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Mary Ann was the Festival Souvenir mold given to all delegates at The Aral UK Doll Festival at Brighton in August 200. |
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She is a beautiful little baby doll originally made by the German firm Schoenau & Hoffmeister around 1920. |
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She is marked on the back of the head with PB in a star with S to the left and H to the right of the star and Germany underneath. |
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The original Mary Ann, that the Festival mould was made from, is 16½" in size with an open mouth and two teeth. She has brown sleep eyes and a brown mohair wig, but she was also made with blue sleep eyes and a blonde wig. |
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The reproduction baby doll size is 12½" on a baby body or you can also make her as a boy or a girl on a German toddler child body, although never originally made on a child body, the doll size will be 16" |
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Above, Left to Right: Mary Ann's on a child body, original antique, repro on a baby body |
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China Paints: Skin Tone 2 Deep Rose, Cheek Tone 1 Persimmon, Grey Satin, Pompadour Red Satin, Puppenbrow 2 Dark Sepia, Puppenlips 1S Tangerine Satin, Lip Help, Essence of Rose, Fine Line Medium, Painting Medium, Mary Ann Colour Techsheet |
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Brushes: Ultra Lash, Petite Detailer, Proliner, Large China Mop, Small China Mop, Blending Brush, Lip No.1, Lip No. 2, Quill No. 3 |
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Body Options: BB9.5 9½" Papier Mache Baby Body, GB12.5 12½" Papier Mache German Child Body |
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Patterns: Dress, pants, chemise, petticoat and bonnet pattern for BB9.5 |
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All china paint firings are 180ºC per hour to 360ºC, then Full to 720ºC on an H3i controller or Cone 018 in the kiln sitter Cast Mary Ann in Fashion White or Azure White from the Gold Marque range or White or Blue White from the White Orchid Range. |
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1st Firing |
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Overall Wash: Mix four parts Skin Tone 2, one part Cheek Tone 1 and one part Essence of Rose (E of R provides extra adhesion) with Magic Medium to a fluid consistency. Condition the head with Painting Medium, wipe back with a Multi-Wipe Towel to leave a good sheen - do not leave too dry. Apply the paint colour with a Doll Sponge and smooth with a Large China Mop to an even coat. |
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2nd Firing |
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Lashes: Mix Grey Satin with Painting Medium, then thin to a fluid consistency with Fine Line Medium. Using a Proliner Brush (or a shorter Ultra Lash Brush if preferred) paint fairly short lashes on the lower rims only. The lashes are straight down without any slant. |
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Eyebrows: Mix Puppenbrow No.2 with Painting Medium, then thin to a fluid consistency with Fine Line Medium. Moisten a Quill No.3 Brush in clean water, then load the brush evenly with the paint. With a light touch paint smooth even strokes, keep the colour fairly light. Although there are only seven strokes to each brow, their direction and angle are a wonderful challenge. |
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Lips: Mix three parts Puppenlips No. 1S and one part Lip Help with Painting Medium. Paint a smooth even coat on the upper and lower lips. There is a darker outline on the upper bow and lower lip edge - to create this us a dry Sovereign Lip Brush to blend and push the paint to the outside edge at the tops of the bows and the bottom lip edge only. The lips should be matt, not glossy. |
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Nose and Eye Dots: Use the same paint mix as the lips to paint fairly small nose dots and eye dots with a Petite Detailer Brush. |
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3rd Firing |
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Lips: Mix equal amounts of Puppenlips No. 1S and Pompadour Red Satin with Painting Medium to a fairly thick consistency. Use a Lip Brush No.1 to paint a half-moon shape in the centre of the top lip and dark centre to the bottom lip. There is a definite line to define the darker centres. Blend if necessary with a Blending Brush. |
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4th Firing |
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Cheeks: Mix Cheek Tone No. 1 with Painting Medium to shoe cream consistency. Apply Magic Medium to the cheek area and wipe back with a Multi-Wipe Towel. Do not remove too much medium. Dab the Doll Sponge into the paint and pounce lightly onto the centre of the cheek. Blend with the China Mop to a smooth even finish. |
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To complete Mary Ann, she has two upper teeth and sleep eyes. For further reference on setting sleep eyes see Techsheet TSSI01 for simple step by step instruction. |
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If you don't want to fit sleep eyes, glue mohair lashes onto the glass eyes just above the iris using Decorator Glue. Allow to dry then set the eyes in the usual way. |
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