The Doll Shop Downstairs (2011)
The Doll Shop Downstairs
“It turns out that Papa knows a lot about making dolls’ heads. All his years of fixing dolls have given him a good idea of how to do it. He started out back in Russia, in his uncle’s shop, where he repaired plates, vases, and platters made of bisque, porcelain, and china. Occasionally someone would bring in a bisque or china doll with a cracked head. Papa would try to fix that, too. He became interested in how the bisque dolls were made by pouring raw materials like clay and water into molds and then firing the molds in a hot oven. When he started his own shop, he decided to mend just dolls. And now, all his experience has helped him figure out how to make a doll, even one that isn’t bisque.
Papa begins to experiment. He sculpts faces from a clay he mixes from flour, water, and a little olive oil. Then he wets a sheet of buckram and drapes it over the clay form, leaving an opening at the back so he can slip the molded buckram off when it has dried.
“But the dolly will have a space at t...he back of her head,”MoreLess
Papa begins to experiment. He sculpts faces from a clay he mixes from flour, water, and a little olive oil. Then he wets a sheet of buckram and drapes it over the clay form, leaving an opening at the back so he can slip the molded buckram off when it has dried.
“But the dolly will have a space at t...he back of her head,”MoreLess
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