Oren Village is a collectible doll company featuring dolls and accessories based on an enchanting medieval story. A new book will be released each year, and with it a new line of dolls. Each doll is limited in production to the year it is featured as a character in the story. Two specific lines of dolls are offered, theCollector's Series and the .
The Products
The Collector's
Series offers a product specifically designed with the
collector in mind. Ranging in height from 10" to 12", these
finely handcrafted dolls feature beautiful outfits, an identification
medallion, saddle stand and unique accessories. In addition, each will
come with a CD featuring
a beautiful song from the book. All of this is wrapped up in a package
as unique as the product itself - a book box bound with the look and feel
of real leather, uniquely printed with gold lettering to identify the
specific doll that is entrusted with. The book box is conveniently stored
just like a book on a bookshelf, and will make for a fantastic collection.
The Travel Dolls
offer a product designed to meet the increasingly popular demand
for smaller, portable dolls. These 6.25" - 8" dolls are smaller
replicas of the larger Collector Series dolls, and are made with the same
dedication to quality and detail. They each come with a handy travel journal
to document the exciting destinations to come, all packaged in an adorable
leather like trunk.
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Angela Gentile (Picture Coming) |
Customer
Service Angela Gentile is our Client Services Manger. Not only is she the friendly voice you'll hear when you call Oren Village, she is also an aspiring writer blessed with an abundance of creative talent. As an avid reader of biography, history and fiction, Angela provides unique insight into the world of medieval lore. |
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 Maryanne Oldenburg |
Doll
Artist Maryanne has been an accomplished figurative doll artist since 1973. Born and raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, she now lives only about twenty miles outside of her home town on ten rolling acres of meadow land. Each year she exhibits her latest designs at the American International Toy Fair in New York City, as well as at IDEX in San Francisco and the Doll and Teddy Bear Expo in Washington, DC. She is a member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC); the Doll Study Club of Mid-Wisconsin; Original Doll Artist Council of America (ODACA); The American Academy of Doll Artists (AADA); and she is an Artist/ Patron of the National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA). She has been fortunate to have won hundreds of awards at UFDC, IDMA and at IDEX. Several of her dolls have been nominated for the DOLLS Award of Excellence. |
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 Alan St. Jean |
Founder In his tenure as Purchasing Manger for Lee Middleton Original Dolls, Alan St. Jean became fascinated with the doll industry. He witnessed first hand the passion displayed by doll collectors. As a writer, the concept that dolls could come to life in a story was very powerful indeed. He wrote a story based on three characters in a medieval setting...a story of friendship and courage sprinkled with fantasy. He was fortunate to have been given a multi-year publishing offer, and early reviews of the book 'Adian of Oren, The Journey Begins' have been very strong. The first book is due to be released in May, 2004. Once the book was written, he needed a doll artist, and spent considerable time researching various artists via industry magazines and the internet. He had seen a picture of a little girl on the ODACA website by Maryanne Oldenburg in October of 2002 (a picture that inspired the character "McKenzie" from the book). He called her in May of 2003 to tell her about the concept of book-based dolls, and asked her if she would be interested in working with him. He sent her a copy of the book, and by their next conversation they both knew that the road to Oren Village was a journey that they would take together. Alan lives just north of Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Judy (who manages the books and keeps him organized), along with their four teenage sons, three horses, three dogs and two cats. |
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