Victoria's Reveal

         The rain keeps falling down and the weather has been changing so recently, this caused some problems for the mold making. The Victoria face has been remade 3 times that I found some problems here and there on her face sculpts. The works go so slowly and I sometimes feel that lucks didn’t come to my way much. Now, I have another processes of the Queen Victoria to show us all here. As we know that she’s the Queen, Victoria is supposed to have her own crown. Originally, I had an intention to have a crown with no much of decoration. I have talked to a person I once met in the Doll fête in Bangkok, K.Siri ,through the Viber that I was making a doll theme related to Queen Elizabeth I costume. He suddenly sent me a picture of a model (could be Lilly Cole if I was not wrong) wearing an elegant crown. That crown in the picture looked so special as it has some small tiny branches ( straight wires come out from the crown) and there are some stars, small kinds of planets at the top of the wires. It could symbolize that at that time England was like the sun that it’s the centre of the universe. (This is just my opinion). So I came up to the idea that I should do this kind of crown that it has small branches like the picture that K. Siri has sent to me. Thank you to him here.

It seems that the crown needs more branches.

         It’s good that the branches piece can be removed as a separated item to the main crown. The crown has 8 line parts and each part is decorated with violet, pink and white diamonds. At the front line part, there is a big cross figure as well as at the top of the crown, too. When it attached to the small branches part, it looks very elegant, and also when it stands alone. 

I love this crown in real:-)

         So now let’s see The Queen Victoria’s costume. I choose the silver-grey synthetic silk and all the materials, such as beads, tinsels, threads, and modals in silver and grey color, to make an elegant costume for her. From the picture, I decided to add the neck collar to make the costume become more beautiful. At the beginning, I tried to use the wire, cut and bent them in the shape, U shaped like a fan for the neck collar, but I found it’s not strong enough to hold the neck piece. Now I have another plan that I will share with us all again here when it’s completely done. (Yes, it’s now on the beading works:-) At the upper arms of the costume, I slowly put the laces and then add some silver beading works in a small line between them. And there's more beading works at the sleeves as well. However, I think the triangle chest part, the scale is quite small. So I need to make it a bit more longer than this one...sign

It needs chiffon, and some more beadings around the lace.

          And the final thing that I'd like to sahre us here tonight, is the doll's shoes. For her shoes, I need to coat them into silver so that the costume and the shoes will perfectly fit each other. The shoes contain of the diamonds color group as the crown piece; violet, pink and white. These are the current shoes that they have the highest heel that I have ever had. They really look fabulous and I have tired them on a doll and I got so happy, very happy to see something so beautiful like a fairy tale.

                  And this is the other picture of the side look of the shoe.

Looks like a fairytale's shoes?

         The shoes have not been coated yet. When they are finished, they would be so shiny and perfect for Victoria. The costume and the accessories for my Victoria doll almost have been finished. But,. well the doll face and body are still in the porcelain slip process and they need to be put into the firing process. They are waiting my hands to slowly give body blushing, face painting and wigging. How can I move on while the rain keeps falling down??? Poor me:-(

Thank you very much for you time to everyone here/Nune

More Works

         Last night, I just posted a picture about my latest sclupt of my Victoria on my Facebook, showing my failure ( I mean a result that dissatisfied me for the a big numbers of my rough paint test on my doll face) to my friends there. It's a kind of disappointed to me as I worked really hard on it and hoped for the best that it would be another nice one for my own doll making. However, I didn't know why the blank sclupt looked very nice indeed, but the result of painting was very disappointed to me. My I Phone has more than 200 pictures of if and I kept all the records, and angles to see all the results every time I was free. (I watched them so many times before I went to bed, woke up, and etc.) I tried some experiments with the photo shop to check the facial balance, finding mistakes as a home work and then woke up in another day and rushed to improve it. I must Thank You for many nice friends there to encourage me and that really means a lot for me. Now I'm making on another new head, trying to find and correct the mistake I have done. I hope, really hope that this head will gives me a big smile.

         Now the accessories, and the costume are on the way to finish. But how can I make the whole things now? I wish I could have time, a lot of time more than this. Something needs to stop for a while, and doing something instead. I work like a bee now. I woke up today and then started to make another sclupt. It's been now 14 hours that I work on it. I put the sclupt tools down and them updated a short blog about my latest progress of my works. My friend nice friend who does the magnificent paintings said sometimes she didn't understand of something wrong and not knowing what that something is... Yes, I really didn't know what's wrong with that and why. This is the picture of a blank costume of Victoria that doesn't have any beading works. I should explain the details here but it seems I have a very low motivation to mention about it now. ( I also didn't talk about any of my inspiration until now..I'm sorry about this)

A long way to go,...

