This is the casting from my first mold. It is varnished and ready for me use to make my second mold.

Here is the mold made from this casting..

Here are the porcelain parts that will make up "Beth". They are cleaned, fired and ready to paint.

I decided to reduce Beth once more. Here you see the master for my first reduction (right) and the master for my second reduction (left). This master has been completely fired to the porcelain bisque stage. It was made from the mold in the previous picture. Notice the shrinkage.

Here is the first casting from my final production mold. The mold has just been opened. I will let it set for about ten minutes and then I will rough cut the eyes, open the nose holes and remove the casting from the mold. I will then remove the spare at the bottom of the neck and cut an opening in the flat top of the head so I can do the finish work on the eyes and insert them into the finished doll.

Painting is done in stages. The head is fired in the kiln between each stage. Here we see the first painting. It is just a light shading and blushing all over.

Here is the second painting. I've added the basic lip color and the eyebrows and deepened detail shading.

This is the third painting. Here I'v deepened all shading and blushing and added shading to the lip area.

Here is the fourth painting. I have deepened shading on lips and details, added eyebrow strokes and a little more blushing. Two more paintings (not shown) will finish the doll by adding freckles, final eyebrow strokes, extra shading to the deepest part of the mouth, spot shading where needed and a little extra blush to the cheeks.

Here is the finished doll. Does Beth look the way you thought she would?