- April 4, 2019
- Crafts
- Ksenga
Do you have a passion for crafts? Then you will be interested in learning how to make a doll. Such a craft can play the role of a children's toy, or it can become a decorative decoration for the interior. Depending on the style in which you mold the product, it will fulfill its assigned role. The step-by-step process is described below.
Analogs
Don't know how to make a doll? People who are just starting their creative journey are always intimidated by the variety of styles and different options in which a product can be made. To make it easier to decide what you like, you should spend some time selecting analogues. To do this, look and save beautiful pictures of dolls on the Internet in a separate folder, find photographs of other people’s work in magazines, or look at dolls in museums.
This preparatory stage of work is very important. When looking for inspiration, you take in a lot of information and pick out what you like and what confuses you. Pay attention not only to nice works, but also to those products that you don’t like. Do your analysis. Why you don’t like a certain type of work and what mistakes, in your opinion, the masters made in their creations. After doing this kind of work, you will understand which dolls can be molded from plasticine, and which dolls should not be molded.
Sketch
After you look at other people's work, it's time to implement your own idea. But before you can realize your vision that is in your head, you need to draw it. If you cannot do this, it means that you have not fully formed an idea regarding the shape and detail of the future product. In order not to wonder in the future about how to make a doll, you need to draw it in detail. Start with the general shape. Do you want the product to look like a real person or are you planning to sculpt a cartoon character? Do you want your doll to be cute or do you plan to scare your friends with it?
Particular attention should be paid to details at the first stage. Artists who don't think through the entire process ahead of time can run into big problems. Therefore, try to provide for everything at once. Decide what materials you will need and in what quantity. Don't neglect small decor and don't lose sight of trivial details. After all, if you planned to make a gnome's cap, and then cannot make the gnome's eyes, the good work will never be finished.
How to make light plasticine from ordinary plasticine
Classic plasticine contains fats and wax; it cannot be dissolved in water and is difficult to mix with another component. Fill regular plasticine with hot water and leave for three minutes, then mix it with water. Next, you need to take out the plasticine and knead it with your hands, pour hot water again for a couple of minutes. If you are satisfied with the result, start sculpting. If not, repeat the procedure.
Remember, in order for the plasticine to retain its qualities and not dry out, it should be stored in a plastic bag.
Form
Is your hand-drawn sketch ready? It's time to create the blank. How to make a doll? Before we begin to answer this question, we need to consider how to create a frame blank for a future product. It is best made from wire. Draw a sketch in the natural size of the product, and then, right on paper, bend a wire frame that will act as the basis of the product.
Remember that the wire will add virtually no thickness to the product. She can only make the doll more plastic. And in order to save material, cardboard should be wound on the wire. You should not use plasticine of colors you do not need as linings. If you need to modify the shape, you will not be able to separate one plasticine from another with the same ease with which you separate cardboard from plasticine.
How and what figures to make from light plasticine, ideas with photos
Fruits
The easiest option is to sculpt fruit.
Donut
You need to flatten the workpiece and press the center. On the reverse side, remove excess plasticine. Make a flat cake from the pink piece.
Penguin
Flower
To make a bud, you need to roll out round and oval pieces of different sizes. You should get from 5 to 8 petals. Collect starting with small ones, forming a center. Next, cover the entire flower. Then roll out an oval of green plasticine and wrap the base of the petals. For the stem, take green plasticine in the same way and roll a thin tube. For the leaves, roll out ovals and make slits on them with a toothpick, imitating the veins of the leaves. All parts are fastened together.
Octopus
We make balls and roll them out into oblong tentacles (narrower on one side). There should be 8 legs.
We lay out the legs in a circle and connect them in the center. The ends need to be turned in different directions. Roll the head into a ball and press through the place for the eyes. We make the eyes from white and black plasticine. We fasten the parts.
The basis
When the frame is ready, you can start making the base. Knead a small amount of material in your hands and glue it piece by piece onto the frame, gradually giving the toy the desired proportions. At this stage, you should already decide exactly who you are sculpting. Plasticine is a plastic material. You can use it to make either a Barbie doll or a Chucky doll.
How to make a figurine from plasticine? There is no need to try to immediately shape large volumes. It is better to start work from the center and gradually move towards the edges. The head is sculpted after the body is ready. Why? So that with an awkward movement of your hand you do not ruin the most difficult part of the work. Therefore, first form the whole body and only then proceed to the head.
Pay close attention to the proportions. Even when creating a cartoon character, you must understand how many times the head fits into the body. Well, if this realization has not come to you, ask one of your friends to evaluate whether your product looks harmonious or not.
Making a doll with your own hands
- We take one bottle and cut off its lower and upper parts. Using tape, glue the cut parts together. Do this efficiently so that the doll does not fall apart later.
- We cut off the top part of the second bottle and try it on to the body. If the size and proportions suit you, we continue working further.
- Pour the filler into the body. Literally a handful of cereal or peas is enough.
- Now it's time to dress up the doll. You can sew something like a dress, or alternatively, you can simply cut off the sleeve from an old unnecessary jacket and pull it onto your creation.
- Let's get to the hands. Take a long piece of fabric, fold it in half and sew it up, leaving the sides intact. We stuff fabric, cotton wool, latex or padding polyester inside. Place more stuffing in the middle to highlight the chest of the future doll.
- Now fill a small section of a nylon sock with cotton wool and tie it with thread. It turned out to be two palms. Let's sew the palms to the hands.
- It's time to take care of your head. We will stretch a nylon sock over the cut off upper part of the second bottle, in the center of the face, under the sock, place a small cotton ball and tighten the fabric under it. This is the nose.
- We will make a hairstyle for the doll from woolen threads.
