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P.O. Box 14
Kingfield, ME 04947
800-290-2928


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OPDAG's Managing Editors

Judy M. Johnson | Brenda Sneathen Mattox | Sylvia Kleindinst | Norma Lu Meehan

Kwei-lin Lum | Johana Anderton | Jenny Taliadoros | David Wolfe

Judy M. Johnson
P.O. Box 176
Skandia, MI 49885
website: www.papergoodies.com
e-mail: judyspapergoods@charter.net

Send $3 for full color catalog of paper dolls and paper goodies.


Left: Modern Designs for Mother and Daugher of 1939. Right: 1902 Bride.
Artwork copyright Judy M. Johnson

Judy has illustrated dozens of paper doll books for B. Shackman and Dover Publishers and most recently MagiCloth paper dolls. Judy also writes for several national magazines and produces her own limited edition paper dolls. Please visit her website to see more of her work. A founding member of OPDAG, Judy started the OPDAG Newsletter, as it was called then. She was chosen because she was the only one in the group who had a typewriter! The first "issue" came out in 1984 and was a two page letter! We've come a long way since then!

Brenda Sneathen Mattox
234 N. Center Street
Plainfield, IN 46168
Web Site: http://www.fancyephemera.com
E-mail: brenda@fancyephemera.com

Send long stamped self addressed envelope for list of paper dolls for sale.


Young Victoria - Click on pictures to view larger.
Artwork copyright Brenda Sneathen Mattox

With a degree in Fashion Illustration from the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Brenda works full time creating paper dolls, most with a vintage theme. She has also written articles on paper dolls and vintage clothing. Her articles and paper dolls have appeared in many national magazines. In 1993 Dover Publishing of New York published her first full color paper doll book, "Victorian Bride and Her Trousseau." She has since completed several more Dover books. Check out her web site for all the PDs she has for sale.

Sylvia Kleindinst
12914 Ontario Street
Irving, NY 14081
e-mail: sylviak@roadrunner.com

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Artwork copyright Sylvia Kleindinst

With a lifelong interest in fashion, dolls and paper dolls, Sylvia has been collecting and drawing paper dolls for the past 15 years. Now retired from teaching art for 20 years in Lancaster, NY, she devotes more time to creating new paper dolls. Her paper doll subjects include fashion, portrait, children and dolls.

Norma Lu Meehan
c/o OPDAG
P.O. Box 14
Kingfield, ME 04947


Artwork copyright Norma Lu Meehan

After many years as a fashion illustrator and art director, Norma now focuses her creative efforts on paper dolls. Her specialty is antique clothing and it shows it her paper doll art. Her "Wardrobe" series, published by Hobby House Press includes paper doll sets from the Edwardian, Victorian and Art Deco periods. Her Colonial series paper dolls have been published in Contemporary Doll Collector and Miniature Collector.

Kwei-lin Lum
6701 Amigo Ave.
Reseda CA 91335
website: flatdoll.com
e-mail: Kweilin111@aol.com


Artwork copyright Kwei-lin Lum

Kwei-lin often uses computer vector drawing programs because of their precision and their speed in making patterns. Recent works include "Cinderella Dreams," a 22-page paper doll book with text and illustrations, and MOD POP, a tribute to popular culture of the mid-1960's. She also turns to organic hand-drawn imagery in her cut-out sets of the fictitious Kingdom of Protoplasmia and "The Five Fairy Group." Kwei-lin sees her artmaking as a nonlinear journey through ever-changing challenges, a process that fosters invention.

Johana Gast Anderton
c/o OPDAG
P.O. Box 14
Kingfield, ME 04947

Artwork copyright Johana Anderton

Johana, a founding member of OPDAG, is the author of eight books on dolls and other collectibles, hundreds of magazine articles, children's fiction and has drawn dozens of paper dolls. She also designs soft dolls and their wardrobes.

PUBLISHER
Jenny Taliadoros
P.O. Box 14
Kingfield, ME 04947


Paper doll of Jenny and her husband created for their wedding invitation by Jenny's mother, Judy M. Johnson (click to view larger).

Jenny began publishing OPDAG News in 1991. She was handed the job by her mother, Judy M. Johnson, who published the newsletter from OPDAG's beginning in 1984. Aside from her duties with OPDAG, Jenny runs a graphic design business and also publishes Paperdoll Review, a magazine for paper doll collectors and also publishes paper dolls through Paper Studio Press. Visit her paper doll news blog for new product updates, magazine information and other paper doll news.

David Wolfe
PO Box 2279
New Preston, CT 06777


Artwork copyright David Wolfe. Full color insert for OPDAG's Paper Studio magazine, issue 81. David was the featured artist for this issue featuring Hollywood Musicals.

We are pleased to welcome our newest editor, David Wolfe, to our editorial team. David comes from the fashion industry working as a fashion trend forecaster for the Doneger Group of New York. A former fashion illustrator, David has turned his love of drawing to the art of paper dolls. With a great willingness to share articles, art and ideas, the future of OPDAG's Paper Doll Studio will be enriched by David's expertise. His first published paper doll book, TV Moms of the 1950s, is available from Paperdoll Review.


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