        

         And, this is the crown, my Queen's crown that is almost done. There are a main pieces of this crown, but it's my top secret not to share you here. I believe that the crown will be so magnificent when it's done and I will put it on her red curvy wig.

 

In the wax process

         

         I think I should stop this entry now. Yes, it's time to answers the emails. Have a wonderful day everyone.

A New Diorama for My Queen

         Making a doll diorama is another thing that makes me have so much fun. I haven’t figured out the name of my Queen yet. But a rough design of her look and her costume colors are good references to help making a good composition for my doll’s diorama.  I love to see my previous works that they gradually show me some development of my photographing techniques and the beauty of each particular theme.  I enjoy searching for the furniture that are useful for my work. (Now my house starts to get smaller as there are getting more props about the dolls around my house, here and there. What a messy!) I don’t know why I cannot use the same furniture twice or more than two times. Or is it my nature that I always keep looking for a new doll furniture (and also Human) all the time?

Does it look like a ship wreck?

           Talking about this one. It’s a big preparation for my Queen (?___?) that she has to live in a very elegant and luxury castle. I have found a small cabinet that made of a real wooden and carved with gold color. It’s really beautiful indeed. I also found a vintage mirror in a square shape that I haven’t decided yet that inside the frame should be some kind of painting or a refection of a real mirror.  I have placed an order of elegant wallpaper in a very tiny scale for my doll. There are 2 main colors for this wallpaper, silver and grey. For the base floor of the diorama is a really huge porcelain polished tile that it’s coated like a real marble. Now I haven’t found a right rug for the floor yet, but I do have a classic vintage chair for my doll.  I just bought it a week ago and I decided to take out the support as its color wasn’t pleased me enough. I’m not so sure that I need to spray it in a golden color (so that it will be matched with the cabinet) and then re make a more beautiful supporter for the Queen.  Now it’s time to search some small props to make it look more real when the doll is in the scene. The scale is very important. There are so many things left to go on with this doll. 

It took 3 weeks to wait for it. So Long!

I hope you will enjoy it.Have a good Nite:-)

Nune

Always Busy But Always Happy:-)

My Sketch of a New Doll

        

           After releasing some Pocahontas dolls, I had a short break for myself. I didn't go out of the city, but driving around in town and having dinner with a few friends. Waking up early in the morning, I have to work on with many things about the dolls. Until late in the afternoon, I always have a short nap, 1 and a half hour. Then back to work and work normally. It seems that I'm always busy, but it makes me get so happy:-)

         Now I'm moving on a new project. If you have visited to my official website, you'd probably see my doll costume category ( a flash pops up) with a doll in white costume, red wigs, lips, and her face has some freckles. Yes, it's Elizabeth. 

        Now I decided to make a "Period Costume" again. Now it's time to do a new face sculpt by the picture I have sketched. Things have to be well prepared. I'll explain more details about the costume and the some inspirations in the next blog. Thank you for visiting:-)Nune

There She Is...

      
         I finally did it!! Yeah the Pocahontas photo shooting is already done! I have been dreaming for so long that I would have a tan skinned doll of my own. Finally she came and happened to my life in real. I look at her everyday, spend time to test and play with her. She really means to me now. I'd like to share us here about my experience when I went photo shooting at the Intanon mountain a couple days ago. I loaded the whole things into my car, a camera, lenses kits,dolls,some props and snacks! It took 2-3 hours to drive to go the place. 

         When I reached there, I noticed that there weren't so many tourists like before. On that day, the weather was so cold, and I started to bring things out and head into the woods. ( I arrived there around 11 a.m.) I walked around to investigate the location for taking her pictures. My fingers started to press the button almost in the afternoon. Taking photos in the day time was quite so fun, but there were some bugs that kept irritating me. Some flying around and touching my head, my ears, and some parts that of my uncovered skin. I was so annoyed why there are so many many bugs and insects in the tropical forest here! Some trying to fly to get closed to my eyes and some crawling around on the ground. I was so lucky that I wasn't harmed by any!(but I was bitten by 2-3 forest mosquitoes.A kind of  insect vampire blood sucker).

