Charles Stephan – (owner & art director of CCC) - doll artist
Bio – Charles Stephan was born in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. Both his parents were born in Jakarta, Indonesia. His mother is half Japanese. He’s been drawing and sculpting from a very young age. Charles held several solo exhibitions (pig art & character design) and is the author and illustrator of Van minivarken tot grote vriend. From September 1999 ‘til 2004 Charles was the Chief Editor of the Dutch pet pig magazine ‘t Knorrende Stopcontact. His art work includes character and conceptual design, water colour drawings and paintings and sculpting. Charles is renowned through his ‘pig art’ and he is the creator/designer of Alice Cherry Blossom (ball-jointed doll, joint project with Elf Doll Inc.). He has made little figurines and OOAK Sculpts for years and currently specializes in making his own line of artist - ball-jointed dolls and designer toys. Charles is the first ball-jointed doll maker in the Netherlands. He established the very first Netherlands based ball-jointed doll company "Charles’ Creature Cabinet" in Autumn 2008.
February, 2011
- JoinedOctober 2008
- Occupationartist
- HometownSpijkenisse
- Current cityRotterdam
- CountryThe Netherlands
- Websitehttp://www.charlescreaturecabinet.net
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Charles is a friend to sometimes-neglected wonders of nature: pigs, hedgehogs, baby mermaids, tiny fairies that hide in the woodland. His work has an innocence and a joy to it so that even though his sculpts are diverse it is easy to recognize them as only coming from him, and all of his creatures are friendly and sof… Read more
Charles is a friend to sometimes-neglected wonders of nature: pigs, hedgehogs, baby mermaids, tiny fairies that hide in the woodland. His work has an innocence and a joy to it so that even though his sculpts are diverse it is easy to recognize them as only coming from him, and all of his creatures are friendly and soft and maybe (some, at least, well, definitely not William Winterberry!) a little shy. His Alice Cherry Blossom BJDs got me through a rough patch in my life; when my health was poor they were a constant source of inspiration and sunshine. I was very happy to be able to tell Charles this when I met him on another website, and even more thrilled that he responded back so kindly. Most of the time I don't think that much about the artists behind the dolls I cherish, but I'm glad to with Charles - it just makes sense that someone so nice would produce creatures so wonderful.
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