Creating Human Dolls Part 3: Making Heads

[@anapimenta4227]

Fantastic! Thanks for showing the details and making the audience's creativity fly!

[@sharawashere4796]

I love their little potato faces. I’ve started making really roughly stitched dolls and haven’t tried a seam down the front of the face yet. Thanks for the inspiration. Your work is beautiful.

[@AgosiaArts]

It is pretty amazing how you can sit and make 10 heads in an hour - same stitches - and each one has a completely different personality. Add hair and they really do become different people. The differences are the reason why I suggest making the bodies first, then having some heads to choose from. You can pick the one that matches the feel of the rest of the doll.

[@heymudda1]

Wow, this is so much easier than a few other tutorials I've seen for sculpting the face. I really like the tip of using the beads for the eyes. Your dolls are real works of art. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Have a BLESSED week!

[@AgosiaArts]

Yes, the eye thing is a huge improvement! I did a little dance when I figured that one out. You can get pretty detailed with needle-sculpting, and for some people the process works great. For me though, the heads always ended up looking ... tight, overworked, tense. Maybe like plastic surgery gone wrong. It is my personsal combo of stuffing and stitching. So, in this case less is definitely more!

[@missdee0151]

Thank you for the tutorial....I appreciate you have simplified the process for us x

[@AgosiaArts]

There is a wide range of techniques for needlesculpting. Some people do a lot, then there are those like me, who do the minimum. A finished head is a combo of fabric, stuffing and stitching, so as with all things, you have to find the combo that works for you needs.

[@lisesheeba4156]

Ohhhh bingo...didnt want to buy hair because if it’s washed i thought it wont stand all the loving they will get....but your idea of crochet the hair...that is what i will do...thank you so much for your idea....i appreciate you so much for sharing...and love your videos

[@lisesheeba4156]

Because you’re doing needle sculpting on this video....It reminded me that many yrs.ago I did many dolls for the daycare where i worked...Remember the Cabbage Patch Dolls...that was 25 yrs ago or more....that’s when i did my first needle sculpting

[@FredwardDrawn]

mann, I never thought to do something like this!! I typically make my heads as ovals or as foods (dumplings, onions, that sorta thing) cus I couldn't figure out noses. Your doll making videos are definitely my favorite and I've used the things I learned here on a daily basis. Thank you!!

[@왘퍼슛]

Sooo cute! 이 튜토리얼을 보고 나만의 머리를 만들거에요! 좋은 영상 감사합니다

[@lisesheeba4156]

Yes. I like the idea of the beads for the eyes

[@rozanidesignsmasquerade7050]

Very nicely done❣️

[@mahramezan6926]

❤❤❤

[@teresavanbeek4615]

wow love you

[@mav._.mabyss7190]

how do you add hair if I may ask?

[@AgosiaArts]

Ugh, hair! I will do anything to avoid hair. Because I hate hair so much, most of my human dolls have hats and only have a bit of hair peeking out under the edge of the hat. If I need a complete head of hair, my usual method is to crochet a wig and stitch it on. I find that this gives the best coverage and I can do all kinds of things with the hair. The wig base covers whatever head fabric is underneath. I usually use perle cotton - its a good weight for the size of doll I make, comes in lots of colors, and is still easy for me to crochet. If it's curly hair, I can crochet loops of chain as I go along. If it's long hair, I crochet the wig base, then add loops of perle cotton where it is needed.