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We have been developing The Doll For All for over 5 years.
Here you can see the first hand and arm prototype on the right that our inventor, Rick Harrison, made out of vinyl pieces from three different dolls, wood and refrigerator tubing!
Many skilled craftsmen have worked with Rick over the years, helping to him refine the design and get it 3D printed.
The pink pieces are very early 3D prints of an arm part.
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Here you see just a peek of the process: Rick with 3D printer expert Guthrie Mason. It was very difficult to get accurate 3D CAD files for printing because of the organic shapes involved. You can see doll parts coming out of the 3D printing “soup.”
For the next prototype version, Rick took these hard resin pieces, sanded down certain areas while building other areas up with epoxy putty ~ sculpting the 3D printed parts to test the fit.
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Here you see one of the first really functional hands holding a small fork.
The difficulty in getting 3D files persisted and Rick decided to use an old-fashioned casting method to make doll parts and keep refining how the joints fit. There are a total of 71 parts that make up each doll. For many months it was a process of casting and 3D printing the parts over and over again to make sure it all fit perfectly.
The big breakthrough came in 2021 when we met Nick deSomov, a former Disney Imagineer and 3D CAD designer extraordinaire!
He saw our doll as a great challenge and jumped right in to help.
Ever since, Nick and Rick have been working together to solve the complex problems involved in not only making an 18” vinyl doll that has multiple joints but is designed for manufacturing.
Our goal: to be able to deliver a doll that moves much like a child and can be customized for whatever disability a girl or boy may have. And we’ve done it!
Evie was our first prototype, followed by Max, and both can be customized for limb different children. Our ultimate dream is to be able to customize our dolls for any disability a child may have. There’s many versions yet to come, so stay tuned!
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