Trudy set out to share her love of people by desiging a doll that could enhance and complete a cultural story. This plan soon rekindled her love of dolls and grew into a passion for making dolls.

      Her first inclination was to form a baby out of a lump of clay. Those first sculpted doll designs gave way to designs that benefit from a myriad of marvelous dollmakers around the world. Trudy still enjoys sculpting and designing babies and toddlers, and those rare one-of-a-kind creations are extreemly limited. Her own newborned creations are also limited and often represent the richness of the cultures she writes about.