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Handgemaakte teddybeer van Helga Torfs   Wat een fantastisch idee! Een onvergetelijke dagtrip naar de grote Internationale Poppen en Berenbeurs in Hasselt  België! De 1st editie van de Internationale Poppen en Berenbeurs in Hasselt is de grootste in haar soort in België. Vanuit diverse plaatsen in België kunnen belangstellenden zich naar Hasselt laten vervoeren met een luxe touringcar. Stelt u zich eens voor....lekker ontspannen en gezellig met andere poppen en berenliefhebbers wordt u 's morgens voor de hoofdingang van de Grenslandhallen afgezet, u kunt de hele dag genieten van alles wat deze bijzondere beurs te bieden heeft, bovendien kunt u al uw aankopen laten vervoeren in de bagageruimte van de bus en dat alles voor slechts € 28,- inclusief entree, wat wilt u nog meer! Wacht niet te lang met reserveren en bel of mail direct naar: Luc van Cauteren Tel: 03 777 44 53 of  0475-801621  vanuit Nederland 0032 3 777 44 53 of per e-mail: annie.devijlder@skynet.be   1e INTERNATIONALE POPPEN EN BERENBEURS HASSELT - BELGIË Van 2 tot en met 3 april 2011 worden de Grenslandhallen in Hasselt omgetoverd in een walhalla voor liefhebbers van poppen en teddyberen. Bijzondere en zeldzame antieke, oude en hedendaagse poppen en teddyberen zullen de bezoekers fascineren, bovendien zijn alle mogelijke materialen om zelf thuis aan de slag te gaan verkrijgbaar, kortom een shoppingparadijs voor verzamelaars en hobbyisten! U zult in een wereld van verbeelding en betovering terecht komen. Bent u nieuwsgierig geworden, let dan wel op deze betovering zal jaren duren! Niemand verlaat deze beurs zonder een tas en een glinstering in de ogen, bovendien is Hasselt een charmante en bere-gezellige winkelstad.   Boven:Kunstenaarspop van Claudine Roelens   Links:Rebornbaby van Roosmama's babys   Wilt u als standhouder deelnemen aan deze beurs?  klik hier voor het deelnameformulier of klik in de bijlage. Meer informatie nodig? Bel met Suzan of Paul Org.Niesje Wolters van Bemmel 0031 (0)578 628767 of e-mail: info@niesjewolters.nl In België kunt u ook contact opnemen met Luc van Cauteren tel: 03 777 44 53 OPSTAPPLAATSEN BUSREIZEN zaterdag 2 en zondag 3 april 2011 Busreis Inclusief inkom :   € 28,- U kunt zich inschrijven bij diverse tussenpersonen die u terug kunt vinden als u   HIER KLIKT  maar u kunt ook nu direct het reserveringsformulier downloaden door in de bijlage van deze nieuwsbrief te klikken (even geduld dit duurt een aantal seconden).     Algemeen coördinator                                                 Luc Van Cauteren    Watermolenstraat 96 9111 Belsele Tel:03-7774453 of  0475-801621 e.mail:annie.devijlder@skynet.be                                    Bus 1   zaterdag 2 april                      Breda   Parking aan ring               8u30   Baarle Nassau centrum                9u    Turnhout P.Carrefour a/ring       9 u15   Geel parking Bertels afrit West  9u40    Bus 2  zaterdag  2 april     Aalst station                            7u15    Wetteren vroegere Jumbo 7u45    Gentbrugge CarPool E17      8u    Gent Dampoort station        8u10    Lokeren Bergendries             8u30    St-Niklaas shoppingcenter  8u40    Antwerpen Crowne Plaza    9u    Antwerpen Berchem stat    9u10    Bus 3 zaterdag    2 april     Roeselare zwembad                   7u15   Brugge  station achterkant       7u45   Oostkamp K.Mercierpl               8u   Kemzeke CarPool De Tromp     8u35   Vrasene carpool a/E34               8u45   Herentals carpool afrit west     9u15                                      Bus 1  zondag      3 april  Oudenaarde station                       7u15   Gentbrugge carpool onderE17   8u   Gent Dampoort station                 8u10    Lokeren Bergendries                     8u30    St-Niklaas shoppingcenter           8u4   Antwerpen Crowne Plaza             9u                                                                                                                         Antwerpen Berchem station        9u10                                                                                              Bus 2  zondag          3 april     Oostende parking Melinda       7u15   Brugge  station achterkant        7u45   Oostkamp K.Mercierpl                8u    Kemzeke CarPool De Tromp     8u35    Vrasene carpool a/E34                8u45   Herentals carpool afrit wes t    9u15   Geel parking bertels afr West 9u30     Bus 3    zondag       3 april    Halle Possozplein                          8u   Meise carpool naast A12             8u45   Bertem carpool aan afrit 22       9u10    Tienen carpoolparking aanE40 9u30   Maak uw keuze en wacht niet te lang met inschrijven, wij verheugen ons er op u te ontmoeten! Tot ziens in Hasselt!  Alle gegevens kunt u nalezen op onze website KLIK HIER                  Foto's van boven naar beneden: Poppen van Heidi Plusczok,                                                         Antieke pop en beer, ladydoll van Robert Tonner.

Masterclass sequel

, there was really no time to post pictures of the masterclass each day.  But finally here they come.  Just no pictures of my finished doll.  That will be for tomorrow.

Added her head.  Waiting for some hands...

