Lovely Little Shirley

                                    

 

        Very few dolls are as recognizable as Shirley
Temple....Cherished by collectors, her value is ever
present ..even with the signs of time on her face and body.These repairs are common with composition dolls.
A little plastic surgery and a new bungee and we are as good as new....Ready to enjoy many more years with her collector family......


      

           Wishing Everyone the Very Happiest of New Years..May all your wishes come true..

Compo Baby Blues

This small child ,actually, belongs to the H.D. owner. Given to her as a small child by her father....After the doll was pieced together ..the missing areas were sculpted, layer by layer, using the same auto body filler as on the porcelain sibling. She received several layers of a poly coat before she was airbrushed to the owners specifications....I love it when a doll ( as well as a plan ) comes together !!!!

Humpty Dumpty had a Great fall

This young lady came to me as a result of an overly inquisitive kitty....After locating her many fractured pieces and shards came the task of placing them together like a 3-D jigsaw puzzle....Once glued,  the fractures were reinforced with Bondo ( an auto body filler) and sanded..and sanded..and sanded...:) Her original coloring was carefully matched and airbrushed...A matte sealer was used to finish the look and preserve the work.....VERY happy to go home with her Mom ( has a hit out on the cat)

Organized Chaos

Getting ready for show in Bel Air....But, truthfully, our table pretty much looks like this  most of the time anyway  :) One of the Wonderful things about dolls is that there are no boundaries....Do whatever floats your boat and makes you HAPPY...Works well for us...Happy Thanksgiving !!!

Excited about the seasons changing...The colors are wonderful ..Inspires creativity.. (Hopefully).. I found an old mold from artist Angela Sutter ( I know!!)..Poured her head in paper-mache and gave her a jointed cloth body...Love the face but I need some work on her body.. Wouldn't she make a WONDERFUL trunk doll for a child ( of ANY age) ?

Decisions...Decisions

 Iris is a one of a kind, wax over porcelain...  she is 17 inches..Seriously contimplating shrinking her at least twice....She is strung with elastic which, I believe, allows for easier posing....( Besides, It worked pretty well for Jumeau )