(From Tawny...) "Each "child" begins with an idea, a piece of clay, and a scrap of fabric. Suddenly, the idea takes on a life of its own, and magically evolves into a beautiful doll!

Quality and affordability are my goals. When I design my "children," I strive to create lifelike dolls that are wonderful to hold. From their meticulous, hand-painted faces to their accentuating laces, buttons, and embroidery, each doll is an exceptional work of art.

My dolls are unique collectibles; designed and handmade to emphasize their distinctive personalities. A dyed, interlock contton knit is stretched and smoothed over their porcelain faces and shoulder plates. The fabric's own striations produce an appearance of human skin and soften the look of the doll, creating a life-like quality. Their faces are meticulously hand-painted, giving them both expression as well as emotion, and further developing the individuality of each doll as a unique one-of-a-kind creation, in and of itself. Their bodies are soft-sculpted cloth, complete with teddy bear joints at the shoulders and hips and armatures in their arms and legs. This attention to detail produces a completely articulated doll; easy and fun to pose for use in a variety of vignettes. I also individually design and tailor their clothing to compliment their distinctive personalities."

PRESS RELEASE:  Tawny Nix Original Dolls, known for their adorable, hand made, cloth over porcelain designs, is announcing an exciting new line of vinyl dolls for 2005!

Made from high quality vinyl, producing an exquisite, porcelain-like appearance, these cuties are sure to be highly sought after.  Each vinyl doll is 18" tall, full body vinyl with articulated joints, beautiful acrylic eyes and full, lush wigs.  Affordably priced at $120-$140, limited editions of 300 each.

Along with the new vinyl collection, Tawny is adding new, 26" cloth over porcelain dolls for 2005.  Making her debut is "Forget Me Not" the second doll in the "My Favorite Flower" series.  All dolls are hand made and feature inset acrylic eyes and eyelashes, accented with hand painted facial features.  Each dolls is fully articulated with limited editions of 40 each.  Included with each doll is a newly designed collector box, with redesigned hang tags and certificates of authenticity.

About Tawny Nix Original Dolls:  Tawny Nix Original Dolls was founded in 1998, with a line of unique, hand made, cloth over porcelain dolls.  Tawny has designed dolls for the Danbury Mint, the Marie Osmond doll line, and HSN, HSE Germany.  "The goal is to develop new and exciting doll lines in a variety of mediums - designs and sculpts that will stand the test of time, giving our collectors quality dolls at affordable prices."  Tawny's dolls have been nominated for Dolls Magazine prestigious Award of Excellence, 2001-2005.

Art & Home du Jour has been honored to have two EXCLUSIVE,  limited edition sets of our famous Max and Millie Raggie dolls meticulously created by Tawny Nix.  These dolls are hand-made in every sense of the word - and absolutely investment-grade quality.  The first set, Max and Millie: Wintering in the Country 2003 is now retired.  Max and Millie, Holiday 2004 is available through end of 2005, only through Art & Home.