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Monday, December 23, 2013

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone Merry Christmas, hope you will have a great time this Holiday season  and will experience some magic in your lives :)
Warm dolly hugs and most kind wishes!




Tuesday, December 10, 2013

New, 13 inch girl is here

The first of the two new girls is already put together and she has her gorgeous wig on, she is 13 inches tall and I won't start on her outfit until the second girl is ready for it too.
The outfit will be in a new style, similar to my Marie Antoinette's costuming.....Also new, self made boxes to fit my girls in!


Tuesday, November 26, 2013

A teaser :)

This is one of the two new upcoming girls, I will be painting her with china paint this week and she will go through a few stages of it to get all of her colors and shades.
I am very excited to put this doll together, it's like seeing fine little pieces of art created from my imagination slowly come to life - amazing, tickling feeling, restless hands and neglected household :)



Monday, November 18, 2013

New molds

So for the past few months I've been working on my new prototype, this girl will be very much like the previous one but will have a slightly slimmer figure and a little longer legs :).
I've started with a large polymer clay prototype, which took me forever to make, and then I've molded the parts and made a porcelain prototype - perfect little, smooth figure with nice joints. I've molded all of my porcelain parts and now my molds are dry and ready to pore the porcelain in and create a beautiful girl. 
I will be actually making two girls with two, completely new faces...


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Elisabeth

Hello :),
My new doll's name is Elisabeth, she is from my Lily's face mold.
I just finished making her beautiful wig and will now be working on her outfit :


Friday, July 12, 2013

Daisy has shoes and a new home.

So here is some more of Daisy, I made her shoes, and this little lovely is already on her way to her new home :






Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Daisy

It had been a long time since I've posted last, I was quite busy and had a few things going at the same time, I have a new project I am working on but it is still long ways from completion.

This is my latest doll Daisy, she is almost finished. Her face is from Red Riding Hood mold:

 

I will be making shoes for her this week and then she will be available for sale.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Amy is her name...

She now has her shoes and her hair accessory, I love the color combination for her, her dress looks simple but rich in the same time.
I enjoyed making her shoes as well, they fit her great and look nice too.
She is already sold in is on her way to her new home.


Thursday, May 2, 2013

New wig and dress

I finished making her dress, now I only left to make her shoes and maybe a flower to decorate her beautiful hair.


Monday, April 22, 2013

New girl is Asian

She is getting her hair styled :), I will probably make one more wig for her.
This week I will be working on her simple asian dress, I already decided on the style and have some beautiful fabrics for it.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sculpting a new face tutorial

Today I started to sculpt new face in polymer clay, which then I will mold and make a new doll. So I decided to take a few pictures to show how I sculpt my faces.
 So I start with a layer of white clay over an aluminum foil, then I add clay in flesh color, about  3mm thick, the reason for it is that I like to see the depth of face features, keeps it more proportional for me:



At this point I don't bother with the back of the head, I will do it in the end, or sometimes even after I bake the face.
I poke the holes where the eyes will be and now is when I see the little white clay underneath so I know where to stop.
Small lump of clay for the nose : 
  

and I smooth everything out, shaping nose and eyes :


 Shaping top lip and eyes :



Cute profile :

 


I know she is not a beauty yet :), and the hardest part for me is - eyes :

 

 So eyes had to go, so I smooth them out, the nose and lips are fine - I rather love them :



This is more like it :

 

At this point I need to put her aside, the clay is too warm from my hands and makes it difficult to handle, I will let it cool down for a few hours, then will shape the features some more and add ears.
After that I will bake it and will make a mold, so you will be seeing this girl in the future :). This is how the faces on my girls come to life, I love sculpting them, and for some reason they do always come out different from each other. 
It is of course  not a "must do", it's just the way I find more comfortable for me. I hope you enjoyed it :).

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Yellow dress girl

So here is Adriana, she has a dark red hair wig and lovely yellow dress, shoes I made in fabric.
I will list her on eBay Sunday evening for 7 days.


Friday, March 15, 2013

10.5 and 12.5 inch dolls together.

Only two inches difference but she looks so much smaller,  I forgot how delicate they were when I first started making them a few years ago. She is a commission order and it was nice making her.
My new girl will be a red head actually, I will be making her wig next week as well as her dress.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Rosy got her shoes!

So after some struggle finishing her shoes - she finally has them, and while she is enjoying her new pair I took some pictures :



Is she adorable or what? :)... she already has a new mommy and is getting ready to go to her new home.
I am also working on a commission doll, the girl from my very first mold, I will share some pictures when she is done.
Also a girl with new face mold coming up very soon, as you can see I am quite busy lately.
Lots of hugs everyone,
Maryna


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Her name is Rosy :)

Today she is enjoying her new, pretty wig.
Rosy is a little capricious girl, always has to get her way :), that is how I see her.
I will start on her dress and she will have a little porcelain shoesies.


Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New doll is coming soon.

Here is my new, upcoming doll, she is getting fired with a layer of china paint in my kiln:


Sunday, January 13, 2013

I've listed her!

The girl with bright pink hair  is now listed on eBay, her auction will go on for 7 days and will end the next Sunday, here she is: eBay 330857931078




Monday, January 7, 2013

Second wig!

Hi everyone, hope you all had wonderful Holidays and lots of fun :)

I had a little slow down in finishing my new girl, but now  I am back at it and made a second wig for her, hope you like her new look as well.
Next I will be making her outfit and shoes.