Sculpting Little People
With detailed step-by-step instructions and helpful photos and illustrations, along with a little help from the methods of Faith Wick, you can learn to sculpt this fascinating couple! You’ll also be introduced to basic china painting techniques. Learn techniques for body-making, tips on marketing and selling porcelain dolls, and the basics of entering your doll for competition.
Faith Wick continues to guide you through basic sculpting techniques, though this time with a few younger examples! Learn techniques for body-making, tips on marketing and selling porcelain dolls, and the basics of entering your doll for competition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapters
1.) Some Important Points Before You Start
2.) Hamilton
3.) The Hands of a Younger Man
4.) Hamilton's Legs
5.) Sculpting Greta's Head
6.) The Hands of a Young Woman
7.) Greta's Legs
8.) Corinne: Sculpting a Young Girl
9.) The Hands of a Young Girl
10.) A Young Girl's Legs
11.) Baby Eva
12.) Sculpting Baby Hands
13.) Baby Eva's Legs
14.) Making a Mold
15.) Body Making
16.) Some Thoughts on Marketing and Selling Porcelain Dolls
17.) Entering Your Doll in Competition
Appendix: Sources for Tools, Equipment and Information
About the Artist
About the Author and the Photographer
Identification of Dolls on Inside Covers