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News!!
Exciting NEW
DOLL SHOW in NC June 2012
Come on in to the NEW
and Exciting
Down East
Doll Show in
Greenville North
Carolina June
21-24, 2012.
Show Promoters: Gia Heath, Stacey Haskins & Lisa Farmer
Lovern
There are a
whole bunch of
very excited
artists ~ in fact,
as you can see
in the link
above, almost all of
the tables are
spoken for with
only a few booths
remaining in
this 10,800 sq.
foot showroom!
We have Classes for just about everything, workshops, baby
shower, contests, awards show, luncheon and much, much more!!
This show has
created a
Facebook page
as well. Stay in
touch and stay
tuned as this
show progresses.
With almost a
year to plan, it
should be
fabulous!!!
Click here to go to the event page or visit us on
facebook
Baby Cre8tions Nursery will also be attending the Holiday Show at
the Greenville Convention Center Greenville, NC November 4th - 6th,
2011
Please stop by and visit at my table to see all the new
babies for 2011 down the hall to the right of the front entrance!!
Baby Cre8tions Nursery Store is "The Home of the
$10 Custom Made Doe Suede Reborn & OOAK Doll Bodies". Please come in and check out my great deals on Custom Doe
Suede Reborn Doll Bodies
and Reborn Doll Supplies!!!
Check out my Doll Bodies Here Only $10.00
Per Body
And for my highly requested &
very popular Baby Powder Fragrance Oil Click
here
Baby
Cre8tions Nursery has founded a new Reborn Artistry Guild.
Whispered Moments Reborn Baby Guild. We are now 2 years old and
growing strong. We are dedicated to the artistry of
doll making; from reborning, newborning and sculpting to the design
of clothing and accessories for our cre8tions.
Whispered Moments Reborn Baby Guild members are held to the highest
standards for cre8ting and selling a quality product to our
customers. We represent ourselves and our products with honesty,
accuracy and integrity.
Whispered Moments Reborn Baby Guild members strive for excellence
and eagerly embrace change, challenges and new techniques to further
better the craft in order to produce realistic, heirloom worthy
cre8tions for our collectors.
Whispered Moments Reborn Baby Guild members take pride in conducting
themselves in a professional, courteous manner and hold value in
treating our cre8tions, peers, affiliates, customers and self with
respect.
Whispered Moments Reborn Baby Guild members have excellent buyer and
personal feedback amongst peers and customers alike. We value
ourselves as being part of this wonderful art and strive to enhance
our skills in order to meticulously cre8te beautiful, lifelike,
heirloom quality babies for generations to enjoy. Please feel
free to come visit us there and join in the fun. We have over
120 members and growing. WMRBG is a wonderful place where Artists join
together to Perfect the Art of Reborning and Cre8te Beautiful Babies for you.
Thank you for
visiting with me here and I hope you have a pleasant experience
Gia
What is
"Reborning"?
First and foremost,
I would like to
stress that
reborning is an ART
FORM.
Reborning is the
constantly evolving
3D art form process
whereby a vinyl doll
is totally revamped
to appear as
realistic as
possible. The more
realistic the
appearance--the
higher the degree of
artistry.
Various
methodologies and
products may be used
in this "fool the
eye" art form
including oil
paints, stencil
crèmes, Genesis Heat
Set Paints and the
new air dry
permanent paints.
Whatever the choice;
the goal should be
to produce the
highest degree of
artistry with
products that will
provide a safe and
permanent finished
result for the
collector.
It is somewhat
disturbing to read
some of the
reborning reviews
published by the
media and general
public which were
obviously written
out of ignorance.
Such have
sensationalized a
minority of the
buyers who treat
this highly
collectible art as
"fake babies". This
exploits the
mentally disturbed
and is a disservice
to the art form, the
artists, and a
hallmark of cheap
journalism.
The reborning
process begins by
dissembling a vinyl
doll, stripping off
the paint and
dremeling off any
molded hair to
create a smooth
head. Alternatively,
many kits are now
made specifically
for the purpose of
reborning which
eliminates these
preliminary steps.
Next, the various
parts are painted in
thin, translucent
layers. These
generally begin with
various skin tones
and then progress to
blue tones, veining,
blush and detailing.
The painting is
where the skill of
the artist comes
most into play.
Soft mohair is then
hand-rooted into the
head with fine
felting needles. It
should be inserted
in the direction
that hair grows and
should appear
natural and
appropriate to the
sculpted doll.
Obviously a newborn
doll should have
less hair than a
toddler doll. When
completed, the hair
should be sealed
from the inside with
a waterproof glue.
At this time new
eyes are also set
and secured into
open-eyed dolls.
Sleeping dolls
should have
hand-rooted
eyelashes added.
The limbs and head
should then be
appropriately
weighted with
internationally safe
materials such as
glass weighting
beads or poly
pellets. The use of
sand, kitty litter,
rice or dried beans
for weighting are
questionable at best
and potentially
disastrous as the
food products may
develop an insect
infestation and the
other products are
not approved for
international
shipping and will be
confiscated by
Customs. It is best
for artists to use
all internationally
approved products
and for buyers to
pay a little more
for that quality.
The doll is then
reassembled on a
soft body or
alternately, full
body sculpts may be
left "as is". The
doll is dressed in
baby clothing and
photographed. This
newest form of doll
making is a boon to
the doll industry
and certainly
deserves the same
respect as
porcelain, polymer
clay and cloth doll
making. While a
"reborn" is not a
OOAK (One of a
Kind), they are
highly customized
and a wonderful
opportunity for
collectors to own a
unique piece of art.
This editorial was
published here with
permission from
Kelly Smith
http://www.angelsunawares.net
Copyright 2008
Kelly Lynn Smith
All Rights Reserved
Reborn Websites are
welcomed to link to
this article. Please
email for
instructions should
you wish to
republish this
article on your
website.
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