Cotton Candy Doll by Robin Woods

Description

Cotton Candy Doll by Robin Woods is  from the Mardi Gras Clowns Collection in 1983. Originally belonged to West Coast Sales Representative Terri Rehg. Doll is aprox 21” tall including top hat. Cotton Candy is dressed in pink satin top hat and tails and a gold trimmed ruff. Doll is in excellent condition with original box.

Robin Woods, Doll Designer and President pf Robin Woods, Inc has been making dolls and doll clothing since she was a little girl. She gre up on the Est Texas plains, and spent many hours with her grandmother , a gifted story-teller. Poetry and literature were a part of her basic education. Often dolls would be costumed to become characters in stories, or to play roles of family members. This particular experience, being a 20^th century child raised by a Victorian lady, created for Robin a keen awareness of the flow of history. The themes around which her dolls are created are a clear reflection of her early heritage. (Hang tag)

Robin Woods, Inc began shipping dolls from its factory in Pittsburgh on August 22, 1983. The production staff consisted of 12 people: a floor supervisor, 6 sewers, 1 stuffer and closer, 2 artists, 1 screen printer, and 1 packager; there were three people in the office: Robin -the Artist, Bob-the Sales and Marketing Genius (truly!), and Donna–customer service and office manager. The first dolls were made of cloth, with formed fabric faces, made from a technique which Robin developed in her kitchen. There were three series: The Premiere Collection; The Poetry of Childhood Collection; and The Mardi Gras Clowns. Here are some very old pictures of some of those creations.