Papier Mâché Doll – Part 1

Hello!

I’ve been working  on this little cold porcelain/paper mache doll, It didn’t occur to me to take pictures until I was a bit ahead on its making.  But here we go :)

I started building him from a flat silhouette made of cold porcelain, I had originally meant to make a flat doll but was very taken by the model of a doll’s head carved on wood that I saw at Elsita Mora’s blog about hand made dolls, which is truly a beauty!

I really love the angles on a child’s head and I felt very happy looking at the shades they would cast. It seemed as if he had the softest kindest smile just  waiting to be painted on his face.

                

I was very eager at that point to know what it would feel like to paint a face on a three-dimensional tiny baby/toddler’s head since I had not sculpted one before.

Then I made him a little pot-belly and sanded him some more.

 

After that I forgot to take pictures if how I made his arms and legs but it seems like a good thing now because there are so many pictures already!

                    

                                                                                                             
           

 I finally ventured with the paint, it wasn’t the feeling I had expected,

        it is still tricky even with all the guidelines the shape adds

  

I made him little wings, thinking about some wooden figures

that come painted in bright colours I have seen hanging from ceilings at different places :D

 Unfortunately my little wings crumbled so I wont be using those :(

  I’m trying to make up my mind  between a set of paper mache wings or embroidering over felt or fabric.

Any suggestions? :)

 Update: You can see the finished doll on my next post about it by clicking on these lines