Hello everybody.
I just wanted to break the silence by telling you that I am about to begin the moldmaking for two tiny ladies called Betty and Milly. They will use the same body and the complete doll will stand about 25cm tall.
Better pictures will hopefully come later, but for now, here is Betty:
Just a quick post to thank everyone for a very nice con.
The exhibition was amazing, as usual and it was lovely to see all the creativity and lovely dolls. The sales room was packed with pretty things and skilled crafters.
Thank you all again!
And, because I managed to forget to take any pictures at all, the only thing relevant I have is this photo of the mugs I made and donated as lottery prizes.
The past weekend we visited Aarhus in Denmark and the danish doll convention DollConDK run by Danske BJD Entusiaster. We had a wonderful time. The market area was filled with wonderful things and the exhibition was very impressive. The hole place was dripping with talent and packed with friendly people.
We had our own talble in the market area, selling a few things.
Here you see JennyM attending the table.
We both had dolls from our private collections on display in the exhibition and to my great delight (and surprise) I won fist prize in the MSD category with this display:
The doll on the left is the one that won the prize. She is an Iplehouse Tania dressed in a traditional oufit from c:a 1900 from the region in Sweden that I’m from.
A big thank you to everyone involved with this convention and a big Hello to everyone I met there!
/Lillith
Margaretha from Margarethas Dockskåp held her annual teddy fair last Sunday in Kosta, Sweden. There was a lot of teddy bears and other stuffed toys of different kinds, a lot of miniatures, a few dolls and much more. We had a table, selling doll parts and accessories. It was so nice to meet all the talented people.
The big Teddy company Steiff from Germany arrived with a human sized teddy costume. The bear really created a good atmosphere.
Basil was wearing a new teddy bear hat for the occasion.
We are back from the convention Jointed Hearts in Gothenburg. It was, once again, a very stimulating weekend with a lot of talented, nice and interesting people, competitions, workshops and dolls!!!!.
Basil, in the shape of a lazy farmhand, took a rest on our merchant table where you also can see some of the recently casted jointed tentacles.
I have been working on something of a side project.
It’s an optional arm part for the Basil body, in the shape of a fully jointed tentacle.
This part will fit any similar socket, so it should be compatible with a wide range of dolls.
I plan to cast it in house and sell it through my etsy shop.
That’s all for now, take care and doll on.
/Lillith
Hello.
Things have been quiet here for a while and there is a reason for that. I have bought a house! While it’s not going to be time to move in for some time yet, this will cause my doll hobby to be forced to take the back seat for a while.
The good news for my doll making is; that I will be able to set up a much better work space and hopefully some equipment for better casting in the future.
It will also mean that I am far less restricted to what hours of the day I can work without disturbing my neighbors, and that’s always a plus.
So, how far has the Basil project come so far?
Well, I have made a rough cast in polyurethane and while he is far from perfect, this has made it possible to work out the flaws that he has.
I have made one copy for myself to play with and another to be modded to perfection. Well, hopefully. 😉
The later is what will then be used as a master for the final molds. I will likely use a casting service for this as I suspect it will take some time before I have good casting facilities set up at the new place and I can’t hope to get a professional result with what I currently have.
These measurements are taken from the home cast Basil prototype. Please note that the measurements may differ slightly on the final version of the body, this is just to give you an idea of the size and proportions.
All measurements are given in cm.
Total height (including head) 39.5
Shoulder width 9.5
Neck circumference 7.5
Chest circumference 18.5
Waist circumference 21
Hip circumference 24
Length of foot 6
Width of foot 2.5
Here you see the Skyfall head on a Souldoll Kid in NS with the small bust option.
This time the head is one of the professionally cast ones and the color is also NS. The match is not perfect, but close enough that a bit on cleaver blushing can compensate. The fit, proportions and posing is good.
The 22nd of October the annual teddy fair is held in Kosta, Sweden.
The fair is organized by Margarethas Dockskåp. This store sells many different types of dolls, toys and miniatures. Among other things they have a large selection of wigs and eyes suitable for BJD and a huge selection of doll house miniatures that fits 1:12 scale dolls.
We have not attended this particular event before, but we have been to other events arranged by the same store.
While the main focus of the fair is teddy bears and other stuffed toys; dolls, doll house miniatures and other miniature and craft related things are also welcome.
We will be there with more or less the same stuff we brought to Jointed Hearts. This means the Skyfall head will be available for purchase as well as various clothes and accessories. We will also bring the Basil body prototype. Feel free to handle him a bit, ask questions and tell us what you think. We’d love to get some feedback.
If you visit the fair, please come by and say hello!
