Progress

Here's the "Kaethe Kruse" head that I started a few weeks ago - I've added more clay and started sanding it - next step is adding the cloth layer. I studied lots of pictures of original heads to try and reproduce the nuances of form that are evident in the originals and which I find very appealing. I've drafted a body pattern that I think will work, but since I am leaving for the US in a few weeks, I think this project may have to wait until my return to be completed.

Mould-Making Progress

I have finished making a two-part doll head mould to use with my up-coming "Historical Doll" class. The mould is is two parts - front and back - and I used it to press-mould the paperclay head in two halves. After it dried, I glued the the two halves together, cleaned up the seamline a little and sanded it. The result was better than I had expected it to be. Here is the two-part mould and the first head taken from it.

A New Start