About theArtist

My name is Willemijn van den Bos - Hafkamp. I was born in Twello, a little village in the Netherlands. I spent my childhood in Twello and turned to Den Haag to study and work there. In the seventies I moved to Someren with my husband and my two children. I started a puppet theatre and give lessons in making puppets. In those days, I was fascinated by the work of the Artist Willy Martinali from Deurne. So I went to serveral courses of him. After that, I made fantasy dolls. Before a started to make girl-like dolls, I went to several courses of the doll artist Joke Grobben in the eighties. After that it was going fast, because I was asked to give courses. After serveral conversations with Niesje Wolters I became a exhibitionsmember instead of a exhibitionvisitor. Also abroad: I had a exhibition in Switzerland in Castle Jegensdorf and in America in Beverly Hills. I was also a exhibitionsmember in America of the exhibition of Annaheim (California). My dolls areone-of-a-kind dolls sculped in clay (LaDoll and Modelaine). When I make a doll, I also get ideas of the clothes of the doll. I make there clothes mostly myself, that way I keep my own style. My dolls are from 35 cm, 50 cm up to 80 cm tall. The babydolls are 40 cm up to 50 cm tall. Each original Willemijn doll is signed by me in the breastplate and comes with a certificate of authenticity.