More wire dolls

Sorry I haven't posted anything for ages!

I have been working more on my wire doll, after I made the wire armature(pictured bottom right), I then had to wrap it with wadding( pictured top left). This part was really interesting because you can build up muscles and hips for your doll to give it more character. The next step of making the doll is making hands, I am going to have a go at making proper hands with fingers and wire inside them, which is going to be quite tricky! The bit I am looking forward to doing is making material to wrap around the doll, which should be fun because there are loads of really interesting techniques you can use, like using a heat tool over layered fabrics so you can see different bits of the fabrics beneath.

Will make another post soon, hopefully!

A bit about me and materials...

Hi everyone!!!

This blog is about absolutely anything to do with material. I'll post things about clothes, fashion ,materials dolls or anything I can think of!

For christmas I got a really amazing book about doll making. It has loads of stuff about making materials with different tools, like a soldering iron, or a heat tool.At the moment I am making a wire doll. So far I have only made the armature (the wire bit inside the doll). This was very fiddly, I got poked by the wire a lot, and I made two attempts before I was satisfied! For christmas I also got a miniature dressmaking kit. It came with some really nice materials, as well as a plain white satin dress to embellish. So far, I have made two dresses and I've decorated the plain one. The kit also came with a notebook to sketch ideas in, which I've used a bit.

Hopefully in my next post I will be able to put some photos in!