The history of ball-jointed dolls is many centuries old, with European and Egyptian articulated dolls made of wood and other materials dating back hundreds of years.The modern era ball-jointed doll history began in Western Europe, particularly France and Germany, in the late 1800s. From the late 1800s and to the early 1900s French and German manufacturers made ball-jointed dolls with bisque heads and strung bodies made of composition, a mix of pulp, sawdust, glue and similar materials. These dolls were sized between about 20 and 40 inches and they are now collectible antiques.
During the 1930s the German artist Hans Bellmer created dolls with ball-joints and used them in photography and other surrealistic artwork. Bellmer introduced the idea of artful doll photography, which continues today with Japanese doll artists, as well as the BJD fandom.
Influenced by Bellmer and the rich Japanese doll tradition Japanese artists began creating strung ball-jointed dolls. These are commonly made entirely of bisque and often very tall, sometimes as tall as four feet. These dolls are art, and not intended for play or even the hobby level of collecting usually associated with dolls. They cost several thousand dollar, up to several hundred thousand dollar for older collectible dolls from famous artists. The art doll community is still very active in Japan, and doll artists regularly release artbooks with photographs of their dolls.
The history of commercially produced Asian resin BJD began in 1999 when the Japanese company Volks created the Super Dollfie line of dolls. The first Super Dollfie were 57 cm tall, strung with elastic, ball-jointed, and made of polyurethane resin, similar to garage kits which were Volks main product at the time. Super Dollfie were made to be highly customizable, and to create a female market for garage kits.
Around 2003, South Korean companies started creating and producing BJDs. Customhouse and Cerberus Project were among the first Korean BJDs to be marketed internationally. In 2005-2006, beginning with Dollzone, Chinese BJD companies started creating BJDs and selling them on the international market.
BJDs have a strong influence from the anime esthetic. Prominent BJD companies, Volks with Super Dollfie, Cerberus Project with the Delf line, as well as the Japanese artist Gentaro Araki with U-noa line, all have backgrounds in anime style resin figure kits.
BJDs have a strong influence from the anime esthetic. Prominent BJD companies, Volks with Super Dollfie, Cerberus Project with the Delf line, as well as the Japanese artist Gentaro Araki with U-noa line, all have backgrounds in anime style resin figure kits.
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