Robin Hartmann began her career after graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1978.After working in the theatre industry creating and building costumes for many of the Broadway shows of the 1980’s(A Chorus Line, The Wiz, Pippin), she found herself working among frogs, bears, and pigs at Jim Henson’s Muppets. For 5 years, she helped pin, stitch, design and create the puppets, costumes, and sometimes props that delighted children and adults alike. Some projects included Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, various Muppet movies and TV specials. Upon leaving The Muppets, Robin worked as a wardrobe assistant for a season on Saturday Night Live (1985). She then became interested in toy design, and came to Cincinnati to work as a designer for Kenner Toys. Robin has worked on many successful projects while in Cincinnati. She has worked on toy development for Kenner, Hasbro, Gibson Greetings, Empire toys, and Idea development. She has worked on feature films here in Cincinnati including A Rage in Harlem, and The Shawshank Redemption. She has also designed costumes and puppets for The Cincinnati Museum Center, The Dallas Children’s Museum, Artworks, and The Smithsonian Institute.

Robin has recently retired from her position as Art Teacher at The New School Montessori after 27 years. She is now concentrating on her new line of dolls called Voodatudes (TM). You can find them on Facebook, Instagram

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