Creating Dolls - Knowledge of the World

The creation of dolls with their own hands is a stimulus to increase the education of a person, his erudition and horizons. Judge for yourself: what do you need to know and be able to do at least one doll?

First of all, a doll is a miniature copy of a person (in most cases), and consequently, it is necessary to get to some extent with the anatomy of a person, even if you are going to make a cartoon or grotesque doll. In addition, it will take some minimum knowledge on the art of sculpting or some other way of forming the body of a doll.

Then the doll will need to be dressed, and here it is necessary to ask how the clothes for dolls are made by their own hands. And this means that you will have to master the skills of a tailor and designer of clothes, and, in addition, get acquainted in some way with the history of one or another type of clothing.

Then the doll will need shoes, and this will entail familiarization with the shoe craft, since the doll's shoes are made according to the same principles as shoes for people.

If the doll does not reflect bald, then it will be necessary to turn to the subtleties of the work of the hairdresser.

After the doll is dressed and shod, it will probably want to create a small world consisting of household items or furniture, it will also require appropriate skills and knowledge, which can be picked up, for example, in the magazine DeAgostini's Dream House, and Also in books and numerous thematic Internet resources.

If you go boasting your doll on the Internet, you need to make high-quality photos, and, accordingly, have to figure out what technique to use and how to put the light so that the impression of the doll was not spoiled by poor-quality shooting. Very often there are situations when in the reviews of work they say that the live doll looks much better than in the photo.

If the creation of dolls will be considered as a way of earning, then it will be necessary to be a little accountant, promoter and marketer, to find out what competition is, to learn how to interest a potential buyer, to understand what most people are interested in at the moment

And in general, the work on each new doll very often begins with the collection of some information that is missing for the implementation of the conceived idea, and it is simply impossible to list all the branches of knowledge and skills that the puppeteer has to face. Creating your own dolls, you discover the whole world.