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ABOUT KIMEKOMI DOLLS
KIMEKOMI DOLLS… These dolls ware called KAMO-NINGYOU. It means that original dolls were made at the Kami Kamo shrine in Kyoto. It was made of piece of willow wood by Takahashi Tadashige during TENBUN period(1736-1740).
But it is mold dolls body in wooden past. then It is made some process.
Check the process below.
Making process of KIMEKOMI DOLLS
Making bodies, making head, and putting fabrics are doing by each person.
ABOUT BODY
- A model of plaster is made from clay.
- Mold is made from a plaster model and mold a wooden cast in wooden clay.
- Planing a body's edge and carving some lines after dry up.
ABOUT PUTTING FABRICS
We are doing this process.
- First of all, To make the surface smooth and make some holes for the head and hands.
- Put glue into body's carving line. Then put fabrics and tuck.
- A part of extra fabrics is cut and put all fabric edge into the carving line.
- Head and other materials are attached.
