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Saturday, August 17, 2013

A Boy's Form and Clothes

I have been working back and forth on a larger head, for weeks.   Putting on clay, sanding off clay.  It's kind of like revising a story.  You have fun adding extra verbiage, and then you spend the next session taking most of it out. 




I worked out a pattern, using paper towel
and then palette paper, for the body. 
He will have short arms, and somewhat short legs.

Now it is
almost time to transfer all the paper towel patterns
to palette paper 
and then cut the body out of muslin fabric. 







For his clothing I thought it would be dated to the 1890s, with shorts, suit jacket, and a little hat.  I also want to use some plaid fabric.   Looking at some images online, the suit below from 1890 seems to be for an older boy.  It has all the elements I want, but looks pretty formal maybe due to that lower neckline to the suit.



 The 1890 outfits above are also rather complicated to sew.  I also doubt that plaid would be the right fabric choice.


 So I sketched my own take on a boy's suit with a medium-high collar, in plaid, with either plaid or plain pants.  And some hat styles and accessories that could go with it.
So I guess it's coming along, this boy doll.  
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