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Tony Tanner recently announced that Webinars will be offered starting in February, and will cover a variety of subjects, among which will be those dedicated to porcelain doll making. So Far we only have information relating to the February classes, but two out of the four scheduled are classes that may appeal to many of [...]
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We are pleased to announce that we will have copies of the much sought after Goodie Two Shoes workbooks available at the Portland, Oregon Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show at the National Guard Armory on February 13th. Many of you will remember these great books that show you everything you need to know about [...]
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I was asked the other day to come up with a nice pair of white bobby socks for the latest doll of a student of mine. She needed them in a hurry, and there wasn’t time to order. I’ve made socks from a variety of materials, my favorite of which is children’s tights material that [...]
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As you all know, I’ve been raving about how much I like Ultra Chic and even took the next step and became a distributor, but I’m not one to hide my head in the sand when a problem develops! We were at the Portland Doll Show last Saturday (yes, I do intend to write about [...]
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Is there anything more rewarding than watching the glow and excitement on a new doll maker’s face as she binds the cloth body to the doll’s legs and begins to see it come together as a real doll? Not for me, there isn’t. I love it!
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You may remember that I told you about the doll class we started at our local Senior Center (Center 50 +) here in Salem, Oregon earlier this year. The ladies are starting on their second dolls now, and I thought you might enjoy seeing some shots of our class in action.
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When I first started making dolls, I couldn’t understand what people saw in antique or reproduction dolls. Antiques are frequently not beautiful. When I go to doll shows, antique stores, or even pull up pictures of antique dolls being auctioned off by well known auction houses, I find lots of dolls that I personally wouldn’t [...]
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I was talking with a friend the other day and she mentioned she had been getting some unusual discolored spots on her porcelain and couldn’t figure out what was going on. She described them as being roughly the size of a thumb print with a streaky area running downward from the bottom, and there was [...]
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Probably every last one of you has made a 28” Ballerina at some time in your doll making history, since it was so popular awhile back, but I never did. I’m more into character dolls that I can dress in old fashioned clothes and show that even “back then” kids were kids, no matter how [...]
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Nothing makes me grind my teeth more then opening my kiln only to find that the shoulder plate has warped all out of shape. There are several ways to fire shoulder plates that greatly improve the odds of ending up with a nice looking, symmetrical result. One way is to stack up a couple of [...]
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