- We need to connect the head with the body. To do this, cut a small plastic strip and twist it into a tube so that the diameter fits the hole in the head. And we place our head on this protruding tube. A doll made from a plastic bottle (you can create it with your own hands in a matter of minutes) is almost ready.
- You can make eyes using buttons, beads, or take ready-made stickers.
- If you add a scarf and beads, the lady you have made will look even more impressive.
This is how you make a doll with your own hands from plastic bottles. The master class is very simple and accessible to everyone. You get an original toy without any cash costs, because everything you need to create a doll can be found in every home.
Instead of clothes, you can paint plastic with paints.
Face
When the body is ready and the head is proportional, you can start sculpting the face. First, draw two center lines on the surface. Then create the eye sockets and nose. If you don’t know the anatomy of the face, you can study it first. When you finish making the nose, you should make the cheekbones and highlight the temporal parts. How clear the detailed work will be is up to you to decide. If you plan to demonstrate your product at exhibitions, then you need to try. If you are making a toy into a table, then detailed work on the face is not required.
Continuing the story about how to mold a doll from plasticine step by step, it should be noted that the work should be done from top to bottom. When the basic proportions are outlined and you move on to sculpting the eyes, you should first make them, and only then work on the lips. If you do the work the other way around, there is a big chance of crushing your creation.
Recipe for making slime from light plasticine
Slime or plasticine slime is a toy that young children like because it has a pleasant texture and original appearance. Children enjoy playing with slime.
The easiest way to make slime is with water.
Prepare light plasticine, hot water and starch (you can replace it with baby powder). Pour hot water over the plasticine and wait thirty minutes. Then drain the water and knead with your hands. Remove stickiness by sprinkling starch onto your palms.
Recipe without glue
Mix 100 grams of plasticine with shower gel (25 grams) , add a little baking soda, stir for 15 minutes.
Recipe with glue
Mix 30 grams of light plasticine and PVA glue (80 ml) , add baking soda (3 pinches ), then add 2 teaspoons. lie sodium tetraborate and coconut oil - 1 teaspoon. Mix first with a spoon, then with your hands. We achieve the desired consistency. If you want the toy to glow in the dark, use fluorescent plasticine as a thickener (available at an office supply store).
Assembly
Not all people are comfortable working on a frame. Some creators create products from plasticine without it. They sculpt the torso, legs, arms and head in detail. This way you can make a Barbie doll. How then to attach the parts to each other? Artists have no problems. Plasticine is a malleable material. Therefore, you can simply join the parts and cover the attachment point using a simple stack.
A more complex assembly method involves assembling the product onto a frame. A person could sculpt various parts separately, but then he would thread them with thin wire. In this case, it will not be possible to save material - the wire must be without any paper overlays.
From simple to complex
It is commonly believed that plasticine is fun for kids, but this is not at all true. Many adults are just as passionate about sculpting and are willing to spend whole days working on models or sculptures. They are, of course, much more complex, but many can serve as interior decoration and pride for the creator. Products can be very different: they are inhabitants of other planets, fantastic dragons, castles or human figures. Let's consider the option of how to make a person out of plasticine.
Plasticine, a material that is both plastic and heavy at the same time, can cause difficulties. Therefore, all parts must be mounted on a wire frame. It will serve as a “skeleton” for the little man and everything else will be attached to it.
The figure itself also needs to be lightened in order to remove the load. All internal elements of the figure do not need to be made of plasticine. It is necessary to find a suitable material that will be put on the wire frame of a person and become the “skull” and “body”. This can be polystyrene foam, or a paper base well secured with tape. In general, everything that is suitable for this.
We will paste over the finished frame with plasticine. Let's dress our little man in a white shirt and suit. Let's sculpt boots for him and carefully draw all the details on the clothes with a stack: seams and folds of clothes, pockets, creases on the boots. We will pay special attention to the person himself: we will carefully sculpt every finger, facial features, and curls of hair.
The work is done, the figurine will be quite strong and light. All complex work with plasticine is performed using this principle. Many masters create entire collections and compete in skill and share ideas. Perhaps this activity will captivate you too?
Finalization of details
The assembled product is not yet completely ready. A person, in a fit of creative thought, misses a lot. And these points can be corrected after the product is assembled. When you make a toy, you will need to leave it for two or three hours. Looking at your product with an open eye after some time, you will definitely be able to find errors both in proportions and in the manufacture and fastening of parts. At the same stage, you should clarify all the nuances left for later. For example, you don’t always want to immediately cut out the folds on a dress or create the texture of the skin on your hands.
Modeling dolls from clay and polymer clay is no different from modeling from plasticine. Unless the parts in this case will be held together with water or slip. Otherwise, all stages of work are similar. Except the last one. You need to understand that plasticine is a colored material, but clay is not. After firing, the clay toy must be painted with acrylic paints. But with polymer clay such problems will not arise. This material is as colorful as plasticine.
Attaching fittings
Have you completed your work? Now you need to bring your product to mind. Any doll is expected to be dressed. Clothes can be molded from plasticine, or they can be sewn from fabric. The combined version of the product looks more lively and interesting. How to make a doll from polymer clay was described above. How to decorate the finished product? To do this, you can use scraps of old fabric or various decorative materials. For example, beads and beads are suitable. You can use them to decorate a doll’s dress or accessories. As finishing, you can use ribbon lace or beautiful braid. Even colored paper can become a material for creativity. You can use threads or artificial wigs as hair for the doll. Don't be afraid to experiment and dress up your dolls in extravagant outfits.
Perhaps such a hobby will soon make you an incredibly popular creator, or your products will leave a mark on history. When making standard versions of dolls, it is not only difficult to stand out, it is almost impossible to do.
