For The Love Of Dolls: Remaking A Vintage Porcelain Doll III – Doll Finished, First Photoshoot

I can’t believe the doll is finally finished! Last night I couldn’t resist the temptation and made the first photoshoot, to test the lights and the new background. I will make a second photoshoot today in natural light, as the lamps “yellowed” the images too much. It’s not easy to photograph dolls with black dresses [...]

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For The Love Of Dolls: Remaking A Vintage Porcelain Doll II

Here are two collage images of the doll’s makeover process; in the first, you can see the work on the sleeves, embroidered with beads and french knots, and the brocade chemise. In the second, details of the skirt, made with a vintage mink coat collar, textured velvet and beaded trim.

Today I will work on a [...]

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For The Love Of Dolls: Remaking A Vintage Porcelain Doll I

I am taking a couple of days off the shop-blog-promotion slavery to work on, at least, one of the gorgeous vintage porcelain dolls that my dearest Krista sent me from Estonia. She bought them at a flea market, and the poor girls needed some love! As she knows I like to do “doll makeovers”, she [...]

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