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WELCOME TO MY MINIATURE MARKET PHOTOS 1 |
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Oscar the Butcher |
A Birds Eye View of the Butcher's Stall All
of the meat is made from polymer clay. Sides
of beef and pork hang in the background.
A duck and a chicken are on the table, plucked but with their heads
intact. The little weigh scale is made from a key and other
odds and end.
The
girl in the red cape is carrying a basket of eggs, she is shyly accepting
a bouquet from a doll dressed as a stable boy.
The
vegetables are almost all made from polymer clay.
The
grapes are actually mustard seed, they are quite easy to make. Just
take a tiny twig, cover it in glue and drag through the mustard seeds,
when this dries repeat the procedure and again until it resembles a
bunch . I painted the 'grape bunches' with several coats acrylic paint
in various shades of purple.
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HOW THE DOLLS ARE MADE The
dolls begin with a wire armature.The great thing about polymer clay
is that it can be baked repeatedly. I sculpt the head and bake it,
then I sculpt one hand and bake again etc, until I have all the
clay work done. Before the head is baked, I apply blush and maybe
some eyeshadow using regular make up. Next
a fabric body is made and tape or yarn is wound around the legs and
arms.
Costuming
the doll is, for me, the most time consuming
part
of the process. I try not to use the same fabric more than once,
so I have to be on a constant search for the right materials. I
don't use any new fabric, the older it is the better it looks.
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