For this project glass or tile is the best surface to work on, but you can make do with wax paper, aluminum foil, or just being really careful on whatever surface you have available.Ĭut two length of the flat rope, and gently wrap each one around the ankle part of the boot bottom you formed earlier. Once your clay is conditioned, roll it in a ball between your palms and then form it into a sort of log shape, shown above.Ī note on surfaces: clay likes to stick to things, especially rough surfaces. Working with clay that is warm (literally warm, cold clay is rock hard) makes everything so much easier! Work it around with your fingers, smoosh it, roll it out and crumple it up…just get it nice and kneaded. ‘Condition’ is just a fancy way of saying you need to warm it up. It’s for your mental health, really.Ĭonditioning the Clay Pen for size reference.īefore you start working with clay, you should condition it first. It has to be baked on glassware, nothing else!Ī note on choosing a color: this clay LOVES to pick up dust, and unless you want to spend half an hour sanding your shoes down after you bake them, I wouldn’t recommend using white or any other light color of clay for the shoes. The higher-quality clay (Fimo and Sculpey Primo…anything that’s not the cheapest kind) is pretty sturdy stuff, but it becomes fragile and brittle if it’s too thin or if it’s baked improperly (not enough baking time or too much). If you don’t know what polymer clay is, it’s a plastic clay that hardens when baked. But, working with clay so often gave me a head start on making shoes and other doll props with clay, so now I can pass on a bit of my clay knowledge! I ended up featured on Anderson Live! I had a shop in Etsy for a little over a year before I grew bored with the venture and stopped. Not many people know this, but I used to run an Etsy shop making tiny clay cupcakes and cakes. The higher-quality clay doesn’t pick up fingerprints as well, and it’s stronger so small children won’t break the shoes getting them on and off. I wouldn’t recommend the cheaper Sculpey III – use Fimo or Sculpey Primo or something. The clay on the left is Fimo, and the clay on the right is lower-quality Sculpey III.
Hot glue gun (preferably high-temp gun but a low-temp gun should work fine).Preferably use Fimo clay or Sculpey Primo (the good stuff).Polymer clay in whatever color you want your shoes to be.This tutorial covers my very simple shoe-making process.įor the first part, a tutorial on repainting makeunder faces, go HERE!įor the second part, a tutorial on making simple dresses, go HERE!Īnd for the third part, a tutorial on making shoes, stay here.
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Or visit I started this series I clearly forgot how much time tutorials take! Goodness.īut finally (FINALLY), the final installment on making makeunder/rescued dolls. Write to them in care of The Dispatch, King Features Syndicate, 300 W. Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel, authorities on collectibles, write for King Features Syndicate. Store sign, top hat, sheet tin, red paint, silvered buckle and band, circa 1820, 12?inches by 19 inches, $1,185.Peachblow rose bowl, tri-fold, Mount Washington Art Glass Society sticker,.Toy Heinz truck, pressed steel, white paint, Metal Craft, 12 inches, $300.Whirligig, wooden, painted, man, green jacket, metal rod, circa 1905, $250.Sterling-silver dish, Windsor pattern, lobed body, Reed & Barton, circa 1940,.Spool holder, tiger maple, cast iron, $120.Clifton Pottery teapot, Indian Ware, low lines, 27/8 inches by 81/2 inches, $25.Prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. American Character dolls sell for prices from less than $100 to as high as a few hundred dollars. But the loss of its voice lowers the value. It’s impossible to suggest a value without knowing which American Character doll you have. went out of business in 1968, and its molds were sold to Ideal. The company’s best years were in the 1950s and early ’60s, when its Betsy McCall and Tiny Tears dolls were popular. Although they sold for only a few dollars in the 1920s and ’30s, they were expensive at the time.
The dolls were made of composition, rubber or hard plastic.Īmerican Character dolls were high-end creations with well-made clothes. The company made baby dolls, toddler dolls, mama dolls and other dolls in several sizes.
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