OE Dolls

FAQ* Past Shows & interviews* Past News

About the Artist
In addition to designing over 200 dolls and making and painting several hundreds by hand, Kerry Kate also designs and makes a line of stuffed print dolls that are for sale on Etsy. October Effigies has been featured in several films and upcoming features like BLACK DAHLIA and Silent Ghost Cinema's THE GHOST OF SLEEP. Publications including DOLL MAGAZINE, VIAL, DARK CULTURE MAGAZINE and SPIN. Her hand painted dolls have been sold and shown in galleries all over the world.

Info & Shipping

Hand Painted Dolls:
The hand painted dolls are individually hand painted by Kerry Kate with high quaility oils and acrylics. Since they take so long to make and paint they will not be offered as wholesale. Each one comes with a tag (pic below) and gift wrapped. Please see available dolls for sale in my Etsy store. Please contact me about commissions.

Stuffed Doll Prints:
All production is done by Kerry Kate and are made with high quality materials and equipment. October Effigies can be found on Etsy. I know longer wholesale to stores at this time but feel free to email me to see If I have time. Thanks!

Location
October Effigies is located in Berkeley, CA

Labels
All stuffed doll prints come with a label on the back of the doll:

All Hand painted dolls come with attached tag:

Shipping
*I ship priority by default. If you would like standard please contact me and I will refund you the difference.
* All hand painted dolls will be insured and tracked.
* All out of county shipping will require a larger shipping fee please let me know if you are out of the states.
*Please make payment within 3 days or let me know when you can pay.

FAQ

Q. How do I care for my new doll?
A. The dolls are little art pieces.. The stuffed doll prints and the hand painted dolls will be happy living on your favorite display area out of direct sun light.

Q. Are they horribly fragile?
A. No not horribly.

Q. Do you still paint dolls by hand and sell them?
A. I do, feel free to check out what I have available in my Etsy Shop With more designs coming soon.... so feel free to contact me to see whats cookin

Q.Can I take your designs and use them without permission?
A. I am very interested in keeping my hard work mine. All patterns, pictures and designs are under copyright protection.

Q. I would like to have your dolls in my store/event/gallery.
A. Due to lack of time I no longer show or wholesale to stores or galleries.

Q. I really like this one doll you hand painted that I saw in the Gallery, will you be reproducing it?
A. I hope to eventually reproduce most of the dolls that are on in the gallery and I will be designing new ones as well. Please feel free to join the newsletter where I will announce new dolls or check back often for updates.

Q. Can you design a line of dolls for my band/company/event/personal use?
A. Ive done some fun projects and comissions in the past but no longer have time.

Q. Do you have a day job?
A. I work doing visual effects for films.

Q. What else do you do besides make dolls?
A. I work doing Visual Effects in Films

Selected Exhibits

~ Toyroom Gallery "Everything Nice" October 20th-Nov 11th
~ The Hive Gallery August 5th 2006 Group Art show
~ Red Saw Gallery "TOYS" May 4 - May 26 2006 Newark, New Jersey
~ ThinkSpace "Whats Left to Ponder?" Feb 10th 2006 Los Angeles
~ Hive Gallery "The Mash Up" Feb 4th 2006Los Angeles
~ Infusion Gallery Los Angeles Dec 17th 2005Group Grow
~ Reversible Eye Gallery, Chicago IL, Dec. 9th 2005
~ Plush Rush, Columbus OH , December 3 rd 2005 Group show
~ Strychnin Gallery, Berlin Germany, "Silent Companions" Dec 2nd 2005.
~ 18th st Gallery, Los Angeles CA, "Night of the Living"
Oct 8-Nov1st Group Show
~ Cannibal Flower 3rd Annual Masquerade Ball &Art Show
Infusion Gallery LA, CA Oct 22, 05 Group show
~ Art Annex/Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles CA, Sept 9th 2005.
Group Show.
~ L-Salon, Los Angeles, CA. Sept 7th, 2005. Group show.
~ The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Aug 6th, 2005. Group show
~ Hangar 1018, Los Angeles CA."Third Eye Gathering" June 11th 2005. Group Show
~ Lux Market, Paris, France June 10th, 2005. Group show
~ The Oblong Box, San Diego, CA."Medical Infestations" May 28. Group show.
~ The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. May 7th, 2005. Group show
~ Blue Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. "Black and Blue" March 5-? 2005 Group show.
~ Rosemary's Billygoat, Los Angeles CA."When Dolls Attack!" January 9th-Febuary 2nd 2005 .Group show.
~ Water Street Gallery, Kent, OH. "Día de Los Muertos" October 30th- November 30th, 2004.Group show
~ www.marchesacasati.com. The Marchesa Luisa Casati permanent online exhibit. Commissioned by her Biographers. September 2004.

Publications and Interviews

~Doll Reader online October 14th 06

~ May 2006 issue of SPIN article about doll making
~VIAL, Poison and Venum issue 2006
~Doll UK Issue 89 Nov, 2005

~ Rock Paper Scissors Fall '05
~Erraticus Zine August, 2005
~Morbid Curiosity Magazine #9 Illustration 2005
~Dark Culture Magazine May 2005
~Jane's Addictions 2004
~ The Aromatic Soul 2004
~Oddity on the week @ Chateau Bizarre 2004

Films That Feature OE dolls
~Ghost Doll Featured in Silent Ghost Cinema's "THE GHOST OF SLEEP"
~"BLACK DAHLIA " Directed by Ramzi Abed
~MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
Other Projects and Donations
~ Invited to be a celebrity participant in THE MUNNY SHOW, a benefit party that Kidrobot is hosting to support young victims of Hurricane Katrina through Feed The Children. Coming to LA on Nov 3rd.
~Donated dolls made from the fabric from the sets of Carnivale to be auctioned at CarnyCarn. 2005 and 2006
~ The Bat Show Oct 2005 specially made Bat Lady Doll All proceeds benefit Bat Conservation International and Bat World Sanctuary.