         To photograph indoor is much more convenient than the outdoor photo shooting. I love to to take the human portraits pictures so much and this can be a gift that I take this skill into my beloved dolls. I like the sunlight from the sun as it's really soft and beautiful when it touched the object that I need in the right direction and position. I quite didn't like the neon or the spotlight as the light as not as fresh as the light from the nature. It's good for taking pictures indoor or in a studio that you can control the lights and spend the time as long as you're patient enough. However, this put door photo taking trip quite was not as I have expected. I learned a lot from Adriana as I went to the sea with her that the strong sunlight by the sea cloud kill and destroy my skin. But the sunlight that shines down from the top of the trees, is quite not enough to press the button.   ( I just thought that it would be 4 hours enough to spend time there, but I though wrong.) That's so terrible when I couldn't control the sunlight as it kept changing by the time and the clouds that sometimes it covered the sun. I brough the lens kit and lense soom in and out, changing these lens all the time. No huger, no tired, until the time passed by that the sun was set!!! My Pocahontas doll just kept looking to the right and she said nothing. She even didn't remind me that I should stop and start to pack her and things to get back home. The forest got more darker, the wind blew more stronger. I forgot the time and I heard some sounds that started making me fear. In the distance, I heard some strange unfamiliar voice of the wild animals and my hair stood up so many times. I was wondering and asked myself what I was doing here. Why I did I have to make it so complicated and difficult. The weather got colder by the magic shadow  of the high trees. The insect voices started to stop and there were a few points that I could see the sunlight. I told myself that I should stop now or I might get in to a kind of trouble. It's not about a spiritual thing, but it can be a danger that caused by some unexpected thing. I'm not superstitious but safety comes first! I carefully packed my dolls into their places and collected the props and things into the bags. I slowly walked out from the area and hardly to looked back. Luckily that I didn't forget anything and had to go back there. The forest in the late evening time is so strong and powerful that I hardly to imagine. This experience really memorable and I got so many nice pictures as I have expected oh yes! 

My Tiny Bird in the Woods

         
         I got home around 10 p.m. and my plants and shoes were dirty by the mud and some wet from the ground. I spent a day to choose some pictures and started sending to my friends and customers last night. Now I just finished a short clip (1 minute) of my own vision of my Pocahontas. ( I have sent 3-5 pictures of a nude doll, that I wrote and call her "Doli", in the Native American, it means " Blue Bird". I decided to give her a call as " Doli" as a nude doll is unappropriated to call "Pocahontas". But the doll in a very beautiful completed costumes, yes, she's my treasure Pocahontas. Please  understand my point here.)I hope you will like the clip that I just finished making and would like to share to all of my friends here. (The song credit is by Henry Jackman)

"DoLi" or "Blue Bird"

         Now, it's time to pack my dolls for the Doll Festival in Bangkok. I will display them there for a day: 24th/Mar/2012. There will be Sahara, Bai Suzhen, Evgenia, Adriana, and Pocahontas there. If you see me there, please drop by and say "HI". I will be very happy. Ok Have a good day everyone. Thank you for visiting.

Hugs to you all/ Nune

Time to Take Her There...

I love this one:-)

        Yes, it’s time to charge the batteries and prepare everything for the photo shooting of my newest jewel “ Pocahontas” tomorrow. The project of a very tan skinned doll has been planned last year during the October 2011. Until now that it took months to accomplish this girl and the result is really amazing. I’m so fascinated by her skin and some charming and innocent look of her. I look through her eyes and I felt as if she has life and has something to share with me. Sadly that she couldn’t talk, but I can read through her soul and the way she looks. This is another good result that makes me get so happy as I always wish to have new things and some big development for my doll making. I always carefully tested her beauty and function that these two things should meet in a flexible way: and now I’m very satisfied with her result and I LOVE her functions that she can pose more than ever. I have more confidence because I came to the line that I have set as a standard goal for my doll making. I think silently that I should sell a “nude doll” in the future, not this year, but it will be next year. I haven’t decided yet about her price and what options that a nude doll should have. It will be wonderful news for my friends here who like my doll making style. 

