What is Dollectable:BJDX?
Dollectable is San Francisco's two-day convention
dedicated to Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls—a
place where collectors arrive from near and
far to participate in events, contests, workshops,
and viewings of selected movies—a weekend
where fans surround themselves with friends
and like-minded individuals celebrating their
shared passion.
Before the festivities begin on Saturday morning,
Dollectable will be holding a very special Friday
night cocktail party to help you mingle and
relax into all of the fun and spectacular sights
that you are guaranteed to see.
Here at Dollectable, we wanted to make this
experience unique. Our workshops will be available
for you to learn how to customize and care for
your dolls from some of the best people in this
fandom. There will be workshops on everything
from cleaning, to photography, to painting.
For more information, contact our publicity
chair at publicity@bjdcon.com.
What is a Ball-Jointed Doll?
Information from Wikipedia
"Ball-jointed dolls
(BJDs) are realistically proportioned dolls,
usually manufactured in east Asian countries
(primarily South Korea and Japan). These dolls
are fully articulated with ball joints at the
appropriate locations on their bodies.
These dolls are fully poseable
and customizable, with removable wigs, eyes,
hands, feet and heads. Many different variations
are available. Clothing, shoes, jewelry, and
other accessories are also available. Much like
collectable porcelain dolls, BJDs are often
collected by adults.
Ball-jointed dolls follow
a traditional Asian view in their aesthetics.
The designs are diverse and range from anime-inspired
to the hyper-realistic. They are often considered
to be collectors items.
Many owners assign their
dolls to a certain personalized character, and
they are sometimes used as subjects of artistic
works, such as photography. Photo stories are
popular on doll web forums." |