Sunday, February 15, 2015

18th Century Wooden Fashion Doll

My dad was kind enough to carve this doll for me out of bass wood using the Mill Farm pattern.

It's a little rustic looking, but that's perfect.  She could be a home-carved toy version of the expensive French dolls that were not really meant as toys.

As soon as I finish painting the exposed "skin" with white acrylic, I was thinking of using silk spinning fiber to make hair.  It might be kind of fun to try to fashion a tiny pouf wig.

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  1. How adorable! I was thinking of getting the fashion doll pattern since I wanted to try my hand on the 18th century wooden fashion dolls. Curious what you thought of the pattern overall.

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    1. You'd have to ask my dad about the wood carving portion, but for the clothing pattern, I didn't use it. I ended up draping directly on the doll itself.

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