         Let’s look closer to her face. Some people may get curious why my Native American doll,inspired from Pocahontas, has African American skin color. From the picture, she’s not that “dark” like the African American skin. She’s still has some bright skinned color. I decided to do a body brushing with the heavy black color, as I need the doll to look more in real. The real doll in my hands has a chocolate skin that she looks so beautiful indeed on the costumes she wears and also nude. Her skin is very perfect for me. Before I decided to make this doll, I thought about it so many times of what her face should look like, her eyes color, skin color, and her costumes. I asked my friends who live in the US and all of them really helped me a lot to give some information about making this doll. (Thank you to you all here) I should say here I didn’t make a doll from any illustration from human portraits, or any historical picture references that it must be 100% correct to the history. “His”+ “ Story” maybe not 100% correct to know that what is real or what is NOT real. However, there are some pictures that are shown and proven in the museums and these people do exist as their generation now are still walking on the street, laughing with family or may do the same thing as we are doing now. Therefore; my visual of my art of Pocahontas came from an inspiration that you know here it’s from the Disney. I saw Naomi Campbell as a model during making Pocahontas in to the anime. I love her long black hair and a very incredible figure that finally become into the film.  The New World 2005 by Q'Orianka Kilcher shows us another look of Pocahontas.  I wish to make a doll from my inspiration as well as the vision from what I have seen and yes, this is my own doll that inspired from Pocahnotas style:-) 

"My cute little girl"

         
         Tomorrow, I’m taking her to the highest-level place of my country, Intanon Mountain.  You can follow the link here to get to know more information about this National Park. This place is very famous for many tourists ‘activities such as sight seeing, climbing, hiking, trekking, birds watching, camping, and so forth. I get to excited to bring my dolls there and start shooting photos. This is a picture that I can search and share us here.

 

          I should go to bed early today as it takes 2-3 hours to get there.However, I have to do the final check my girls about their faces,wigs, and costumes. I still have time 3-4 hours to think about the picture styles and theme that I should represent us here.I wish for the best luck of her photographing. So see you with a completed pictures set in a few days. Hugs all.

My Doll's Luxury Dress

         While the doll is on a body(ies) brushing process, I’d like to share her antler moose head that is full of the colorful beadings. Sorry that picture is quite not clear but we can see the shape and the size of the headpiece on her head.  It goes really well with the outer cape. This makes my little Pocahontas look so elegantly stunning and cute with the headpiece and the colorful cape. I decided not to have a completed dress with the headpiece as it needs some fixing a bit. But surely, we will see her done so soon enough. I got my fingers cross for the lovely outcome for her. Now I’m waiting for the tiny bird made by Jarupan that it will be sent to me so soon. Her headpiece needs a tiny bird to make it look more lively and fresh. Actually, it’s a crow. It doesn’t give a horrible sense to a lovely look for Pocahontas. Instead, it makes me feel that can live together in a harmony way of life between Human and nature. So let’s see.

          Now my life becomes like those zombies again…Not so often to be in the sunlight, but keeping indoor makes me ill more easily. Recently, the smoke that it causes a really bad pollution and some illnesses to the respiratory system to many people covers my hometown, Chiang Mai. It caused by the forest fire and some burning that the farmers prepared for the seasonal cultivation.  It’s becoming a serious augment issue that what should the government do, and also the farmers to solve the problem. For me, I got a bad cough and I have to turn on the ac so many times as it helps to circulate the air in my room. As I have to work all the time, it’s good that I didn’t have to go out so often. But staying the whole day in a confined space is sometimes boring. I need to go to the gym but I can’t, as it is the local out door gym. Sorry to babbling too much, but I think this topic is related to the environment. Let’s continue to the Pocahontas’s inner dress. Please let me call a cocktail (not really) or a short dress. The short dress is very lovely as it’s short and it looks nice on her body. I decided to choose golden and dark brown beads, as the cape and the headpiece are colorful enough. The short dress color looks plain but the golden plate and the golden arm accessory make it look more beautiful. I also make another small headpiece that is used for the short dress only. It needs a long feature like a lovely Indian on her cute look. It’s length (the short dress) is as short as Jingle Bell, a green fairy from The Peter Pan. It makes me feel that Pocahontas has to run so quick and move so silently. To make a long gown or big dress may not suitable for her to run! That’s why it’s short and turned out this way. How does it look now? I really fall in love with it.

          Now I only have to work by the schedules I have made. A completed Pocahontas comes closer and closer. The final thing is to paint her face. Umm. I should leave now and move on another working for tonight. Thank you very much for every time, every friends that visiting to my page.  Hugs to you all. 
Nune