Doll Making Process

A friend asked me about the doll making process, so I decided to post some photos of my current doll.  First, I sew a head and torso unit and stuff that.  Then I sculpt a basic head over the fabric, using paper clay.  Then comes lots of sanding, refining, adding and subtracting of paper clay until I'm satisfied or until I'm sick and tired of looking at it.  Sometimes I glue a layer of fabric to the head, to give it a cloth texture.  Sometimes I don't. 

Caddy

Caddy has black glass bead eyes and sculpted hair.  My mom crocheted her pretty shawl and also made the braided rug that she sits on.

Caddy reflects.

Here are the back of Caddy's shawl and her sculpted curls.   The shawl was adapted from a pattern for an 18 inch doll.

Caddy and Cora

Here are Caddy and Cora together.

Caddy has buggy little bead eyes.