Doll update

She's got a face. This was really interesting, a first try in soft sculpting features. Not bad for now. I'll be embroidering the features, once I decide on eye color.

A facial expression emerged. 

Then I tried a couple of ideas to see what she liked

This is a handful of silk embroidery thread which got tangled, and a scarf made of a piece of my card weaving

Here's a bunch of silk squares I stitched together a while back, with cotton roving hair

Here the hat is a print I made on silk gauze from a painting I scanned,  and the dress is s piece of Indian organdy. This one reminds me eerily of the old English queen mother, must be the hat.

These are just little drapings, like sketches, to see what's next. It's fun to bring out old samples of work to test on her.  I'm thinking a big skirt, full and stiffened, with layers. Not transparent like here. 

She looks patient and long-suffering to me. A wry smile. See how soon character starts to show. Her eyes are not closed. I will embroider the features and she'll be clearer.

I'm not one of those dollmakers who decide on the character then make it. Mine's more of a cooperative approach with the materials. Until the doll starts dictating them, that is.