Hands added.  just some more refining to do and she can be baked.

This is the end of day three...  going fast and all is looking good.

Day four, starting by making some wings.  Soldered wire, painted with acrylics and dipped into magic dip.  What a great result that gives !

painting with genesis paints

looking much better with a bit of color and on a nice base.

some no hole beads on the wings...  green... hm, how will she be dressed ????

Saltanat with her lovely fairy in pink at the end of day five.

Me and Saltanat in my gallery next to my award winning piece, the gazebo fairies.   We both had a lovely week !!!

Day one and two of the masterclass with Saltanat of Kazachstan.

OSaltanat, a lovely lady from Kazachstan is here to learn how to make a fairy.  I hope she has a great time here !

So we have a simple soldered armature.  I just want to teach her how easy it is to make an armature like this. Later she can use this for more complex poses.  We are making the same pose.  This masterclass is some kind of a sculpt along. I'm sculpting a doll and Saltanat is sculpting along side of me.  This way she can she from beginning to end how I make a doll and I can help her with hers.  We are having a ball !!!


As you can see we are using the skull base again with fimo eyes.  I have made a press mold for the skull, it works great !!

Armature covered with aves apoxie and some foil and paper tape.

Bulked out the torso and started on the head.  That was day one !!!

Oh yes, she has legs !  lol  but where are the feet ???

still no feet, sigh....   still very rough too...

Oh look, two headless ladies with feet !!Great looking bodies !!!

sideview....  and the end of day two.  See you tomorrow !!!

Swan lake part 3

 So he has one boot and his right leg is finally looking good.   Added all the muscles and of course the creases in his soft balletboots.

Left leg is getting the right shape too.  Added some creases in his boots, not finished yet.

Ok, he has his left boot and muscles have been defined.

She has a nice smile on her face.  Loved the way the skulls worked.

Gave her some lovely ears.  Changed the tip of her nose a bit after this pictures.

Fitting them together once more.   Looking good so far.   As yo can see, I cut away a piece of clay below her waist.  There are many types of ballet tutu's.  Sometimes it's in the waist, sometimes below the waist line with a longer bodice.  So this one will have a longer bodice.  I cut away the clay so I have room to gather all the fabric together.   She has her shoes on, her legs are not completely defined.

Front view, she gets turned a bit more than on this picture.   here you can see clearly where the clay has been cut in a neat line.  

Swan lake part 2

Adding the first layer of clay.

Back view of how the clay is added

Determining the planes of the torso

With the head, checking if the proportions are correct, he could use some more on top of his back.

Checking the pose once more.

The planes of the torso.

Side view of her torso.  Not quite there yet.

Checking the pose together once more.  Keep checking the pose as you go along.  They have to fit together. So no way can you sculpt one and then add the other one.  Not if you want the end result to look as you had imagined it.

Luckily the arms can still be adjusted.

His leg a bit more defined.

Leg and torso more adjusted.  

Swan Lake part 1

Since I had too much trouble at my skynet blog since the last update a couple of months ago I have decided to start a new blog here.  Let's hope the service is a bit better and things are a tad easier !

So I will be placing the work in progress pictures on my ballet sculpture inspired by the Swan Lake here.  Hope you will be following me all here now.

This is a sketch of how I want it the sculpture to look in the end.  It's not a fine drawing, it's only to outline how the two figures will interact with one another.   I will however make the man a little bit taller.  Think that will look better.  I may or may not change more things as I go along.

The wire armatures are made with 1,25mm wire.  1mm will do just fine too.  You can find this wire in any DIY store.  These armatures are just my template.  They can be used for further sculptures.  As you can see I have labeled them.  On the label I have written the size and the sex of the dolls.  So if you want to make another doll in this size, you can pick up the armature, pose it like you want it and then you can move on.

Soldered armatures with brass tubes.  The arms can still move forward and backwards.  His arms are made out of twisted wire and tubes that fit over the wire.  Her arms are made out of ordinary knitting needles.   The can be adjusted as the sculpting moves forward.   I put some dirty clay on top for try out heads, just to see how it all fits ( or doesn't fit ).

Apoxie has been added for extra strength.  This will prevent the sculptures from cracking.  Don't add too much apoxie.  You have to keep in mind that clay will be added.  If you can't add enough clay it tends to crack during baking.

Some foil has been added to bulk out the figures some more.  You don't want to add too much clay in the end.   The foil core will also heat the clay from the inside, thus giving you a well cured end result.  Everything has been covered with tape.  That prevents the clay from becoming dirty.  Not that his arms have not been completely covered.  At this stage I want his arms to be partly removable.   Her arms have not been covered yet either.  But will be towards the end.

I'm willing to try out everything at least once.  So here I'm trying the sculpted skulls I have seen on Mark Dennis' blog.  You can find a link to his blog on this site.  I must say it worked out rather well. I used some dirty clay to make these.  It doesn't matter that the clay is dirty since they will be covered by fresh clay later.   The eyes are made out of fimo, one part white fimo, one part transparant fimo.  I have a push mold to make the eyes.  That makes it easier to create perfectly round eyes of the same size.  Mixing the white and the transparant gives a realistic result.   In the end all I have to paint is the iris.   The skulls have been cured so the clay can be added.

Sideview of the male head.   No ears yet.  I'm not quite sure what to do with the eyes.  I may close them so to get more feeling and passion in the end result.  As you all know Swan lake is very emotional it's all about love...