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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION: Designing Original Dolls
- SECTION 1: EVOLUTION OF THE DOLL
- What is a Doll?, Elemental Forms, Primitive Forms, Simple Forms, Basic Forms, The Outline Form, The Basic Rag Doll, Variations
- SECTION 2: THE HEAD
- Adding Dimension, Turns and Curves, Darts and Contours, Fully Sculptural, Appliqued Features, Beginning Needlesculpture, Beginning Stitches, Beginning to Sculpt, Pressed Cloth, Fabric-Covered Sculptures, Blended Method (The Lisa Lichtenfels Head), Masks, Painting
- THE GALLERY OF FACES
- SECTION 3: THE BODY
- The Basic Body, Body Contours, Traditional Japanese Body, Shaping the Bust, Hands, Feet, The Puzzle Form, Patterns by Draping
- GALLERY OF DOLLS
- SECTION 4: BODY JOINTS
- Decorative Joints, Joint Options, The Bead Joint, The Stitched Bead Joint, The Button Joint
- SECTION 5: ASSEMBLIES
- Working the Wire, The Wire Armature, Inserting the Wire, Covering the Wire, Fixed Figures
- GALLERY OF DOLLS
- SECTION 6: FINISHING THE FIGURE
- Techniques, Hair, Shoes, Bases, Embellishments
- APPENDIX A
- Teaching Yourself the ABC's of Dollmaking
- APPENDIX B
- Sources, Artists, Supplies, Bibliography, About the Author, Index
INSTRUCTION RATING:
. This is a fantastic book full of techniques for soft sculpture/doll-making. It has a plethora of illustration and tons of beautiful examples from a wide variety of soft sculpture artists. I didn't give it a pattern rating even though there are a few patterns for basic head and body forms because this isn't really a pattern book, and I didn't want a pattern rating to be misleading.
BONUS MECHANICS RATING:. For anyone looking for solid source of techniques and styles, this is the book.