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Sold through Etsy.com, Montreal doll maker Sarah Faber’s handcrafted figures have ardent fans across North America and Europe.

by Shaun Pett

Kiki Hayes was pondering what to get her husband for their first wedding anniversary recently when she stumbled across the work of blackeyedsuzie, a.k.a. Sarah Faber of Montreal, on the Internet. When Hayes saw the contemporary-Gothic dolls that Faber creates, she thought, “So Tim Burton!” Since both she and her husband are huge fans of the director's aesthetic, Hayes commissioned Faber to hand-sculpt a pair of busts from a wedding photo. Gift problem solved.

“They're absolutely gorgeous and lovely to hold in your hand … perfectly detailed,” Hayes says of the dolls, which arrived at her home in Brighton, England, a couple of weeks later......

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