Plaster Doll-Torso

What to do with my plaster doll? I've already decided she is going to have full limbs with fingers, not sure about the toes though. I really had to think about her torso, you can't really joint full sets of limbs by simply thread and a button. I figured wire plastered in the arms then twisted together in a cloth body before it's stuffed. Well, then I got to thinking.....and as always, I never know what I'm doing for a project until it's finished. I decided on a plaster body, the complete doll will be plaster.

I put some shape on her as I think she has a mature quality to her even though her face isn't painted yet. I had the copper wire run through the body and I'll make accommodations for it to got through the limbs, out the other side and I'll loop it , bending the loop downward and flush with the limbs.

I really LOVE this media, here is a close-up of the fist coat of straight plaster. It is so forgiving and fills the dips quite well.

She is starting to be hefty and it very, very cold to touch. It reminds me of porcelain.

A profile shot. C&G Design.