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A ball-jointed doll is an articulated doll with ball and socket joints. Modern Asian ball-jointed dolls are made of polyurethane resin and have ball joints connected by elastic strings. They are primarily produced in Japan, South Korea, and China, and range in size from 15 to 30 centimeters. Ball-jointed dolls are intended for adult collectors and customizers who enjoy painting and changing their wigs and eyes. The modern ball-jointed doll market began in 2000 with the Dollsfie line. Articulated dolls date back to ancient Greece and Rome, while modern ball-jointed dolls originated in Europe in the late 19th century made of composition materials. Japanese artists

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BJD

A ball-jointed doll is an articulated doll with ball and socket joints. Modern Asian ball-jointed dolls are made of polyurethane resin and have ball joints connected by elastic strings. They are primarily produced in Japan, South Korea, and China, and range in size from 15 to 30 centimeters. Ball-jointed dolls are intended for adult collectors and customizers who enjoy painting and changing their wigs and eyes. The modern ball-jointed doll market began in 2000 with the Dollsfie line. Articulated dolls date back to ancient Greece and Rome, while modern ball-jointed dolls originated in Europe in the late 19th century made of composition materials. Japanese artists

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Ball-jointed doll

A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage
when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually
refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls.[2] hese are cast in polyurethane synthetic resin, a hard,
dense plastic, and the parts strung together with a thick elastic. hey are predominantly produced in
!apan, "outh #orea and $hina. he %!& style has been described as both realistic and influenced by
anime.['] [(] [)] hey commonly range in si*e from about +, centimetres -2) in. for the larger dolls,
), cm -(+ in. for the mini dolls, and all the way down to (, cm -) in. or so for the tiniest of the tiny
%!&s. %!&s are primarily intended for adult collectors and customi*ers. hey are made to be easy to
customi*e, by painting, changing the eyes and wig, and so forth.
he modern %!& market began with /olks line of "uper &ollfie in (000. Super Dollfie and Dollfie are
registered trademarks but are sometimes erroneously used as generic blanket terms to refer to all Asian
%!&s regardless of manufacturer.
Articulated dolls go back to at least 2,, %$1, with articulated clay and wooden dolls of ancient 2reece
and 3ome. he modern era ball-jointed doll history began in 4estern 1urope in the late (0th century.
5rom the late (0th century through the early 2,th century 5rench and 2erman manufacturers made
bis6ue dolls with strung bodies articulated with ball-joints made of composition7 a mi8 of pulp,
sawdust, glue and similar materials.[9] hese dolls could measure between (9 and (,, cm -+ to
), inches. and are now collectible anti6ues.
&uring the (0',s the 2erman artist :ans %ellmer created dolls with ball-joints and used them in
photography and other surrealistic artwork. %ellmer introduced the idea of artful doll photography,
which continues today with !apanese doll artists, as well as %!& hobbyists.[+]
Influenced by %ellmer and the rich !apanese doll tradition, !apanese artists began creating strung ball-
jointed art dolls. hese are commonly made entirely of bis6ue and often ;ery tall, sometimes as tall as
(2, cm -)< inches.. hese dolls are purely intended as art, and not for play or e;en the hobby le;el of
collecting usually associated with dolls. hey cost se;eral thousand dollars, up to se;eral hundred
thousand dollars for older collectible dolls from famous artists. he art doll community is still acti;e in
!apan and artists regularly release artbooks with photographs of their dolls
-wikipedia-

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