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STAND April - May 2021

Cover Photo: Baby Trikie by Joanne Callander photographer: Joanne Callander All images are owned by their respective photographers and all images are provided with permission. Credit is given on each image according to what is provided by contributor. STAND is not responsible for incorrect information.

// from the Editors Dorothy Drake Editor-In-Chief

Deborah Hood Co-Editor

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Awakenings...

The snow has melted and the soil has warmed up to allow for new life to emerge from a long, cold winter.

Much like the flora and fauna that is emerging from the cold, we, too are “awakening” from a kind of hibernation that the pandemic forced us into. And with a year of social distancing, it’s been a long hibernation! And, although we are now a year into the pandemic which is not exactly over, we can be inspired by the signs of better things to come abound: the sight of businesses returning, jobs coming back and the increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

What you will see in this issue is our contributors’ interpretations of their own “awakenings”, and through those interpretations you will see images of repose, reflection and solitude, emergence with a slow awakening, new beginnings and beauty. We thank our photographers for rising to the challenge with their amazing images. We also thank artist Joanne Callander for sharing her artistic journey with us with a fascinating interview. We hope you enjoy this very special issue!

From both of us at STAND, we wish you a wonderful Spring! Stay safe!

Dorothy

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Debbie

Submission Guidelines The STAND is published February, April, June, August, October, & December yearly on

the 15th of that month.

Contributers: Submit your photos to editor@thestandmag.com for consideration at any time. You will be contacted by the editor for photos that may be used in an issue.

Show Reports: Submit within 60 days of the event taking place. The report is limited to 1000 words supported by as many high quality (300dpi) pictures as you would like to send. The editor will contact you with any additional instructions should the report be considered for publication.

Sponsors: Contact editor@thestandmag.com for rates and scheduling.

All images are owned by their respective photographers and all images are provided with permission. Credit is given on each image according to what is provided by contributor. STAND is not responsible for incorrect information.

doll: Aishat by Black Cherry Dolls photographer: Cyranka

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doll: Phoenixdoll Orla photographer: freya_74

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doll: Lilith Smoke and Mirrors by Integrity toys photographer: Lapochka_G_dolls

doll: Dollshe Diana photographer: Frankenwah

dolls: Tobias Alsford from Integrity Toys photographer: Doll Diva

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doll: Amadiz Virginia

doll: Mary by EslynsDolls photographer: photoartitude_dolls

“I actually take all different angles of the same pose...close ups, far away, from the back from the ground. Too many pictures of the same pose sometimes!”

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doll: Iplehouse doll: Deva Doll Bianca Chalitaphotographer: photographer:Frankenwah Kim London

doll: Dollshe Diana, 5th Motif Venitu, Raccondoll Sweet Mocha A photographer: Frankenwah

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dolls: Little Stella by Connie Lowe and Sayang twins by Charles Creature Cabinet photographer: Deborah Hood

doll: Iplehouse Sierra and dog by workshop_of_alen photographer: Hoe-Nir

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doll: Phoenixdoll Orla and Pygmalion Doll Ha photographer: freya_74

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doll: Mary by EslynsDolls photographer: photoartitude_dolls

doll: Pullip MilkbyLatte

by Groove photographer: Silent Distraction Elizabeth aGattiDolls photographer: photoartitude_dolls

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doll: Miracle Doll Lisa photographer: Magdalena Dymnicka

doll: Sylvia-Scarlett by My Meadow Dolls photographer: Dineka Bolle

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doll: Giselle photographer:

by Integrity Toys photographer: Sharon Wright doll:Paris MaryRunway

by EslynsDolls photoartitude_dolls

doll: DollClans Siber photographer: Niebieski_Kot

doll: Tulabelle by Integrity Toys photographer: Sharon Wright

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doll: Zaya by Natalia Loseva photographer: tigrenok_katiel

doll: Ydike sleeping & awake by Marchen Waltz photographer: Cyranka

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dolls: Nora by Irrealdoll and Russian Toy Terrier by Elleo Dolls photographer: Deborah Hood

