from hands to heart

My little niece Ester turned 1 year old this week so I was very busy with things to do for her birthday party, that's why I haven't worked so much on TatiDoll. The little progress I made was sculpting arms, I finished them and baked already. They are so smooth, it won't require almost any sanding, which I am happy. Next step: sculpting legs. Then hands - I LOVE SCULPTING HANDS! And the last part, feet. It will be like a dream when I am done with sculpting, but It will also be the beginning of another challenge - the joints!!!

I've just joined etsy and listed my mother's crochet rugs and also my little fairy Bela. Hope you enjoy!

I am sick and feel so tired! My son is sick too, I believe it's because of the drastic weather changes. We had a sudden "winter" right in the middle of summer if that is possible.... really crazy!
Last week I baked TatiDoll's torso, as you see in the picture, but it's not totally finished, I will add more details and sand a lot. Please excuse the dirty clay. For the first time I don't have to bother about the clay getting dirty since this doll is a prototype and I love that. This clay really picks all and every dirt!
Apart from that, I have been spending a lot of time on learning a new medium. I just love learning. It is like the fuel to my work. It seems I need to be learning constantly. I'm very excited about the new discoveries I'm making.
Will talk about that later.
I hope my son, me (and the weather) get better within the next days.

Yesterday I started the second head, the one inspired on a famous girl from a movie... Ok, I hope you won't laugh at the end, I don' t know if it will end up looking like the girl's face but I will try to get her facial features as she is so beautiful and delicate. The picture shows the very firs steps of the sculpting, so it's a bit weird yet. I have a friend who might be reading this and he surely knows the girl and the movie I'm talking about, so please dear, don't say it out loud ok? No big deal folks, I don't want to make everyone anxious about that, it is not a portrait work ok?

I've finished sculpting the doll head, and you can see the baked head on the picture. She was on the oven longer than the other dolls I make. As she is a prototype the clay must be hard for the purpose of mold making. When I think of all the stages I still need to conclude it makes me feel a little anxious, but it has been great so far. I am really enjoying this work. thank you for watching.

This is the first face I wrote about in other post, the face that came from my mind, without any reference and that I almost gave up sculpting. I think I like it now. I'm still working on the final details, like ears and smoothing... and I think I don't like the mouth very much. I just have to find out what exactly I don't like about. I'm trying to imagine her face after painting to see if she is the doll I was dreaming of...
When I finish this one I will start making the head based on that famous girl. =)