I have a friend who has one. I drafted a couple of patterns for it, for her. I'd love to own a couple of them. But I ran into the stated problem with the torso...rats. (Same problem I have with the Kyoto Manikins at my local museum) Maybe we could gang up and make them make a couple of period torsos! If you search in Yahoo, you will come up with about 64 groups which discuss them. This is the one I belong to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OurSilentFriends/ They are pretty active (though I am not). I understand some folks think they are creepy, but I am very attracted to their androgyny for some reason (hmmmm maybe that is too much information - huh?) There are several books out there that are really "Art" books of the dolls dressed up in all kinds of interesting costumes and "posed" - they are pretty cool. Sg
Y > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:10:50 -0500> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> CC: > Subject: [h-cost] Re: Ball jointed dolls> > I would be very > curious to know how many of us on the list are now > into BJDs. How many of > us got into them because of the possibilities > for costuming them? I know > when I talked my husband into letting me > get my first girl (a Limhwa > half-elf) I swore it would be my only > doll and I wanted her so that I could > make her all the costumes I > wanted to do but couldn't make for myself for > various reasons. One > year later and I have four dolls, two floating heads > (it was five > until this past weekend - I just sold my Bobobie Sprite), and > my > husband Michael has his first doll on layaway. My friend Heather > > doesn't call it "dollycrack" for nothing. ;-)> > However, back to costuming, > they really are ideal for it, with the > single drawback, of the bodies being > non-malleable so that when > making underpinnings such as stays, it can be > difficult to create the > correct the look even when using them. Once I'm > done my current > sewing commitments, I get to go back to work on my 18th > century stuff > for my girls.> > Cheers,> > Danielle_______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
