Doll Loft | Vintage-Inspired Dolls and Art Dolls by J. Ann Firth
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A blog about my dollmaking OOAK Izannah Walker dolls, and other dolls. I hand-sculpt all my doll heads from scratch, using no molds. I also make cloth dolls, using sometimes other people's patterns, and sometimes making my own. I also really find solace in our garden so there will be garden pictures.
Doll Loft | Vintage-Inspired Dolls and Art Dolls by J. Ann Firth
5y ago
I took a sculpting class some months ago, and learned so much.... I was sculpting in ceramic clay. This is not the final view, it was taken before the sculpt was fired. It's interesting working in ceramic clay because there is no armature. You just have a big hunk of clay to work on, standing and sculpting it at waist-level on the turntable. We were using all sorts of tools, but most of them familiar, just larger versions of what I use. I found that my doll sculpting experience really helped me. This is the first try I have ever done at doing a realistic type sculpture. People kept wan ..read more