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This little doll is dressed for Winter.
I made her from old recycled socks and winter tights!
Her mask was molded from another doll, hand-painted and sealed with an acrylic varnish.
I added a large button to the back of his stocking cap.
A close-up of her mask.
This life size baby doll is one of the largest dolls that I have ever made.
His mask is molded from stretched cotton and plaster.
The body is sewn entirely from old sweaters and knit socks.
I’ve included many snapshots here that show the mask at different angles. When painting masks, I feel it is best to treat them like portraits. I think about the coloration of a actual head at different angles. I add subtle lighting affects in order to recreate a life like appearance in the doll.
Here is the backside of the doll.
A close-up shot of his stocking cap.
I chose to add an unusual, large, black button the the baby’s stocking cap.
The baby’s coverall straps are actually just applique.
His booties are wool and old-fashioned lace.
His outfit also has additional leather buttons sewn onto the front.
There are flaps on his stocking cap to keep his ears extra warm in winter
My Chinese baby’s mask was painted with acrylic paints and then sealed with a tough lacquer finish. I gave him to my youngest daughter one year for Christmas. I think he is a very “life like” snow baby!
These old sock dolls, I call them Lumpy and Bumpy, were kept for over twenty years
inside a small, wooden trunk at the foot of a spindle bed in my in-laws home.
I have no idea who they belonged to, but, it appears as though they were quite the
favorites of some pernicious toddler!
Lumpy and Bumpy are very, well, lumpy and bumpy.
Just look at their funny little stitched faces! I could make fun of these for years.
Bumpy has charming attire, that is, compared to Lumpy’s outfit.
I made a variety of hand painted, homemade
masks for baby dolls back in the late 90s using
very old techniques.
This baby doll was a favorite of my younger daughter.
She “loved” it out of shape.
The mask was made with a very old technique.
Someday I will add a tutorial about this method to my blog if
my students show some interest in it. Most masks are
pressed into a mold in order to form them. With this
technique, the exact opposite method is used. Consequently,
molds are not needed, only old doll heads.
