For the 18thC, there a mold for the Beautiful Nyphenberg doll for which I got the greenware before Christmas. She is cleaned for the first firing. I have a neighbor who has a small kiln for the purpose. I have all the paints and stuff to fly with after this initial firing. It is very hard to wait!! In the meantime, back to my Little Women project. A friend from church just gifted me today with a Huge box of vintage and antique scraps...(Something to play with while THE GAME is on this afternoon)
Kathleen (from the'Burg) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] More fantastic figures/dolls > > About 10 or 15 yeas ago, my mother was into doll-making and I was > fascinated by the molds out there. There are "antique" styles to > make the parian dolls, mostly late 19th century and forward from > there. I was hoping she would find a mold for a mid-century doll > that American Civil War reenactors might like. That would be for > making repros of dolls that actually existed at a particular time. > > There are also doll molds suitable for making a fashion doll, not > necessarily period techniques, but all kinds of facial features and > body shapes. The base clay can be any skin tone, and then the > features painted to any preference. > > Doll artists have their own ways of doing things, and my opinion of > what to do for a historically correct look was different than what my > mom wanted to do. One mold, "Coco", had a head and breastplate with > fairly flat mounds, perfect for 18th century. Her legs had shoes > molded in, and I wanted the heels carved into a better shape. mom > thought they should stay as is, since that was the way the mold was > made, but I convinced her to carve them and they look fine. > > Another doll mold , "Isadora", had a torso with a corset molded in. > It ended under the bustline, which was a very "natural" shape - I > could only dress her in that Edwardian style with the puffy front to > conceal the shape. > > There are a lot more molds out there now than there were 15 years > ago. You can buy the soft, unfired greenware or already cleaned and > fired. You may have a local doll club or doll lady who has a kiln > and will offer advice or classes. My mother would paint on the fired > piece and fire it again, multiple times as necessary. (She has her > own kiln). > > Anyway, if anyone wants a custom-made doll to dress in historic > styles, getting the doll may be easier than you think! Just watch > out for the little foibles in the molds, and remember that doll > artists' idea of "perfect for historic" is different. :-) > > Oh, and the Coco mold with the shoes - I also made her to dress in > Regency style, and made cloth legs instead of using the ceramic so > she could have flat shoes. > > -Carol > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
