| How To Create a Reborn Baby Doll In the very beginning a sculptor sculpts a very realistic baby from clay This baby then gets made into lots of reborn doll kits ( head& limbs ) in vinyl The reborn artist then can purchase the reborn doll kit and proceed to reborn it into a baby with all the skin tones marks & blemishes that new borns have Some doll kits are limited additions where only a certain amount are made into vinyl because of this these kits tend to be more sort after for collectors and more expensive when reborn for the customer as they are more expensive for the artist too Lots of Layers of paint are carefully painted on to these kits building up a 3d effect to the skin little veins are added and birth marks and blemishes then after every layer they are put into an oven and heat set. Once this paint is heat set it will never fade or rub of the doll The finger nails and toe nails are carefully tipped with paint and sealed with a varnish which is also heat set along with the lips and inside the nose sometimes too, If its an open eyed baby then you have to buy the eyes I always buy German real glass eyes they are amazing so real looking The eyes can be tricky to get in place sometimes takes a bit of practice once in place you can give baby eyelashes to frame the beautiful eyes if baby has closed eyes then the eyelashes can be rooted with mohair Then you have to decide if the baby is going to have painted hair be bald or have rooted mohair I do both the painted hair and rooted, the rooting can take up to 50 hours to complete but is well worth it for the finished result is so lovely and can be dampened and styled. It is rooted one or two hairs at a time then sealed within the head with a waterproof sealant If baby is going to have a dummy or hair bow this is the time to put magnets inside the head to hold a bow and behind the lips to hold a dummy Then its onto the body these are generally bought separately in soft doe suedette or cotton After weighting and sealing the head and limbs its time to fill the body with baby fat (which is a very soft and squidgey pellet ) then finished with good quality fibre fill The limbs and head are put on and secured with cable ties and there you have it a beautiful reborn baby many hours of work have paid off and you can now dress your baby and give her a cuddle what could be more wonderful I just Love this art |
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