Clay Doll
Posted in Folk Art and Primitives on 12/08/2008 06:37 am by adminClay Doll
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Sculpey� Flexible Push Mold - Miniature Dolls List Price: $6.99 Sale Price: $4.01  |
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The revolutionary flexible mold material means no messy release agents are needed. Simply mold flex and release. Create detailed jewelry ornaments gifts and home decor items quickly and easily. Works with polymer clays air dry and non-dry modeling clays plaster of paris craft soap and candle wax. Projects can then be painted or varnished. |
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Sculpey Push Mold - Art Doll Faces Sale Price: $5.99 |
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These revolutionary flexible mold materials mean no messy release agents are needed. Simply mold, flex and release! Push molds are great for beginners and first time Sculpey users. Work with polymer clays, air dry and non-dry modeling clays, plaster of paris, craft soap & candle wax! Art Doll Face- Includes approximately twelve different faces ranging from approximately 1/3" to 1 5/8". |
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'Hmong Girl II,' doll Sale Price: $27.95 |
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NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Representing a young girl of the Hmong culture, Suwit Suthamtha creates an enchanting doll, imbued with the rich diversity of Thai artistry. This handmade piece reflects the traditions of the hill tribes of Thailand, as colorful clothing transmits centuries of meaning. An exquisite ceramic piece for the worldly collection. The Hmong people live in many parts of Southeast Asia and are divided into two separate groups: the Blue Hmong and the White Hmong. Women traditionally hand-craft clothing for their families using cotton or hemp, creating richly decorated attire with magnificent embroidery, often complemented by silver jewelry. For centuries the Hmong have sustained themselves through the cultivation of the opium poppy. However, most people are now seeking alternative markets, such as the fabrication and selling of exquisite needlework. Strict animists, the Hmong rely on shamans who use dramatic methods to contact the spirits. Suwit Suthamtha describes her process: "I begin by molding the shape of the head, arms and legs in clay, and kiln-fire the pieces at 1472 F. I then paint in the skin as well as the facial features. I use wire for the body, and shape it into a human posture, I wrap it with raw cloth and use kapok seeds for stuffing. I attach the ceramic limbs and face |
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SC01: Sculpting Whimsical Faces List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $29.95 Average Rating:  |
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Learn how to sculpt whimsical expressions starting from any face mold using polymer clay, the clays that "cure" right in your home oven. Create whimsical expressions from an endearing toothy smile, to anger, to an outright cry. Make an elderly grandma, a Bandido, a cigar smoking lady, a wicked witch and many more delightful characters. Let Margene Crossan, a former Disney "Imagineer" whose work has been published in dollmaking and miniatures magazines, demonstrate how easy it is to sculpt with clay. She takes you step-by-step from making the press mold, creating the expressions, making eyes, ears, hair, then painting the faces. Margene's techniques can be adapted to any size doll face simply by adjusting the size of the tools. |
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PC01: Introduction To Polymer Clay List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $29.95 Average Rating: |
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Transform ordinary objects around your home into artistic treasures. Let renowned Master Polymer Clay Artisan, Donna Kato, take you on a tour of the many ways you can use the new clays, the most versatile and user-friendly art medium available. Simply bake it in your home oven and within minutes, the clay is ?cured.? Learn how to make a simple lime cane, sculpt a bear, create molds, simulate stone, decorate with mosaics, transfer images, plus many other easy to follow techniques and projects.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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MM15: Basic Furniture Making List Price: $34.95 Sale Price: $34.95 |
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Make your own country casual furniture using simple hand tools and basswood. Learn basic techniques for making a table, chair and antique pie safe. Applying these same techniques, you will be able to furnish your miniature home with dressers, bookcases, beds, as well as more ornate tables. Let Joyce Bernard, an outstanding craftsperson and miniaturist for the past 30 years, also share her techniques for finishing the furniture with paints and varnishes. These are great projects for miniaturists who want to be able to make everything themselves. |
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mini 4 pack of play doh clay Sale Price: $2.95 |
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$3.99 CHOCKING HAZARD - CONTAINS SMALL PARTS - NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 |
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Strawberry Shortcake 2 Pcs Fun Dough Modeling Compounds Sale Price: $15.99 |
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Girl Hakata Doll with drum Sale Price: $19.95 |
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Japanese hakata girl doll holding a drum. Beautifully hand finished, this lightweight clay hakata doll measures 5 inches tall. Boxed, made in Japan |
Dolls are believed to have been around since prehistoric times, and may well have been the earliest type of toy used by man. These dolls were certainly made of natural materials such as clay, wood, and fur. Many of them may have been used as children's toys, but it is believed that they were often used to represent a deity, and likely played a key role in religious rituals and ceremonies.
None of these ancient dolls have survived through the ages, but dolls have often been found in Egyptian graves dating back as far as 3000 years. Some of these dolls were made of pottery, but most were made of flat pieces of wood painted with different designs, and with hair made of strings of wooden beads or clay. Dolls have also been found in the graves of Greek and Roman children, some with movable limbs and removable garments.
Later, Europe became a major producer of wooden dolls. Some of these dolls were made from tree stumps, while others were 'peg' dolls, made with simple peg joints and resembling a clothespin. Composition dolls, which were made from mixtures of pulped wood or paper that were molded under pressure, were developed in the 1800s. These dolls were durable and could be mass produced. Dolls with wax heads were also popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Porcelain and bisque dolls became popular at the beginning of the 19th century.
The French "bebe" dolls were popular in the 1880s. Up until this time, most dolls represented adult figures. The bebes were different, because they represented younger girls. In the 1900s, realistic German bisque dolls were introduced and became very popular. These started an ongoing trend of creating realistic dolls.
Rag and cloth dolls have been hand made for centuries. 'Rag' dolls are made of any fabric, while dolls made specifically of linen or cotton are considered to be 'cloth' dolls. Commercial production of rag dolls was started in the 1850s in England and America.
It was not until after the Civil War that doll making became an important industry in the United States. Most dolls were produced in New England, and were made of various materials such as papier-mache, leather, cloth, and rubber. Celluloid was developed in the 1860s and was used in the manufacture of dolls until the 1950s. Although these dolls could be mass produced very cheaply, they were extremely flammable, and would fade in bright light.
Hard plastic dolls were made in the 1940s, and dolls of vinyl, rubber, and foam rubber were made in the 1950s and 1960s. The use of vinyl allowed doll makers to insert hair into the head, rather than having to paint the hair on, or to use wigs.
Modern dolls have traditionally been toys for children, and 'action figures' representing 'superheroes' are now very popular with boys. There are even 'virtual' dolls available on the Internet which can be designed, dressed up, and played with on web sites. Most dolls are now manufactured using modern materials and mass production techniques. However, dolls are also now collected by adults, and some manufacturers use the same kinds of materials that were used in the past, to create 'vintage-style' collectible dolls. But whatever the type of doll, they all trace their roots back to prehistoric times. They are truly 'toys from antiquity.'
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