For most of its 200-year history, the art of paper-doll making has not been flattering to black folks. Prior to the mid-1950s, white illustrators and publishers generally drew the rare black paper ...

Here’s some of what Arabella Grayson has learned about black paper dolls: Mid-1700s: Rich ladies in England and France make tiny paper dolls in their own images. 1810: Little Fanny, the first ...

LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF DOLL. THIS ARE TRADITIONAL PAPER MACHE DOLLS FROM MEXICO DOLLS ARE A SYMBOL OF PERFECTION. THESE LUPITA’S ARE ANYTHING BUT. I REALLY FOUND SO MUCH BEAUTY IN ...