This doll is my first fully air dry clay sculpted doll. I am very happy with the way he turned out. His costuming took forever to do and while a normal cloth doll takes me about 30 hours to complete, he took almost more than double the time. A lot of time had been waiting time for the clay to dry as well as sanding in between layers which was a cumbersome task.
I only did the face in clay and was contemplating doing the hands as well but I decided against that since I used gold foil on the arms and would not have anything to hide the seam between the cloth and clay. I am eager to see how this clay will stand up to the time and wether it is going to crack and become brittle with time. This has been only an experiment but I am absolutely thrilled by the way it turned out. I am definitely going to make more clay sculpts now. I still like the manageability of the cloth for posing of the figure and will have to make some kind of transition to full clay sculpting. But thats for later, now I am just enjoying my newly found love for sculpting. I have considered selling him but am going to charge a whopping price (perhaps he won't sell and I get to keep him!!!). Am I fooling myself???
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