"When Dolls Attack" show

Past News (latest news can be found here on my blog)

~Oct 16th 2009 "All Dolled Up" group show Eclectix Gallery
~Jack O Lantern Doll Stuffed Print Doll Now for sale @ kerrykate.etsy.com

~Life and Death Lilies Stuffed Print Doll Now for sale.
here @ kerrykate.etsy.com

OLD UPDATES BELOW NEW UPDATES HERE
~Eclectix Gallery Jan 16th Thru Feb. 22nd, 2009 “Fierce Fashion”
~December 6th,2008 "Stuff This Plush Show" @ Rivet Gallery
~October 29th, 2008 Jill Tracy Dolls

They will be for sale at her table at her Halloween shows including Anne Rice's Halloween Ball. For more information please visit myspace.com/jilltracymusic
~ October 3rd, 2008 Strange Brew in El Cerrito opening starts at 7. This is the only show I will be in this season. Thanks for all your invites. Taking a break this year.
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~October 2nd 2008 I finally have access to my website again and can update!!
~June/July 2008 Lots of new dolls!! Please check out my new blog to see what Ive been up to! Will post new pics of dolls on website soon
~May 1st, One of my first dolls Skull and Corset Bones is on the cover of Sidney Fox's new book HAUNTED LILY. Please visit her website to learn more at www.spookpalace.com/

~April 17th Win the Last Jill Tracy Doll!The Amazing Jill Tracy has a new album coming out! http://www.myspace.com/jilltracymusic She is having a contest with purchase of an autographed CD--they will go into a drawing to win the LAST in the series an October Effigies Jill Tracy Doll.More info and pictures of the doll in her myspace blog. Good luck!!

~Feb 14th New stuffed print doll Black Heart Doll

~Nov 28th, 2007 New "Sister" Stuffed Print Doll now available on Etsy
~Nov 23rd, 2007 Spot October Effigies Dolls in the new film MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM out now!
~Nov 12th, 2007 I have a few dolls in the new 500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form by Lark Books Now Available
~ Nov 3, 2007 "Stuff This Plush" Rivet Gallery Columbus , Ohio
~ Oct.19 - Nov. 4, 2007: "Deadly Deviant" Eclectix Store and Gallery El Cerrito,CA
~Sept 19th 07 The OE ETSY shop is now opened
~May 27 2007 Jill Tracy Dolls for sale at Convergence 13 Portland OR
OE and JT collaboration! Limited!
~April 23-26 2007 "Little Utopia" at the AKI festival , The Netherlands
~Feb 2nd 2006 Eclectix Store and Gallery "Pieces of my Heart" group
~Jan 30th New Heart Doll Stuffed Print now available Just in time
for Valentines Day. Also new site design that is still in the works. Please exuse the mess! Link page coming up soon
~Dec. 18th: Closed to to relocation back to the SF Bay Area :)
~Dec. 8th "Naughty or Nice" Thinkspace Gallery Los Angeles group
~Dec. 2nd "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls" at the Hive Gallery in L.A group show ~Dec. 1st "Art Stuff-ed" The PettiCoat Pirate Greenville, NC
~Nov. 25th BAL du MASQUE Amsterdam represented by Cabinodd
~October 20th-Nov 11th Toyroom Gallery "Everything Nice"
~August 5th 2006 Group Art show @ The Hive Gallery
~July 2006. Dolls featured in Black Dahlia Trailer Here
~May 2006 issue of SPIN article about dolls
cover spin

~May 4-May 26 2006 Red Saw Gallery "TOYS" show
~May 2006 Upcoming issue of VIAL Magazine
~Feb 10th 2006 ThinkSpace "Whats Left to Ponder?" Los Angeles
~Feb 4th 2006 Hive Gallery "The Mash Up" Los Angeles
~Dec 17th 2005Infusion Gallery Los Angeles Group Grow
~Dec. 9th 2005 Reversible Eye Gallery, Chicago IL,
~December 3 rd 2005Plush Rush, Columbus OH , Group show
~ Dec 2nd 2005 Strychnin Gallery, Berlin Germany,
"Silent Companions"
~Nov 2005 Featured in DOLL Magazine Issue 89

~ Nov 3rd, 2005 Invited to be a celebrity participant in THE MUNNY SHOW, a benefit party that Kidrobot is hosting to support young victims of Hurricane Katrina through Feed The Children. Coming to LA on.
~Oct .29, 2005. Opening of the "Night of the Living" The Halloween party/show/festival/fundraiser, is on Sat. from 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM~Oct 22, 05 CANNIBAL FLOWER 3rd Annual Masquerade
Ball &Art Show
~Oct 14th 2005. Donating a Bat Doll for the raffle at The Bat Show in LA
~Oct 2005 Donated dolls with fabric from the sets of Carnivale to be auctioned at CarnyCon
~Ghost Doll Featured in Silent Ghost Cinema's "The Ghost of Sleep"

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