well, here are the first few attempts at casting….they’re not so good… i wish i could find some one to do the molding and casting for me…. and i wish i had the money for it….pierrot -beatrix -

i am being so bad about keeping this thing updated… i’ve worked some more on imogen (mostly her legs) but she probably won’t be done for awhile (maybe end of may at the earliest)however, the good news is that i am pushing forward with molding pierrot (and beatrix’s head plate) and if i’m lucky, i’ll have them all done by friday so i can do my first full resin cast of her saturday! it’s so exciting! after i have her body cast i’m going to try making one of my sketches – http://4oni.com/angelsdream/dollsketch7.jpg – and then work my way down and if some of them are successful (like a white version of the gothic rabbit from alice in wonderland) then i’ll offer them up for sale. (on top of doing small batches of the basic plates for sale each month)

pierrot got some new leg joints (and i’m in the process of working on her arm joints) while i take a break from molding (because it seems i’m allergic to the molding compound ^^;;;;; )her posing in a lot better now (yay!) and i think the line of the joint is still elegant -tro-chan’s also been working on her own doll (sweetpea) using my faceplate system as a base for her head and had me take pictures today – while doing so i decided to take a picture of her head with all of mine -but i’ve got some time off from school so i hope to get pierrot finished modded and at least 75% molded as i hope to get a cast of her by the end of the first week of april.

i have some pics of the heads i’m working on -pierrot 2.0 -beatrix – (i may use this face plate for my 36cm boy as well because it is almost exactly what i wanted for him)and xolotl – my dog head i’m doing for my mom (she loves chinese crested dogs but doesn’t think she could ever have one) – i used my dog toby (a chihuahua/corgi/terrier mix) as the base modeli also hope to soon have a full cast of pierrot if the molding gods are kind to me! (i have a week off from school coming up – yay! *^^* )

out of the 5 molds i’ve done so far – only 1 has worked… i feel like i’m wasting molding material with how much i’m failing… however, my mom is keeping me going and i still hope to have a full set of molds for pierrot done by the end of the month (it is, after all, only the 4th) — i have learned a lot from the failed molds, it’s just disheartening…. but i’m also keeping myself busy by working on imogen as well as a special head for my mom(as a thank you for helping me on pierrot as well as for her birthday in april)  i think the best thing i’ve learned right now is to just keep busy - if one part isn’t working out, put it aside and work on another and another and come back to it later… <shifty eyes> of course, i’ve also been playing video games (yay daxter!) and making brooches for my other dolls (and possibly for sale)