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How to sculpt sleeping faces + budget clay review
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How to work with air-dry clay to get the best results?
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Understanding proportions when sculpting dolls
 

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When Etsy is not enough. Open a shop with Wix or Shopify
When Etsy is not enough. Open a shop with Wix or Shopify
 
 

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#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 20 - Design process ✨✨ Usually, my process starts by sculpting the head and then deciding what character I should do with it, haha. It's pretty common amongst doll makers that the doll itself dictates the rules and whispers you what it'll become. It's very exciting to work this way, making decisions on the go and leave the sketches behind. It doesn't work for every doll though. These whimsical creatures are quite different from my more "serious" dolls where every part was made deliberately. But letting yourself loose from preconceptions can surprise you with very interesting creations! 😌✨
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 19 - Dream collaboration ✨✨ Collaborations between artists are a wonderful thing! I’ve never did one, but have some plans for future projects. 🙌 I'd love to work with an illustrator who creates some whimsical creatures as I do. Making a doll based on their illustration or the other way around would be absolutely dreamy, haha! If you're interested, don't hesitate to write to me, maybe we’ll come up with something cool together. ✨😌
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 18 - Mistake or lesson ✨✨ I don't view things in black and white, all of my life experiences exist in the grey area. Because of that, I can't think of any mistakes I did in my business, just some valuable lessons. One of them is to value and treasure your clients! Sometimes, when you're so immersed into the creative side of things, it's easy to forget the person on the other side of the transaction. Especially when your business is online. Just because of my clients I can live my dream and be a full-time doll artist. I never take that for granted and keep reminding myself to be thoughtful, package everything beautifully, talk professionally but maintain my personality in every letter. Be polite, helpful and connect with people who choose to support you! That's the beauty of the small business, never lose this magic. 😌 • • Photo: Unsplash
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 17 - What I'm working on ✨✨ Currently, I'm preparing for the Spring holidays. Mother's day and Easter is very much on my schedule. Even though I'll not be making any new designs, I like to stock up on dolls which were created for these special occasions! I've already got a few orders for these whimsical bunnies, let me know if you want one as well. 🐰
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 16 - Workspace ✨✨ I rent a studio space in downtown Vilnius, which I'm very grateful for. I'll show a full tour of my workspace in a blog post very soon! 👏 I'm not a very messy worker but stuff easily accumulates over time, especially if I have a lot of orders at the given time. So here are the two views of my work table, one calm and collected, another - a hectic mess after a week of working on the new project. The best part of having a dedicated space for work, you don't have to clean everything right away, haha! ☺️✨
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 15 - Motivation/Goals ✨✨ Finding motivation to create, was never hard for me. Sure, like everyone, I have some days when I'd rather sleep than sculpt something, haha. But I don't believe this happens because I'm lacking motivation. On days like this, I'm trying to listen to my inner voice and let myself work on something else. Talking about goals, I have so many of them that I'm a little bit scared I'll never be able to reach them all. Most of my goals are secret projects I'm contemplating. I try not to think too far in the future, but it's very easy to get carried away, haha. 🤷‍♀️ I often find myself balancing between dreams and actual work that can be done now. Maybe this thin line helped me to land where I am now. Stay on the path but dream big, my lovelies! ☺️
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 14 - How I learned ✨✨ I’ve mentioned earlier that I had the opportunity to study puppet theatre in the art academy. Even though it was an interesting experience, they didn't teach you the nitty gritty details and techniques of doll making. So the internet and my own mistakes were the best teachers I could ask for, haha. Sculpting almost every day for the past 4 years I learned so much! It was a struggle at first, but an exciting one. Learning through your mistakes, you're destined for a lot of disappointments and doubts about your artistic abilities. But I'm so stubborn, that I’ve just powered through this period. Looking back I see how much techniques, sculpting tips and hacks I've discovered. This was the main reason I've created a blog about doll making. So many people would like to learn this craft, but information is still very scarce. I've made it my mission to spread the knowledge and help other doll makers to achieve their dreams! Visit my blog at adelepo.com for free tutorials and articles about doll making. I'm putting years of experience there. 😌
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 13 - Photography ✨✨ I love taking photos of my work! This wasn't always the case. A few years ago I didn't know anything about photography, so all my photos were taken kinda accidentally. When I got my first DSLR camera, I took an online course about craft photography and it was a complete game changer. Now I love to come up with nice setups for my dolls, search for interesting props and just have fun taking pictures. If you want to read more about how I take pictures of dolls, visit my blog ➡️ adelepo.com ⬅️ You'll find a thorough article there! 🙌
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 12 - Hands at work ✨✨ One of the most relaxing parts of doll making. Painting faces! I make myself a cup of tea, pick a podcast (usually "Stuff You Should Know") and start blushing the cheeks of these cuties. By the way, you still can get them with a 15% discount! The sale will be going for three more days. 🙌
#MarchMeetTheMaker DAY 11 - Reducing waste ✨✨ This issue was very much on my mind lately. As a creator, I can control almost every aspect of my products, shipping procedures and so on. But I still have heaps to progress until being fully friendly to the environment. Using natural materials when possible, buying supplies only from small businesses is something that I remind myself every day. I'm proud of using reclaimed cardboard for outer boxes which protect inner "pretty" boxes made of craft paper. I don't use any styrofoam peanuts and choose paper to wrap my dolls instead. But I still have to find a good quality paper tape and find a way how to protect dolls from possible water damage without using plastic. Every little step counts so if you have any advice for me, I'm all ears! 😌
 
 
 
 
 
 
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