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.
4 comments:
Hi Jeanette,
The face on this doll is exquistite,as are her clothes. I know what greenware is... what a wonderful job you have done painting her face. You are one talented lady!
Thanks for stopping by Pat. I have several more doll photos that I am getting ready to post here. Wish I could remember all of their names. I started making these in late 80's, continued until 1996.
They are lovely and I will look forward to seeing them here as well as all your other art. I do drop in on you every couple of days.
Hugs
Patricia
I'm having trouble achieving placement of the photos and text. Things seem to move from their original locations after choosing the Publish button. So please excuse the formatting. I think I need to practice a bit before publishing. I welcome any suggestions.
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