44 Daughters
Maker Faire Bay Area 2025
September 26th-28th
The 44 Daughters was conceived by Sam Montgomery, an artist who lives in New York City, to give a voice for people who are different. The 44 Daughters is a project that began when he was a student at a music academy when he made 44 dolls that lived in his dorm room. Every doll is lovingly handmade by Sam. He draws the patterns for the Dolls, stitches them all by hand, stuffs them, and creates their faces with buttons from his grandmother's button box and hair from yarn. Each Doll is tagged and numbered to show that it's an original in the artist's series.
No two dolls are alike. The dolls represent what it is to be special and unique. They are all the same, but different, and should be celebrated for who they are and not be judged for how they look. The Collection has now grown from 44 Daughters to include Sons, Cancer Survivors, Wounded Warriors and Hearts.
Sam is also the author of an illustrated book, "What It's Like to Be Different," that uses his dolls as the characters in a story
Sam Montgomery
Sam Montgomery is an artist and creative entrepreneur with an Outsider Art business sold at Maker Faires, niche toy stores, art shows, galleries and the American Museum of Folk Art. He also teaches children and adults how to create their own original art. He is the author of "What It's Like to Be Different," using his handmade dolls as the characters in the story. He is also a volunteer gardener for the Riverside Park Conservancy in New York and a groundskeeper for the West Side Tennis Association.
