years more often on a daily basis. Sashas storm by misha carver nook book ebook barnes. Sasha ms original studio dolls are in her doll museumstudio in switzerland, and some are pictured in several books existing on sasha dolls like the photo at the top of this page. Construction, sculpt and perfect balance of natterer and sasha dolls are very similar. When she arrived one of her eyes was very faded and barely visible. June 2018 i thought that after five years it was time to give this page a bit of a revamp so look out for some new pictures and information in the near future.
Sasha dolls were created by the late sasha morgenthaler 1893 1975, a swiss artist and artisan. I highly recommend reading susanna lewis book sasha dolls serie identification that is full of useful information about the production dolls and the outfits plus excellent photography. In their first five years, 125 million products were sold worldwide, and, in 2005, global sales of bratz and bratz products reached two billion dollars. Integrity clothing and accessories gigis dolls and.