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Thursday, July 10, 2014

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

My reclaimed dolls need a name.  In the last post, preliminary photos were shared and I called the project "New Life" dolls.  What about "NuLife" dolls? Yuk!  Further explanation may suggest a name.

I'm making dolls.  I take the heads off previously owned dolls and put them atop cups, saucers, dishes, glass chimneys, etc.  I'm going to adorn them with crowns, wings perhaps, baubles or beads. They will be one of a kind dolls.

Shopping the secondhand stores has been fun, especially learning the pricing system as I need to pay the least money.  All parts of these dolls are used except glass beads I may glue here and there.  Therefore all components are scared, chipped, or have dirt I could not remove from their previous life.

I am very glad the public donates their discarded items to charity rather then directly into the trash.  People become bored, disinterested, disillusioned with their possessions or they go out of fashion, get dirty, chipped or broken and I think most of these discards are usable, but in a new way.  These stores have lots of customers. My idea is not original.

I just need an original name for this project.  I'll brainstorm with random thoughts. "Hello again" "Remember me?" "Don't I know you?" "We've met before" "I'm adopted" "All dressed up"

I could name each doll.  Here's a progress shot. The doll on the left just arrived from EBAY.  It is the doll head I prefer.  They have pedestals but need heads and jewels which I have been collecting on the rack on the right.

The tedious work of dismantling the heads is next then gluing in place.  Off with their heads. Ohhhhh! How about Marie Antoinette Dolls. She was a princess first and then a queen and finally beheaded.



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