HELLO, DOLLY

• Published in: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M. : 1988)
• Main Author: Lynn Cline, Photo: Mike Kenny
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Santa Fe, N.M Santa Fe New Mexican 12.12.2003
• Subjects: Andren, Odete
• ISSN: 1938-4068

At some point the trauma must have subsided, because as an adult, [Odete Andren] decided she wanted to collect dolls. Not just your run-of- the-mill dolls like Raggedy Ann and Barbie, but the real thing: exquisite handmade dolls created by pouring liquid porcelain into antique mold reproductions, then painting and firing the medium before outfitting the doll in elaborate, hand-fashioned clothing and accessories. off reproductions of current fashions. Andren also makes French bebes, dolls representing children that first appeared in the 1850s, and a few dolls that have jewelry - necklaces or brooches - modeled on the shoulder plates. These dolls are known as Rochard dolls, named after Antoine Edmund Rochard, who invented the technique. 1. Above and top, Gypsy Rose Lee, hand-fabricated bebe doll, Romanian Gypsy costume, porcelain head, composition body, 32 inches 2. Left and above, Vincent, hand-fabricated fashion doll, French folklore costume, porcelain head, kid-leather body, 27 inches 3. Above and top, Isabella of Spain, hand- fabricated Rochard doll, traditional Spanish royal costume, porcelain head and shoulder plate, kid-leather body, 27 inches 4. Right, Christmas tree at the Palace of the Governors