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doll: Integrity Dolls Lukas Maverick photographer: Tattonka

dolls: Eden Blair & Colette Duranger from Integrity Toys photographer: Doll Diva

doll: Integrity Dolls Agness Von Weiss photographer: Tattonka

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doll: Elfdoll Barbara photographer: Masha dolls: Toxica, Gothica and Neurotica

by Super Doll London photographer: Deborah Hood

doll: Laurie by Olga Yudintseva photographer: Masha

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doll: Vanessa Integrity ToysKim photographer: doll:Serenity Juliajoydolls LiLubyphotographer: London Sharon Wright

doll: Integrity Poppy Parker repaint photographer: Deborah Hood

doll: Owl by Popovy Sisters photographer: Dolls of Milena doll: Tawny Pullip Nanette

by Grove photographer: Silent Distraction

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doll: Miu by Sooleedoll photographer: Cyranka

doll: OOAK Numina Doll by Paul Phamm photographer: Eric De Bastos

dAlura and Laura by Groove photographer: Silent Distraction

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doll: Integrity Dolls Agness Von Weiss photographer: Tattonka doll: Integrity Toys Erin Salston repaint by Park photographer: Wil Herold

We love showcasing the incredible artistry that makes up this wonderful hobby including the faces behind the gorgeous sculpts that grace every issue of STAND. In this issue, we are delighted to share our interview with American artist Joanne Callander.

Joanne Callander

Joanne is known for her tiny whimsical dolls and creatures that conjure curiosity, wonder and delight to collectors around the world.

Flocked Resin and Puppies

STAND: The creativity and size of your dolls and fantasy figures are amazing. How did it begin?

JC: I don’t remember a time when I didn’t enjoy creating. I found many art forms and mediums interesting

and over the years and explored working with paint, pencil, ink, airbrush, and needle crafts. I discovered egg crafting in the late ‘70s which became a passion that led me to ‘invent’ and eggshell etching method for goose eggs. I feel that learning to etch eggshells gave me the gentle touch and eye-hand coordination that prepared me for making tiny porcelain dolls.

STAND: Tell us about the first doll you created.

JC: In the early ‘80’s I tried sculpting for the first time. I worked with

polymer clay to create a portrait of my uncle - it was amazing to see a face formed by my own hands - I was hooked!

After my ‘polymer phase’ I learned how to make dolls in porcelain. I took a class in mold making and asked the ceramic store personnel, zillions of questions. I made sweet little girls in fancy dresses. Tiny details are important to me so I came up with a medium fired technique for greenware that allowed me to carve the undercuts of the faces, ears, hands and feet.

1985, Uncle Lenny

STAND: What sort of training was available when you began?

JC: The internet was not available in the early years and other

than a semester class on mold making, my training was experimenting until I found or created just what I needed to complete a doll. I would often choose the subject of doll based on a construction method that popped into my head, usually in the middle of the night. I tried different body types and jointing systems with a memorable dud making a mermaid’s tail.

1991 All bisque Pippin II, Wren, Pippin I

STAND: Most of your subjects are under 6”, how do you achieve the detail?

JC: With few exceptions, I have always worked small.

Even though my dolls are tiny, I liked the look of set-in eyes, so I started making my own tiny eyes. While making porcelain dolls, I created an ultra-thin wig cap of polymer and embedded mohair into it. And to give hair just right look, I learned how to clean and dye the finest kid mohair (from the young goats first haircut).

All bisque Butterscotch

1999-2000 Separated a Birth Series left: Apricot and Domino, both porcelain.

Doll, 5.5 inches, the lion is flocked. below: Marbles and Annabelle. Doll, porcelain 5 inches. The bird is all resin

above: Crackle and Yorik the Yakalope, both porcelain. Doll 5.5 inches. right:: Molasses and Moses. 5.5 inch porcelain doll. Dragon is cast resin and flocked.

Rhino Rider - Doll porcelain, 6 inches Rhino, cast resin and mixed media

Girl with Nasutoceratops - Doll porcelain, 7.5 inches Nasutoceratops, all resin OOAK

Girl riding Elephant- Doll 9” cast resin.

Elephant, mixed media with resin

Fidgit Riding Annabelle - Doll 9” porcelain

Resin frog/toad hybrid

STAND: When did you move into the BJD world?

JC: I began learning by doing (still no internet for me!) with urethane resin in 1999. Resin was a whole new, ex-

tremely steep learning curve involving some scary, noisy new equipment! I plodded through, with my eye on the prize ... more intricately detailed dolls, accessories, critters ... the design possibilities in resin casting seemed limitless. Resin opened the door to all the micro details I could imagine - more tiny dolls with their crazy-teensy hands and critters with all of their spikes, warts horns - yah!

