The magic of Amado-Gravagno porcelain dolls.

Today I saw a picture of a beautiful doll made by Amado-Gravagno porcelain ball jointed dolls. Like all their exclusive dolls, it was a real, one of a kind beauty, and -of course- already sold! 

Yet, her image haunted me; there was a certain look in her eyes that said so much! For some reason, I felt the urge to edit the photo published by Paulina Gravagno, to accentuate further the soul that the artist's hands had so lovingly put into the doll. While doing so, I transformed her jointed limbs into ones of 'flesh and blood', added an extra spark to illuminate her eyes, and there she was... living and breathing in all her porcelain splendor!

I showed my 'fan art' to Paulina, and kindly received permission to post it here for all of you to enjoy! You can view the incredible Amado-Gravagno dolls here!

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Jane's attic, update No XLI: a study of bones.

Today I took the animal bones which I keep in a glass dome out of the dome for study.

The idea is to reproduce a miniature 'bone dome' similar to the full scale one, for display in Jane's attic, and these old bones offer great guidance for that purpose. I will keep it to the more basic ones though; bones are such complex structures, that trying to reproduce them at such a tiny scale seems like an impossibility to me! If anything, looking at these bones made me awe at the wonder of Life itself!

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Jane's attic update No XXXIX (b): a chimney.

Remember I told you that I was ready working on the miniature dolls house? Well, I wasn't. After publishing the latest photo's I decided to add a chimney. 

And I must say I'm glad I did it, because the chimney really gives the little dolls house something extra! Below are some pics. 

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Jane's attic update No XL: a front for the dolls house.

When I built the miniature dolls house kit for Jane's attic, it was never my intention to include its facade. After all, this was supposed to be an old, derelict dolls house missing some of its parts, so I focused on its interior which was the part to  be on display.

But then a little voice told me that it would be good to work on the front too, and simply put it next to the house, to allow a view of the latter's interior. So I worked on it, inside and out, and below you can see the result.

Above image: the finished dolls house.

Above and below images: view of the interior, with different wallpaper patterns applied to each individual segment.

Above image: I placed some wood on the door to make it look a bit like some kind of weird grille or grating. Sometimes I do crazy stuff like this, because in the end it's all about having fun.. and fun I had!

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Jane's attic update No XXXIX: the magic of vintage hat boxes.

One of the items that I definitely wanted to add to the attic was a set of vintage hat boxes. The old lady who lived in the house was a fashionista of sorts, and owned an impressive collection of hats. Hence I thought it would be logical for the attic to shelter a few forgotten hat boxes. Besides, I have this 'thing' for boxes old and new, so one more reason for me to make a few for the attic! Meet the 'handsome threesome'. I hope you like them!

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Jane's attic update No XXXVIII: a hanging lamp.

Today I bought this cute little pink hanging lamp for Jane's attic... Oh-ho, wait a second, did you say.... pink? Yes, I did. And to prove it, here's a picture!

BUT.................... that was only the beginning! The lamp was in for a treat, a transformation 'Rust & Steel' style! The hands of time threw themselves on the unsuspecting lamp, like a predator on its prey, resulting in a complete makeover! 

Below are is a pictorial account of the result. Now that is a lamp I want to use for the attic!

You didn't really think that I would use a pink hanging lamp, now did you...?

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Jane's attic update XXXVII (b): an extra piece of furniture for the dolls house.

After I published my latest update on the miniature dolls house for Jane's attic, I decided to add another one. Not only to fill up the empty space a bit, but also simply because it had been such a joy to create the small bed, that I felt like doing another miniature in the same scale.

So I did a two door wardrobe and placed it in the same floor as the bed. I had to be careful where exactly to place it, because of the layout of the facade of the house, and the place where the inner wall would be located, had I decided to use it. In other words, sometimes one has to take into consideration things that are not there, as if they were!

If anything, this exercise has enthused me to try building a few more dolls houses in this scale, only now totally built from scratch, without the aid of a kit.

Let's see how things go, but now Good Night and Good Luck! 

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