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| 18-inch papier mache doll made with love by Svetlana Lukina |
Before going on a self-imposed 30-day doll-buying fast, the opportunity to own a one-of-a-kind Izannah Walker/Martha Chase-inspired doll presented itself on January 2, 2018. Made by skillful doll artist, Svetlana Lukina, my first doll purchase of 2018 arrived from Russia on January 16, 2018.
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| One corner of the doll's shipping box was covered with Russian postage stamps |
As always, I waited for the perfect box opening moment so my new-doll bonding and photographing time would not be interrupted by anything or anyone. Because of the Russian postage stamps, which my husband was fascinated by, I photographed the box prior to opening and cut away the stamps, still attached to the cardboard box, and gave that part of the box to my husband. He wanted one stamp of the three different monetary values, but was only able to remove one.
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| Close-up of her beautiful face |
I removed the bubble wrap that had been carefully wrapped around the 18-inch doll, gazed upon her delightful face, and thought, "She is more beautiful than I had imagined." With painted brown eyes, full nose and lips, brown papier mâché head, shoulder plate, arms, and legs; sturdy, well-stuffed cloth body; dark brown sheepskin hair that closely mimics Africanoid hair texture, applied ears, stitched fingers and toes, she is perfect from head to toe. My favorite color, peach, is the main color of the exquisitely sewn dress. There is a matching head wrap (shown later). The dress overskirt is multicolored. She wears an off-white lace-trimmed undergarment. Her original earrings and anklet are perfect jewelry accessories.
After copying the artist's Etsy description into my doll inventory Excel workbook, a series of photos were taken:
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| She can stand with the assistance of a doll stand or sit as shown in the first and final photos of this post. |
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| Her dress buttons in the back and has a brocade ribbon waistband. |
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| Off-white undergarment is lace trimmed. A portion of her beaded anklet is visible in this photo. |
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| Fingers and... |
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| ... toes are separately stitched. A better view of her anklet is shown here. |
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| The back of her breastplate bears the artist's name. |
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| Her beautifully designed hang tag provides the artist's contact information. |
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| The soft hair has a nice curl pattern. |
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| Sculpted ears are adorned with earrings. |
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| Fabric used to create head wrap was neatly folded inside the shipping box. |
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| Original turbin fashioned by Svetlana |
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| I could not recreate the turban Svetlana created, so I opted for the more modern head wrap illustrated here and in the following photos. |
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| The head wrap almost completes her look. |
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| Before introducing her to a few new vintage-to-modern doll friends, I added a multicolored beaded necklace that picks up the colors in her dress. This necklace is only temporary until one that better matches her earrings and anklet is found. |
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| As illustrated in this final photograph, she has settled in nicely with friends who have welcomed her warmly. |
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I "met" Svetlana Lukina online in 2017 after learning of her generous two-doll donation to the National Black Doll Museum of History and Culture in Mansfield, Massachusetts. We communicated about the dolls on Facebook and I offered to share her artist profile with the readers of Ebony-Essence of Dolls in Black. That profile can be read here.
Svetlana maintains a blog about her doll art and beautiful doll photography. Her blog is written in Russian, but can be translated to different languages.
She sells her one-of-a-kind Izannah Walker-style dolls on Etsy.
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Fecha: January 22, 2018 at 02:00AM
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