STAND: You have chosen the micro size as a genre, with a WOW factor in details. Tell us about your inspiration.

JC: The inspiration for my creatures comes from living on a farm in the country for the past 55 years. I enjoy the animals, domestic and wild ... they seem like people to me, but really funny looking and goofy acting ones.

I guess I love the science of the process. Whether it’s working with porcelain clay or mixing resins, I feel like an alchemist. I’m always looking for new ways to do what I do and get totally immersed in detail. The smaller the detail, the move ‘Zen’ it is for me!

I create tiny original sculpts in polymer and then make a silicone mold from the fragile completed sculpt. The tiny fingers, claws, horns, spines, whatever are extremely vulnerable and sometimes don’t survive the mold making process. I make around 12 to 15 or each, or until the molds go kaput. Then I move on to create new faces and creatures to keep it fun and challenging for me.

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3” kitten, bunny & piglet - flocked BJD

Elf BJDs

3” Resin Bit of Honey BJD

Resin Swamp Creature

STAND: What do you want to communicate through your art?

JC: I don’t speak well or write well either! In fact, it takes me longer to assemble just the right sentence than it

takes me to assemble just the right doll! I see dolls as an interactive art form. and I always try to imagine the person who will ultimately acquire my doll. I think about how they will get an initial overall impression, but when they take their time and really look closely they will see all of the tiny details that may not be noticeable in a photo; itty bitty teeth, and fingernails and micro fine braids on the dolls ... intricate surface decorations, warts, horns, toenails, fins, soft flock ‘fur’ on my critters. It’s fun for me to create my ‘kids’, bringing them first into my world and then into another person’s heart.

STAND: any tips for aspiring artists?

JC: I think it’s very helpful to study and practice correct anatomy. Even if your goal is to make fantasy figures.

Everything will look more alive if you start with real life.

STAND: Joanne, thank you for sharing your time and your amazing art with us!

Editors Note: Joanne can be reached through Facebook or by email https://www.facebook.com/joanne.callander.7 joannec@pacific.net thestandmag.com

doll: AsleepEidolon Abyss photographer: Niebieski_Kot

dolls : AsleepEidolon Abyss, Dollzone Merlin, MysticKids Francis photographer: Niebieski_Kot

doll: Integrity Toys Darla Daley repaint by Park photographer: Deborah Hood

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doll: Pullip Kumhio by Groove photographer: Silent Distraction

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doll: Lilith Rocking Ever After by Integrity toys photographer: Lapochka_G_dolls

doll: Rose Heln by Dust of Dolls photographer: DollFanz

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doll: Youpla Dolls Zenji and Dollzone Merlin photographer: Niebieski_Kot

dolls doll::Azone Rita byJune, Elfdoll Yuta photographer: and Noah photographer: Cyranka Niebieski_Kot

doll: RosenGarden Rui photographer: Niebieski_Kot

doll: Doll Family-A-Damien photographer: Niebieski_Kot doll: Doll Family-A-Damienphotographer: Niebieski_Kot

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BJD photographer: Pure Embers doll: Marmite IntegritySue Toys Homme repaint by PARK photographer: Wil Herold

doll: RosenGarden Rui photographer: Niebieski_Kot

doll: Sybarite Toxica by Superdoll photographer: Deborah Hood doll: Integrity Toys Ayumi Nakamura repaint by Park photographer: Wil Herold

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Your BEST SHOT As part of an ongoing article series, STAND presents tips, tricks and best practices to help you “STAND out” in your photography. In this issue, let’s continue our previous discussion on photo editing.

I am often asked, “how did you get that shot?”, and thought I would share my editing experience photographing Shiva by Soul Doll. What exactly is photo editing? Editing is a process that both amateur and professional photographers alike use to manipulate or enhance an image. It’s an optional process, but one that can take your photo from good to great. Editing can be as simple as making slight corrections (such as eliminating a stray hair across the face), enhancing the white balance or image exposure, or even changing the overall look and feel of an image through added graphic elements and airbrushing.

Here is how I “got the shot”: • A great photo starts with a good picture. It is very difficult to edit a picture that does not have the clarity and light needed in the first place, or the right pose, costume and props. For this shot of Shiva, I posed her using outside light right outside my porch. I knew I was going to do something about the background later, so I concentrated on getting her lighting and pose right and went to work taking pics.

