A while back, I asked Anne Field to make me a lower level dressage doll without boots. This had nothing to do with the quality of Anne's boots. Trust me, Anne knows how to make boots. Mostly I just wanted to revisit this particular leather working challenge.
There was a period in my hobby life where I made a lot of doll boots. Some of these were for my own dolls. Others were for my friend, Jane Schneider.
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doll and photo by Jane Schneider |
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doll and photo by Jane Schneider |
It also helps to touch and feel the real thing. Fortunately, I happen to have a pair of dress boots in my closet. These aren't high quality boots, but they're good enough for my purposes.
Once I know exactly what I want to build, it's time to start actual construction. Since I want the foot portion of my boots to be boot shaped rather than foot shaped, I'm starting with epoxy.
I've protected the doll by wrapping her inside a plastic bag. I'd rather not get epoxy on her legs, but since everything from the knee down will eventually be cover in leather, that's not a deal breaker.Here's a look at the new "boot shaped" feet.
It's tempting to push ahead to the next step, but I know from experience that things will go better if I allow that epoxy to cure overnight. I've put the doll aside and I'm not going to touch her again until tomorrow morning.
Part two tomorrow--I hope!
The wrapped doll struck me as awesomely funny.
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Me too, obviously. The last picture serves no real purpose except for humor!
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Very interesting! I'ts not getting boring here!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd btw. thanks for the tip about opening the picture in a new window, it works!