JoJo Baby, who grew up in Logan Square, was one of the city’s first “club kids.” They died March 14 from cancer at age 51.

The crafter has collected baby dolls over the years from thrift stores and garage sales. Vinton takes the baby doll heads, feet and arms and creates a silicone mold of the body parts.

Peterson said when she first gets a baby doll mold, she washes it with hot water and scrubs it with clean toothbrushes. She uses rubbing alcohol to remove any oil. Then she paints the sculpture.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The husband of Iowa’s first female governor broke the mold Wednesday when he unveiled a doll of himself at the state Capitol, adding a twist to a popular — and some would ...