Repairing the Rusty Dolls

I imagined it was going to be just a little face lift.

But, to repair the neck, I have to paint whole head anyway, so I thought I might as well improve the details. Eyelids, forehead, cheeks, mouth, jaw line... The position of the eye balls, ears and the nose remain same but it is difficult to remember how it looked before the operation.

Dolls Hospital

About three years ago, when I restarted doll making, I went to a hardware shop to buy stainless steel wire for joint making and the cores for the fingers of the dolls. Unfortunately despite my specific request that wire wasn't stainless steel. And as a result, it rusted. All the wrists, the ankles, the necks (or the heads) and fingers of all the dolls that I made with that wire must be repaired. 
To find the stainless steel wire is the essential task of the repairing but I found it very difficult. After visiting some hardware shops and a few hours of Internet research I found Surrey Stainless Steel ltd. in Croydon! They are very helpful, I finally got steel steel rod (1.6mm diameter) so that I can now start repairing.

I must make four pairs of hands...

Surrey Stainless Steel Ltd.   Unit 5/Stirling Way, Croydon CR0 4XN, U.K.    020 8684 9596

Liberty Print Knickers (Baby Rainbow & Midnight)

Here are a couple of new Liberty Print knickers. Twenty different patterns are displayed this weekend as a part of Wandsworth Artists' Open House.

Baby rainbow   size:12

Midnight   size:12

Last Night Before the Artists Open House

Last night I started very last minute changes to some details of the doll's face. It has been challenging (in a good way) before the show. Originally I had planned vermilion and green to be the colour palette for this doll, but through the process the doll chose pink and purple...

Clotheswise I've only managed to make the doll's knickers so far. The upper half will be naked this week.

Wandsworth Artists' Open House

Venue : Unit 141 Battersea Business Centre, 99-109 Lavender Hill, London SW11

Open : 11am - 6pm

Date : 4-5 October and 11-12 October

Sanding and Wig Making

40 hours of sanding for one doll...

 

30 hours for one wig...

 

 

Ready for Foundation Coating

After the long process of shaping the body parts to a satisfactory level, I then apply a few coats of modeling paste diluted with water as a foundation. 

I will be participating in the Wandsworth Artists' Open House early in October. I still have a lot to do to finish by then!

Drying in the garden

Liberty Print Knickers (Osborne's)

I chose Osborne's (B) for my first pair of knickers to be made using this year' s Autumn/Winter collection from Liberty.
It's very autumnal here in London...

The size of this pair : Medium (UK size 12)