Pat Karacia’s dolls are available at the Butter Street Barn, 454 Old Butter St., Germantown, open on Fridays and Saturdays 10 – 5 p.m. To contact Pat, e-mail [email protected] “I love making dolls.” ...

Gulnara Kydyrmysheva, 69, retrieves a felt figure of a world-famous celebrity with a gold cross on his chest from a heavy colorful container. “This is some kind of rapper. Kanye … Yest?” she says ...

Three words can describe Kituza. Mother, refugee and survivor. There’s another term that speaks to her creativity and resilience: doll maker. Kituza began making dolls to earn money to support her ...

As a little girl I hated dolls. Please, don’t throw those stones. I had to take a deep breath before that confession. To admit that you did not love dolls as a lass is to know you’ll be judged as anti ...

Some are missing a hand or a limb; others have vitiligo or a walker. Each doll is met with tears, glee. Meet the woman, and some of the little recipients. For a child, disability is often understood ...