This is a ballerina doll I made a few years ago for my
granddaughter.  The doll is approximately 24" and
can be posed in several positions.  Her arms and
legs can be turned in all directions.

Doll on Tricycle

   This is a small doll.  She is approximately

   14" and is learning to pedal her tricycle.

ZOBE

Zobe was a challenge and joy to create, with her large brown glass eyes, her beautiful coloring, and expression. She was a very popular doll. I received more than 40 orders for her. I mixed 2 different colors of porcelain to achieve her skin color. She is approximately 20 inches. Above, she is standing in front of my door mural.

ELENA, A MODERN DOLL

This is Elena, a modern doll. She has porcelain head, shoulder plate, lower arms and legs. The torso is cotton broadcloth, stuffed with polyester fiberfill. Her hair is a mohair wig. She has hazel glass eyes. I made her dress with cotton batiste and French lace. I used the French hand sewing by machine method, which utilizes a serger to join the lace to the batiste.

I painted small flowers around the base to match the trim at bottom of dress.

ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION DOLLS

These are a few of the antique reproduction dolls that I created. They have porcelain head, shoulder plate, lower arms, and lower legs. The torso, upper arms, and upper legs are cotton broadcloth and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. I poured liquid porcelain into the molds, drained the porcelain from the molds after about 20 minutes, then removed the greenware. The greenware parts were allowed to dry for a couple of days prior to cleaning and smoothing the pieces. The parts were then placed onto the kiln shelves, which I had covered with several layers of white sand from the river. This helped maintain the shape of the pieces. After firing to about 1830 degrees F, the pieces remained in the kiln until cooling down. They were then sanded to a smooth finish, rubbed all over with an oil, wiped dry then china painted and fired again to a temperature of about 1086 degrees F for 2 or 3 firings to build up the color.