Porcelain Doll Making

Dianna Effner talks about porcelain doll making as a guest on PBS show Creative Living hosted by Sheryl Borden. For more information please visit www.expressions...

[@ilvmakindolls]

Dianna is deeply missed but us all...being a friend of hers, and having her teach me from start to finish in her studio how to make these beautiful dolls, those times with her will now live on in my heart forever....

[@DollManika]

Dianna Effner is my all time favorite doll artist. Her dolls are adorable!

[@Tricorvus]

I wish someone would have done a video that tells it this well, when I was trying my hand at it way back in the 1980s.

[@luziavunge4654]

I love it, it looks so adorable, I hope you keep on making these dolls. You are very talented 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@myrianvalenzuela9199]

They are really gorgeous dolls. So much dedication and passion that goes with it that's why it turned out beautiful. I'd love to own.one.

[@ErgoPr0xxyy]

These are gorgeous 🖤

[@rancar29]

I was just on your website after seeing some of your dolls on eBay (modeling clothes, not dolls to buy there. Your creations are beautiful! I would so love to get one. One of your basics could have been modeled after my daughter.

[@laughingturtle1864]

The dolls are beautiful. But the interview was so awkward and now I feel all cringe-y. Lol but they're beautiful!

[@cjrodgers3922]

It’s terrible lol like you no your going to be interviewed on this subject but when she goes to answer it’s as if she goes I don’t really want to give out info lol

[@shirin1468]

wow just amazing talent! Can you please release a video on the plaster casting ?

[@lizzykorwan]

can you use ceramic clay for making dolls too i have porcelain ceramic clay

[@ztripes8723]

What kinds of classes are you supposed to attend to learn the technique of this doll making?

[@Rachelofarc333]

the hosts accent is hilarious in the most charming way

[@selinamarinasayin5003]

I have a porcelain doll with orange hair and it's called Alison too!!!

[@OGhrey]

T.E.I.N who is in your profile picture?

[@TheSonWhoCums6669]

Awww cute! I have 22 porcelain dolls and they all have different names!

[@federicolester2093]

for me it's fantastic, I like to made porcelan dolls.

[@babyindirt]

so whats the first step? should i or get the clay first?

[@jwex2813]

Wow. You're an amazing woman and so talented. Beautiful art work. I wish I could do the same❤️❤️

[@strawberryfair]

she died a couple months ago :(

[@dbseamz]

Wait, so you sell the molds for these? Just face molds, or the whole doll (arms, legs, torso if it's all-porcelain). Would the molds work with "pressed" clays like Sculpey et al?

[@willemh3319]

lquid clay in molds than baked in our daycentre we make them

[@Gasp7000]

These molds are not just standard plaster, they are made of stronger, denser plaster called hydrostone. If you put sculpy on them, it will seal up the pores, rendering it unusable for pouring porcelain because it would not draw the moisture out of the clay like it's supposed to. But yeah, if you only use it for sculpy, first powdering it with baby powder so the sculpy with release easily, you could use sculpy clay in the mold. But the doll will come out to a larger finished size than the sculpy one, because fired porcelain shrinks quite a bit from its raw greenware size.

[@dbseamz]

@@Gasp7000 thanks for the info!

[@cjrodgers3922]

Thank god the interview said we can’t continue the interview that was painfully awkward

[@otrapartidaconfausto2885]

Hi, i love your dolls! where can i bought the porcelain clay? and of what material you do the mold? thnak you very much

[@strawberryfair]

she died in october :(

[@MissNebulosity]

WOW!!!!! I wanna make one!

[@XxLittleCherryxX]

umm how do you get one of the modles from the website????? i cant find the buy botton.

[@kimlewis2982]

I have molds that was pasted down to me & I have no idea what to do with them or where to start. I would rather sell the molds & give the money to my son's. Any suggestions?

[@TheSonWhoCums6669]

I know this comment is old but I think that you should try to make some dolls. It can even be calming and therapeutic for some people.

[@gaetanobasilio5583]

is perfect

[@christophernelson389]

I have between 300-600 of these castings in my garage. they are all ceramic, some dolls, some heads legs,body parts, then some are whole figurines, many shapes and sizes and quite a few very large ones. If someone would come get them .they can have all of them , for free just for me to get rid of them

[@xkilla-zv5vf]

This comment is kinda old, but do you still have any of those doll castings?

[@dianachophy]

Well.. I'm in India 😂😂

[@VI-vg5zg]

I’m interested if they are still available

[@jehovahmosesyntig978]

oh their faces ...ahw😍

[@alexiarodriguez5974]

I wish I could buy some fully strung blank porcelain bjds so I can paint them! :O I would make kikyo, kagome and inuyasha!!! :O

[@cherylweller2173]

I might be able to help you.

[@HaruUraHH20]

That is SUCH a creative idea

[@lexiloola2293]

Idk how I got here

[@zaneshepherd5245]

The Doll maker was vague and not someone I would want to watch for long ... the poor interviewer did her best to make this an interesting video though !

[@christophernelson389]

I have between 300-600 of these castings in my garage. they are all ceramic, some dolls, some heads legs,body parts, then some are whole figurines, many shapes and sizes and quite a few very large ones. If someone would come get them .they can have all of them , for free just for me to get rid of them

[@vilmavayrynen8547]

If you still have them, would it be possible for you to mail them to me?

[@vilmavayrynen8547]

Although I have no idea how much international shipping costs

[@christophernelson389]

@@vilmavayrynen8547 The pieces are still in California at a friends house, However I am not and I know for a fact that guy will not ship them

[@vilmavayrynen8547]

@@christophernelson389 okay, well thanks anyway