Dottie.Dollie: doll maker

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Sunday, 22 September 2019

Something New Sunday...

You know I love Googlies right? I've been working on this girl for a few weeks on and off, now she's finally ready. She's celebrating with a little cake and juice....🥰

The Little Shop collectibles from Marks and Spencer, and my 1/12th scale table and chairs, are the perfect size for this 15cm Dollie.

M&S Little Shop for Dollie

She's dressed in a blue tana lawn and lace dress, with flower Liberty print panties. I made her a straw bonnet, and decorated her stand with a William Morris print.

Googly in Liberty Print Panties

Dottie Dollie Googly Clothing

As usual, all of her clothes are hand sewn, and fully removable.

She is a perfect cabinet sized doll, and is ready to display with her complimentary doll stand.

Dottie Dollie Googly Doll

Her eyes are painted in my favourite grey/blue, which has such a lovely vintage look, and it works well with her lightly curled auburn mohair wig.

Kestner Googly Reproduction

You can find her now in my Folksy shop

Friday, 26 July 2019

It's Folksy Friday Again....

Well, it's been a scorcher of a week, so I got to thinking about quintessentially English summer time food and beverages.... So I bring you Lucy Lemonade and Lime, and Strawberry and Cream!

Lucy Lemonade and Lime - Dottie Dollie

Lucy Strawberry and Cream - Dottie Dollie

The other Dollies in this week's shop update may be familiar to my hardcore followers, Betty Peekaboo, and Cutie the Kewpie have both been seen before in Paperclay. They have now made the switch over to resin, and to Folksy

Dottie Dollie - Kewpie Clown with a Fez

Cutie Kewpie Fez - Dottie Dollie

Dottie Dollie Peekaboo Betty Peach Beret

Peekaboo Betty Bobble Hat - Dottie Dollie

Dottie Dollie Betty Lilac Hair

Peekaboo Betty Lemonade and Lime

I'll be bringing back another of my most popular Dollies next week.....

Have a great weekend!

Friday, 19 July 2019

Folksy Friday!

Another batch of totally new designs are now in my Folksy shop

These two designs both came to me from an English vintage dealer, so may have in fact been treasured toys, before becoming broken and discarded. They both caught my imagination at once, so have "jumped the queue" to become jewellery, many thanks to Debbie for making the introductions....

I spotted this Dollie, in a hodge podge of broken doll parts, and just knew that I could make her more beautiful..... Meet "Lucy".....

Lucy on the left, the original antique head on the right

Lucy - Dottie Dollie Brooch

Next, I spotted something else which I thought had potential, a single discarded leg... probably from a late 19th Century china doll, now alone and unwanted, but I saw the potential for fun and decided to add it to my collection too. I've already been enjoying painting different stockings, garters boots & shoes, yet I'm sure there's still more to imagine and create.... Pinterest has some wonderful examples of fancy Victorian boots which I've been loving this week....

Dottie Dollie - Victorian Leg Brooches

That's all for this shop update, have a great weekend!

Thursday, 15 November 2018

Zouave Drummer Boy - Izannah Walker Inspired

This special doll is my first Izannah Walker inspired boy doll, and he wears a costume inspired by the trend of dressing boys in military uniforms during the American Civil War. The bright Zouave uniforms especially caught my eye, so I decided to create a costume inspired by them. This doll is a new, unique sculpt.

Hand Painted Boots - Izannah Walker Inspired

His red trimmed black ankle boots, have been hand painted, and gently "aged".

Izannah Walker Inspired Doll

His hair is brown, and was painted in many layers, to give a beautiful depth, and lots of individual hair strands. He has short wispy strands across the back of his head, a centre parting, and wisps framing his face.

His features have been painted with artist grade acrylic paints, and sealed with several coats of matt varnish. He has painted blue eyes, and has been antiqued to give him a real "old doll" look and feel.

His body is made from calico, and his head and hands are hand sculpted from Paperclay.

Izannah Walker Inspired Doll - Boys Underwear

Izannah Walker Inspired Doll - Red Pants

He wears cotton drawers, and an under shirt. His wide leg pants are made from red cotton, and fasten with a hook and hand worked loop.

Izannah Walker Inspired Boy Doll

His blue cotton jacket has a tartan lining, and hand stitched soutache braid decoration. His sash is made from red wool, with a pale blue silk trim, held in place by a black leather belt.

Zouave Drummer Boy - American Civil War

I carved teeny drum sticks for him, and made a small drum for him to carry. It has the badge of the 5th New York Zouaves, from the American Civil War. All of his clothes are fully removable, and feature french seams and large amounts of hand sewing.

It was a lot of fun to work on a boy's costume for a change, I imagine there will be more boys in the future!

Friday, 6 October 2017

Finished on a Friday!!!!!

I've had an absolute blast working on these cute girls....and now they are all finished and ready to venture off to their forever homes..... They are all cast from the same mould, the Kestner 111 jointed googly. All have custom, handmade mohair wigs & hand painted features.

Each doll is around 18cm high.

Dottie Dollie Googly Girls

Googly with Green

Googly in Undies

Googly Sailor Girl

Nautical Googly

Googly in Peach

Dottie Dollie Googly

I have a few more of these girls in the pipeline, and there's still that mould making that I need to do....busy, busy, busy!!!

Friday, 20 January 2017

Shop Update

It's been a lovely sunny day here today, if a bit chilly, but it's been great for taking photos.....

I've popped two Izannah Walker style dolls into my Etsy shop

Mary - Izannah Walker Doll - Dottie Dollie

They are cast in flumo, from my Mary mould, which I made from my own original sculpture. Each doll is hand painted and costumed uniquely........my short attention span wouldn't have it any other way!!!!

All the clothing is fully removable, the element of "play" is so important to me........ There's lots of hand sewing, and of course my favourite crackle glazed finish....

I try to give my Izannahs an English twist.....tartan was really popular in Victorian England, along with the ankle strap shoes. I've been digging deep in my vintage lace stash to embellish these girls undies too.....

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Not so Wordless Wednesday!

Although we're having a mini heatwave here this week - yesterday was the hottest September day since 1911 - this little lady is full of mellow autumn shades.....

Another Izannah Walker style doll, she's my original sculpt, hand cast in air dried slip, hand painted, uniquely dressed and available here.