Who Lives in Your Scenes?
Friday June 26, 2009
I've been searching out more doll costume patterns recently like this elegant one from Cynthia Howe In looking for patterns it's interesting how many of them are for elegant female dolls or conversely servants. I've seen a few for knights, santas, doormen, butlers, and various historic periods, but clothing in general seems to be something many people leave to the pros. I'm wondering what types of figures do you use mostly for scenes? Do you make your own or buy them?
Just so you can see the wide range, here are a few of the sites that offer alternatives to standard doll figures
- Josephine Parnell's Dolls House Bears
- Jill Bennett's Character Dolls
- Rob Bennett's Busy Bodies in railroad scales
- Ladybug Fairies by Sue Twaite
Comments
At The Great American Dollhouse Museum, it’s really important to the functioning of our little villages that the characters come from all walks of life. In the mansion districts, elegantly dressed women stroll with parasols, accompanied by uniformed nursemaids pushing carriages; on the other side of the tracks, poor children are dressed in rags, working at factories. So in that regard, I would say the governing factor in our costumes is that they span a wide range of socioeconomic levels. : ) Lori