According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo period, which ended in 1868, in the area’s hot-spring villages, where ...

The Santa flag flying from the ranch-style home is a signal important work is going on in the workshop out back. It's not the North Pole but rather the Northside of Indy where this secret Santa ...

Wooden dolls date back centuries. The earliest were crude carved pieces of wood shaped like a human figure. But today it’s rare to find a doll made before the 1600s, when English and German draftsmen ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A volunteer at a historic Harford County mill that once ground corn into meal is teaching today’s ...

“I haven’t come across a culture, a country, a continent, or a people, who do not have dolls,” said artist Kristina Cranston. As I peered into her doll world, I noted a tiny yellow-beaded octopus bag ...