About the owner
Angel Whitt, M.D.M., D.D.M., C.D.W.I., (Doll Artisan Guild Master and Doctor Doll Maker, only one of a few D.D.M.’s in the world, and Certified Kesting Traveling and Product Instructor) captured the Gold Medal for the United States in the International Doll Guild World Championships which began in Germany and concluded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995. In the ten nation competition, with the best doll artists competing from Europe, Canada and the U.S., Angel took home the Bronze Gilda. A “Gilda” represents the pinnacle of accomplishment in the doll making industry. IN addition to the Gold and Gilda, Angel received four Blue Ribbons, two 100 point perfects for “Baby Angela” and and “Akia”, Best Doll Original Category, “Baby Angela” and Best Doll in Show — Professional “Baby Angela.” Angel is President of Angelic Creations, School of Dollmaking which she founded in 1981 and where she instructs students in the art of porcelain doll making. She is also President of the Lady Angel Doll Company which sells her collectible original and limited edition vinyl and porcelain dolls. Angel’s look-a-like dolls and terra cotta sculptures continue to captivate the doll world. Angel shares her talents as a traveling instructor throughout the world and is always heard thanking God for her many talents and His blessings upon her. Since Angel began making dolls, she has won many blue ribbons including several 100 point-perfect dolls in Seeley International competitions. She has been twice voted Illinois Dollmaker of the Year.
Major Awards
1981 Chicago Metro Area Doll Guild – First Place
1982 Dollmaker’s Association of Illinois – First Place
1983 Dollmaker’s Association of Illinois – Dollmaker of the Year
1984 Dollmaker’s Association of Illinois – Dollmaker of the Year
1987 Doll Artisan Guild Blue Ribbon for Beth
1989 Doll Artisan Guild Blue Ribbon for Original Sculpture
“Baby Angela” (100) Point Perfect Doll
1990 Chicago Tribune’s Doll Maker of the Year
1991 Doll Artisan Guild Blue Ribbon for GiGi
1993 Doll Artisan Guild Blue Ribbon for Stobe
1995 Dollmaker Congress, Best of Original Category
“Baby Angela”
Dollmaker Congress, Best of Show-Professional “Baby
“Angela
“Baby Angela” 100 Point Perfect Doll
1995 Dollmaker Congress Best of Category “Akia”
“Akia” 100 Point Perfect Doll
1995 Dollmaker Congress Best of Modern Category – “Amora”
1995 Dollmaker Congress Best of Antique Category – “Hilda
Baby”
1995 International Doll Guild U.S.A. Gold Medal, “K*R 117
Mein Liebling”
1995 International Doll Guild, Gilda – Bronze, “K*R 117 Mein
Liebling”
1999 Illinois Doll Festival, M.D.B.A., First Place, Best of
Category Professional Antique German Doll, Small
2000 Doll Artisan Guild – Blue Ribbon for Antique German
Reproduction Doll “Louise”
2000 Doll Artisan Guild – Blue Ribbon Professional for
Mechanical Musical Automation Egyptian Tomb “GiGi”
Queen Hatshepsut “The Royal Court”
2001 Retired from doll competition
2013 Retired from teaching porcelain dollmaking
1981-2021 Doll repairs
2008-2021 Specializing in Teddy Bear & stuffed animal repairs.
Angelic Creations |Naperville, IL 60563
whittville@gmail.com