Danae Making Dolls
Here I will be documenting my progress as I create my first porcelain ball jointed dolls. My dolls will be available for sale at my Etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/danaealexandra

If you're interested in pre-ordering a doll send an email with "pre-order" in the subject line to:

danaemakingdolls@gmail.com

I've been an artist my whole life so I'm inspired by many, many artists, but I was inspired to make a doll by Marina Bychkova of Enchanted Dolls.


efelovesefe replied to your photoset:Started working on her face/head today! I got…
hi, im doing my first doll and the material I use for that is polymer fimo and I don’t know how to create the union in the neck ,Im really lost and I need help >.< I only have done the head, I’m going to upload a picture. what material you use?thanks

Hello! One important thing about getting the head to “stick” to the body is the head must be hollow. Here’s an example of a doll partially put together:

http://www.enchanteddoll.com/blog/?p=3158

The torso is hollow and there’s a hole in the top of the neck for the elastic to go through. Then there’s a matching hole in the bottom of the head. Another important part is your doll’s head must be in at least two parts. It needs a sort of “lid.” Hmmm…I don’t think I’m the best at explaining this………

I HIGHLY recommend checking out the forum on this site:

http://woodlandearthstudio.com/

Ball-Jointed Doll Artist, Allison Mecleary is making a wonderful and extremely detailed tutorial of making a porcelain BJD. You could very easily follow the first several steps and make a resin doll instead though!

There’s also a section in the Enchanted Dolls forum about doll making and the members there are very knowledgable and super sweet. If I were you I’d consider making a thread there and posing questions to them! They are excellent at explaining things unlike me!

http://www.enchantedforum.net/

Oh and I’m currently working with a polymer clay called Sculpey!

Good luck! <3

Here she is as of early this morning (around 1am or something&#8230;.I couldn&#8217;t sleep :/ ). Once I got the legs a little more fleshed out I couldn&#8217;t help but string them up too. It&#8217;s so exciting to see bits of clay turning into a little person! I&#8217;m getting closer and closer&#8230;I&#8217;m starting to really get to the hard bits, not that any of this has been exactly easy so far&#8230;I think my progress is going to slow quite a bit now that I&#8217;m getting to the details. Making an armature is one thing, but trying to get an arm to look like an arm and a leg to look like a leg is fecking difficult. Excited is not the right word for how I feel about trying to make her face look like Marion Cotillard. Scared is the right word, haha. I figure it&#8217;s good to have a difficult goal. If I can&#8217;t meet it I&#8217;ll still have something lovely because let&#8217;s face it, anything even remotely resembling Marion would have to be beautiful!
I&#8217;m no where near done but I couldn&#8217;t help but string her up! :D I can&#8217;t wait until she actually looks like Marion!
Made some progress these last few days :) My hands feet and torso are all done and I finished making the armatures for the arms and legs! Next step is to refine the arms and legs. I can&#8217;t wait to string her up to see how she looks!
Hey guys! I figured I should maybe introduce myself for new followers! Anyway&#8230;hi! My name is Danae and I&#8217;m trying to make my very own porcelain ball jointed doll. Wish me luck! &lt;3 I&#8217;m holding a porcelain BJD called Natalia by Patricia Rose. 
Kiki giving me moral support while I sculpt haha