Modern Lolita
Barbie is no longer the doll of today, it’s all about art-house dolls. New generation of dolls have become life-like, mature, modern, edgy and artsy all at once. Playing dolls is now for the post pubescent, adults and collectors; these high priced hand-made dolls are sought after world wide. Articulated dolls have been around since ancient Egypt however BJD arrived in the late 1800’s early 1900’s predominantly as figurines for artist models and not for collection. A Japanese artist commenced making clay bisque fired BJDs in 1980 and the art as we know it today became a commercial hobby in 1999 when a Japanese firm Volks released the first cast resin BJD. Suddenly these humanly emotive dolls captures a new art form totally engaged in female beauty, sexuality and high end fashion. A new modern art has emerged of fashionable tattooed women, bi-sexual in nature. Of homogeneous males and sculpted cult fantasies which are being recreate. From down right sexy anatomically corre
