Making My Own Baby! Part 1

Making My Own Baby! Part 1

I love making my crochet newborn photo props, but sometimes I just can't find a newborn to model them for me.  I think it just shows off the work so much better when using a model compared to photographing the item flat.


So I looked into the reborn dolls and almost fell off my chair when I saw the prices of them.  Although the work that goes into them is amazing, as some look so life like.  


Well, with my background in the fine arts I decided I would mold my own model.  The only problem is that I have never sculpted before! I have used many other mediums but sculpting wasn't one of them!


It has taken me 3 days but I have finally sculpted my babies head!  Check out the photos below.

Here is the start of the babies head.  It looks a little like an alien right now!

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Shaping the brow and adding a nose.  So far so good!

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Working on the eyes next.  My baby is going to be sleeping!

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Now starting to work on the nose and lower half of the face.  

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It's slowly getting there, but it needs a lot more tweaking.

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The eyes have been tweaked and the mouth reworked, it's finally getting there.  I still have work to do on the nose, it is too wide in the middle and just too big on top.

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The nose has been reworked and now a little more work on the chin and neck area.

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I am finally happy with the results.  Next is adding some ears and to smooth over as much as I can.

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So, it's finally baked and completed.  Unfortunately I got a couple of cracks in the face, round one of the eyes, both sides of the mouth and under the neck.  I filled up the crakes with a little more clay, then I rebaked it.

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As this face is just for making a mold, I am not too worried about the cracks or coloring of the finished baked product.  


Now on to the body!  This might take a while......Watch out for Part 2!