China paint, layer 6. Painting one of my custom nude orders. I enjoy using the dainty blush mop to spread out the paint globs on the little porcelain cheeks until they turn into a soft and translucent blush.
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Opening preorders for porcelain dolls starting next month! Only a few order slots will be available for summer and fall 2025. Each doll takes me 3 months to make, so if you would like get on the list for one of those order spots, email me right away. Link to pre-order in bio. And while you’re there, sign up for my news letter below to be notified of the next costumed doll drop, new accessories, auction news, print release or the next batch of order slots opening up.
Porcelain Pre-Orders
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Opening preorders for porcelain dolls starting next month!
Read MoreReturning to Serenity
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Gold in them Heels
Shoes for Cinderella. Hand-carved, cast in bronze and plated with 24k yellow gold. I love to dress my porcelain dolls in precious and semi-precious metals.
Read MoreBra Cups in Gold
When I carved these bra cups from jeweller’s wax years ago, I didn’t plan on putting ribbons in them, but the spacing between metal…
Read MoreGold Corset
How I made the gold-plated ribbon work corset for the final custom Cinderella In Gold doll.
Read MoreCinderella in Video
Cinderella in gold 2024 was a special commission for a collector who loved the original 2009 closed limited edition. Her costuming is one of a kind, to differentiate her from the earlier edition doll.
Read MoreCinderella In Gold
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A collector asked me to create a custom Cinderella doll inspired by my limited 2009 Cinderella edition. I was reluctant to plagiarize myself, but wanted to fulfill my collector’s dream
Read MoreEngraving Process
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How the lace lingerie engraving started, from sketching pencil lines on the doll's torso to starting the engraving. No turning back once the needle carves the porcelain, much like an ink tattoo on skin. I have put many many more hours into this project since this video, and i can't wait to show the rest of the design. Stay tuned for more clips of the process!
Loading the Kiln
This doll is going in for a high temperature firing, which is when porcelain slip vitrifies into glass and shrinks 20%.
Read MoreWax Sculpture of a New Doll Shadow Box
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This is a wax sculpture of a new Doll shadow box I’m currently making. It’s based on a well-known fairy tale character. Can you guess which one based on the ornamentation? Here’s a hint - she is a villain.
Read MorePorcelain Ears
Porcelain ears need to be simplified down to the most basic shape to be released from the mold, and then details carved back in after de-molding or after the soft firing.
In this stage, porcelain is as fragile as an eggshell, and can’t tolerate any pressure or force.
Carving of details has to be done with the softest feather touch and the sharpest of tools. Or everything breaks into pieces.
But when everything goes right, the beauty and permanence of high-fired porcelain is simply incomparable.
Next step is china-painting.
Wet Cleaning
Wet cleaning a soft-fired porcelain doll head. It's as fragile as an egg shell in this stage.
Read MoreCleaning in a Snowstorm
Cleaning porclain doll parts during a snowstorm
Read MorePouring Porcelain
Pouring porcelain slip into plaster molds.
Read MoreCleaning and preparing the Silver Vertebrae Pendant
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The free flowing pendant has 16 vertebrae and 15 joints. It’s always dancing while I’m wearing it or when I can’t stop playing with it. In the video it goes through a patina process and then cleaned in a magnetic tumbler and then a rotary tumbler to give it that nice shine. The pendants are available in Silver and in Bronze
Signing the Enchanted Doll books
A short video of me signing and stamping the Enchanted Doll Publisher Edition book
Read MoreWater Lotuses
Still making many tiny beaded water lotuses. The repetition of construction without seeing any evidence of the final composition is getting a bit tedious after a few weeks of making these.
Read MoreEnchanted Doll Book - Publisher Edition
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This signed and numbered limited edition of 500 covers the first decade of work of Enchanted Doll, 190 pages, hard bound, high quality offset printing on heavy art paper.
Read MoreSerenity
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Finishing this porcelain beautify ‘Serenity’ for an eBay auction later this fall!
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