🏠 Bringing Memories to Life: The Miniature Living Room🏠 Making the dolls

Miniature Dolls

The diorama of the Miniature Living room has several dolls that need to be recreated. Three of the dolls sit in the corner on top of a fridge and others are placed inside the book shelf. They are truly very small and are a challenge to sculpt.

Making Miniatures Dolls by PortraitsbyNC

After some serious thought, I chose Arteza clay for crafting my doll heads. Working on such a tiny scale can be tricky—one wrong move and the heads get disfigured. So, I placed each head on pins and delicately sculpted their faces. Next came the baking phase. I set the toaster oven to 260°F. My new oven finally stopped smoking (new appliances need breaking in), but I kept a close eye to ensure the heads didn't burn.

clay in toaster oven

After the heads cooled down I made a cone to drape the garment over. A circle template comes in vary handy to make the shape of the cone. 

Circle cuttingcone making
The tool I am holding is perfect for making holes larger. The hole is needed to insert the neck into.
head on cone
The cone not only holds the head in place, but will also the amateur for the body/clothing. I colored it blue so it will blend in with the fabric of her dress.
Fabric gathering
This dolls' dress flares out so I gathered the fabric and glued it into place to give it a poufy appearance. 
doll sleeves
I used a gold ribbon that has wiring for the sleeves. By gathering the ends and rolling the ribbon I was able to create the poufy sleeves. 
After going through my stash of craft supplies everything was added to make the figure look similar to the doll on the fridge. I have many more dolls to complete and will post those later on. 
Miniature doll
 

Here is the finished room box

🌟🏠 Bringing Memories to Life: The Miniature Living Room Diorama 🏠 by PortraitsbyNC
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