Making Miniature Dolls

with Polymer Clay

Sue Heaser

128 pages, hardback. Over 50 illustrated step-by-step projects

250 illustrations, colour photographs throughout

Photography by Jeremy Thomas

Published by Ward Lock, UK 1999

ISBN 0-7063-7750-8

Contents:

1. Sculpting Materials and Equipment

2. Sculpting Techniques

3. Sculpting the Dolls

4. Assembling the Dolls

5. Painting the Dolls

6. Sewing Materials and Techniques

7. Dressing the Dolls in Tudor Costume

8. Dressing the Dolls in Regency Costume

9. Dressing the Dolls in Victorian Costume

10. Dressing the Dolls in Edwardian Costume

11. Making Wigs

Suppliers and Further Reading

Index

Dolls from the book's Victorian chapter

Polymer clay - or modelling clay as it is also known - is a uniquely versatile material. It comes in a wide range of colours and, once it has been shaped, can be hardened permanently by baking in an ordinary home oven. It is also extremely fine textured and is therefore an absolutely ideal material for making miniature dolls.

Polymer clay expert, Sue Heaser, shows simple techniques for making a complete family of fully jointed, posable, miniature dolls from adults and grandparents to adorable children and babies. She then gives patterns and detailed instructions for making costumes for the dolls for four main historical periods.

Where to buy the book:

This book is available from bookstores and online booksellers. Alternatively, contact the publishers for details of suppliers:

Great Britain - Cassell Sales and Marketing, Wellington House, 125 Strand, London, WC2 0BB

Tel: 0171 420 5555

United States - Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016

Tel: (212) 532 7160

Order on-line from - Amazon - the on-line book store: www.amazon.com in the USA; www.amazon.co.uk in the UK

Some pictures from the book - click to see a bigger image:

The Tudor Dolls Chapter

The Regency Dolls Chapter

A sample page from the book

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