• After choosing one photo to work with out of the close to 70 that I took, I began the editing process by using Adobe Photoshop. In the first picture, you can see the original image of Shiva with the house very visible behind her. In the second picture, the image has been edited with my basic go to’s--adjusting the lighting, increasing clarity which bumps up the definition and saturation of an image, and got rid of some loose wig hairs that somehow seem to always show up despite my staging. Just focusing on her, I was happy with how the image was looking and now needed to attack the background.

• For a picture like this, it is pretty simple to remove the background in its entirety by using a remove background tool. By doing this, you are free to place your doll in any background you wish. I wanted to keep some aspects of the foliage in the background, so I used a brush tool to airbrush the background in multiple tones to create a misty, foggy but mystical vibe. The third picture shows the change.

• Next, I used the brush tool to create the illusion of white light above her hands. Last, I realized I had not placed a bindi on her as part of her ensemble, so I “photoshopped” one on her forehead. I also illuminated the bindi using the brush tool.

Remember, your images can be whatever you want them to be. Try experimenting with different editing programs to see how they enhance your photos and help you tell your story.

Most of all, have fun getting your best shot!

Deborah Hood, PhD

Original Photo Original unedited image of Shiva by Soul Doll

Photo with Basic Editing Initial edits include adjusting image exposure, definition, and “cleaning up” image (stray hairs, dust, etc.)

Final Edited Image

Background “painting” using brush tool to cover visibility of house in background and create a mystical feel

Added bindi graphic and used brush tool to illuminate base More “painting” using brush tool to create light

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dolls: Natalia Make Me Blush and Tajinder Chowdhury by Integrity Toys photographer: Deborah Hood

doll: Integrity Toys NuFace AYUMI NAKAMURA repaint by PARK photographer: Wil Herold

doll: Integrity Toys NuFace EDEN BLAIR repaint by Noel Cruz photographer: Wil Herold

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doll: Cami Soft Elegance by Tonner Doll photographer: Anna Oyster

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dolls: Integrity Toys NuFace Imogen Lennox repaint by Noel Cruz photographer: Wil Herold

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doll: Chalita by Deva Doll photographer: Kin London

doll: Integrity Nuface Erin Salston repaint by Noel Cruz photographer: Wil Herold

doll: Agent Kimiko Gunn by Integrity Toys photographer: Sharon Wright

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dolls: SupiaDoll Hamin and GosenGarden Chocolate Cookie photographer: Niebieski_Kot

doll: Integrity Dolls Erin Salston photographer: Tattonka

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doll: OscarP by mimo_marina photographer: ShairaStar

dolls Elyse Jolie, Agnes Von Weiss & Dasha D’Amboisse by Integrity Toys photographer: Ignacio Morales

doll: Batty Boo by Charles Creature Cabinet photographer: Nicolette Peppinck

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doll: Stella by Iplehouse photographer: Nakia Powell

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doll: Shiva RosenGarden Rui photographer: Niebieski_Kot doll:

by Soul Doll photographer: Deborah Hood

doll: DollClans Siber photographer: Niebieski_Kot

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CONTRIBUTOR CONTACT LIST Anna Oyster

https://www.instagram.com/annaoyster

Cyranka https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyranka/ Deborah Hood

https://www.instagram.com/deborahhoodphoto/

freya_74 https://www.instagram.com/freya_74/ Ignacio Morales

https://www.instagram.com/_royal__badness_/

Kim London

https://www.instagram.com/kimlondon_/

Lapochka_G_dolls

https://www.instagram.com/lapochka_g_dolls/

Magdalena Dymnicka

https://www.flickr.com/photos/190865351@N05/

Nakia Powell Spencer

https://www.facebook.com/tamika.spencer.9

Nicolette Peppinck

https://www.instagram.com/dilly1109/

Niebieski_Kot

https://www.instagram.com/niebieski.kot/

photoartitude_dolls

www.polinaplotnikova.com

The STAND Lookbook is not possible without these incredibly talented people.

Show them some love and let them know you appreciate their talents.

Supplementary images are used with permission by photographers or sourced from various CC0 platforms.

ShairaStar

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Tattonka

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tigrenok_katiel

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Wil Herold

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doll: Integrity Toys Eugenia Perrin Frost photographer: Ignacio Morales

doll: Kathleen by EslynsDolls photographer: photoartitude_dolls

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