Real Looking Baby Dolls - The Process Involved in Making a Reborn Baby Doll

There are many real looking baby dolls but arguably the most realistic of all is the so-called "reborn" doll. These dolls are made from vinyl and they begin their life simply as a fairly ordinary doll which is firstly taken apart and then reassembled. Hence the name "reborn".

These real looking baby dolls are now highly sought after by collectors and by keen hobbyists alike. And for good reason - for the high end dolls, an artist will spend a lot of time and effort in recreating its realistic attributes.

After the artist has worked their craft, the resultant doll can actually represent and indeed be mistaken for a real baby. Is it any wonder why these dolls are not so much toys any longer, but rather serious works of art to be valued and treasured?

The process is precise and it is methodical. Firstly the doll is stripped of all factory paint and/ or hair. The artist then will often begin with the hair, which tends to be Angora kid mohair. The hair is sealed from inside the head which allows it to be styled. It is then dyed.

Next, the body is hand-painted to provide a natural skin tone coloring. Once dry, oil paints or oil-based pastels are used to further increase the authentic look of the skin. The eyebrows are added by using acrylic paints and then the lips are added in the same fashion and finished with a gloss sealer.

Hand rooted mohair tends to be used for the eyelashes. And then the nasal cavities are opened. The toenails and fingernails are added and then sealed with white tips. Finally, the limbs are filled either with glass or plastic beads or with fine sand, which produces a realistic weight to the doll. These are then sealed with poly fill. This completes the outline of the process in which real looking baby dolls are made.

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Understanding the Dying Process in Fashion Design

One step of the process of becoming a fashion designer is in understanding the dying process that all fabrics go through to become the color that they are. Far too many people see fashion designers at work on their TVs and assume that all that they do is stand around with models deciding what looks best.

The fact of the matter is that Liz Claiborne studied art in Europe before entering the world of fashion design in New York and you can rest assured that one aspect of her art studies involved the study of fabrics and colors. In fact, you may have already noticed that some of the newer fashion designs that are appearing on the racks of clothing stores have some creative coloring aspects to them that were done with experimental dying techniques.

The first step to understanding the dying process is to get a good book on it and then read it. Next you will want to set up a table somewhere outside that you can get some actual hands on experience at. Don't even toy with the idea of dying fabrics in your home or apartment, because the dye splashes everywhere and it is impossible to remove from anything that it lands on.

Start with the cheap and easy to use cold water dyes that you can buy at your local art supply store and remember to pick up a few pairs of long rubber dish washing gloves while you are at it. Before you advance to dying t-shirts it is advisable that you cut your teeth on plain swatches of white cloth, because your first creations will inevitably end up in the trash can. Have fun and be creative and in time you will become more knowledgeable of the dying process and this knowledge you can carry with you on into the future.

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