From the category archives:
You may recall the problem many of us were having getting our molds to release a few months ago and the concern by some that it was related to using the relative thin Ultra Chic porcelain. I had the same problem, frequently pouring in the morning and having to leave the casting in the mold [...]
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Some time back Steve at Mystic Molds was doing a bit of housekeeping and decided to sell off the last of some discontinued molds. The first molds were a set of three sisters, and I was a bit too slow so they were sold out before I decided I could afford them. I asked Steve [...]
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It’s kind of weird thinking about Doll Art Works being out of business after all this time. Modern doll makers have been using their molds for years! Of course they’re still available on the secondary market, you know, places like Craig’s List, or the local Classifieds, or even eBay. Well, I guess eBay has more [...]
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Well, I’ve tried everything, but I still have trouble getting my castings out of the mold. They still take forever to dry. Same molds I’ve poured without problems in the past. All the same brands of porcelain slip at the usual consistency for each. The only variable is this unusually damp weather. True, I live [...]
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From comments shared by other doll makers on the various Doll related Boards, I’m not the only one having problems with my castings not wanting to come out of the molds. I frequently leave the pieces in the mold for 24 hours, and they’re still wet, and if I try to hurry things along, naturally [...]
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I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep a Doll Book and/or a complete list of your doll molds! Those of you who teach doll making probably have an up-to-date Doll Book showing all the pictures of the dolls that your molds produce so you can show them to students to help them [...]
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As I’ve mentioned before, I started making dolls in 1996 and after about a year and a half my instructor gave up her classes in favor of traveling about with her husband in their RV. I fumbled along on my own for awhile, then let a few of my friends talk me into teaching them [...]
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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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