Just A Breath Away...

         Meanwhile Sahara is being assembled patiently bit by bit (to wait the glue will get dried) , I would like to talk about the Indian Head Piece. [As the rain keeps falling down, it really takes time so slowly to wait until the glue is really fixed with the torso and other parts.]

 

( How long do I have to wait, Nune?)

         It’s really such a hard decision to choose which one is the most suitable crown for Sahara. I spent a few nights to think about this and finally the conclusion came to the biggest one on the left hand. 

 

          At the beginning, I thought it should be the last one on the right hand side (at the bottom) that has many hearts shape. Yes, I did like the diamond necklace at the forehead because it really was very dominant and out standing for me. I re considered it so several times and it made me thought of something that looked like some kind of many innocent princesses from the Disney’s fairytales so I changed my mind. I like something very romantic but not too dreamy like a cartoon. And the first one on top, yes it seemed very luxurious and extravagant. With this style, this made me see the picture of blue diamonds with tiny sparkling white diamonds around the crown piece. But my costume is red as fire, so I decided to choose the biggest one as it probably could go very well with the red diamonds and the red costume.
         After the decision had made, the Indian Crown Head Pieces were gently made by the hands for months. I saw this development little by little until they were completely finished and I cried out when I put it on the doll’s head…It’s such a happy moment that I worked very hard on many things and it comes out impressively. The crown fits with the wig and it’s very not so hard to put on or remove. It tightly fits very well on the doll’s head with the good balance, not to light or heavy…It makes me smile, a very tearful smile of joy:)

         This little journey about Sahara is going to the end.The dolls are just a breath away. Please kindly wait to see the whole pictures of this beautiful affinity. I have a little hope that you will love her like I do. Thank you for watching. Best and Bless/ Nune.

It's Time to Reveal...

      I think that’s the right time to let everyone see Sahara’s costume, a red bright costume that get a big inspiration from the movie, Moulin Rouge. This is a totally hand made costume with some kinds of special techniques with the tiny beads. The details are from thousands of Japanese beads with the turquoise stones in curcular shaped, mixing with some Swarovski crystals and pearls. At the breasts part, it’s decorated with deep blue synthetic diamonds and red five rubies in the horizontal line as a very beautiful Indian Necklace. And both pasts of the shoulders are designed as a chandelier’s braches with many lines of the beads like a peacock's tails. This costume takes more than 200 hours to make and it makes me very happy to see the outcome. However, the full details will be showed in the official website with Sahara wearing in a full set with shoes and her Indian head crown.

 (Look! She's putting on or what?)

      and,...these are the shoes that come along with the costume. The shoes are designed with the straps. The tiny red diamonds are lined up with the straps beautifully to show a very unique look with the costume. I also added the leather inside the shoes that this will protect the doll’s feet and then I used the red velvet to support the appropriate height and beauty….

     From the picture, I added a very light red ribbon (chiffon) to make it look naturally soft and more tight when the doll wears them. However, it’s on my decision that the ribbon should be red or blue…

    In a few days, I will be back to update the Indian Jewelry head crown. Thank you for watching:)

My feelings with the numbers...

     After several hours that I've been very busy and working with the doll making processes, I felt very very tired as I didn't know that it's been 5 days that I poisoned myself in the tiny working studio with the 5 head pieces of the doll heads. Surprisingly, the more I work with them, the more I get happy with the satisfied result and techniques I have found. It's a truly enhanced moment that you could accomplish and explore more new things to find. Yet, there are something are waiting and it's really such a challenging thing that needed a right solution.

     Sometimes, it’s like a tedious thing that resounds in my head that I’d have to re-do and fix all the problems over and over again, whereas: it sometimes can’t get me wait for the next day to keep the work on with a perfect way. I work with these dolls as a robot, a powerful robot mechanism that has a fully strong intentione of heart. This makes me work and forget the running time. I always carefully compare a doll piece by piece to the original one and slowly look at the to all the details that they are similar to each other or not. I just showed the doll on the 4^th firing to my friend and he said wow that they all look the same!  Why do I need to do 5 dolls? Maybe it’s a long plan that I would do 5 dolls per month. I finally found myself that I am sort of a person who gets bored very easily and always looking for something new to do. I really didn’t expecte that I would be able to do the same pieces of doll painting over and over again. 

     Every night, there are many projects pop out in my head that I sometimes write them down. I used to dream that I would do things from my mind about each project with a numbers that are possibly available to many people who’d love my creations.  Now I totally understand that the “Hand Made” means something that you need to do it with hands and HEART. This expresses a truly craftsmanship piece of work. At this point, I think I will not stress myself with the number any longer. If I need to produce a very delicate masterpiece of doll, I must spend more time on each particular of them by the feeling and time available. Maybe just 3 dolls or one….this depends,……… 

(The doll in the pictures is not completely finished. Just a half way to go on....)