Reborn Dolls, Dolls to Reborn and Collect.
Beautiful Babies transformed from a toy, Take your pick a Girl or a Boy
the term Reborn
WHAT IS A REBORN ?
Reborn Dolls are becoming very popular and are highly collectible.
The process of reborning a doll is being able to create as realistic baby as possible.
Picture above and below shows an an artists doll which has been reborn
This is achieved by firstly buying or creating a doll mould to start the reborning process. Firstly the doll has to be stripped back to just the mould, any factory paint or accessories are removed. It is then neccessary to begin colouring the dolls head, body and limbs through a variety of different techniques to give a very realstic human skin effect. This takes multiple layers of different paints to create mottled effects such as that of a newborn baby. We also often add veins which look like the type just under a baby's skin.
Most of collectors and our customers prefer the soft body reborn dolls though they can also be left with a vinyl body. This soft body type is weighted and stuffed to feel very cuddly and similar to that of a baby. The arms, legs and head are also weighted to give each reborn dolls comparable baby weight.
For the doll to have realistic hair our prefered option is to root the dolls head and eyelashes with high quality coloured mohair. The rooting process is achieved by using a special needle which locks each individual strand of hair into the vinyl doll body. This is done strand by strand and can take days, patience is essential.
The baby dolls hands and feet are also coloured, their tiny nails have been manicured and varnished to give a nice gloss finish. If the reborn doll is an open eye variety the babies eyes are often replaced with very realistic blown glass eyes. The nostrils are also opened so the baby can breath and also gives a lifelike finish.
Other ideas can be added such as heartbeat, magnetic dummy and magnetic hair ribbon depending on our customers specification. To finalise the reborning doll the new lovely baby is dressed in quality baby clothes and boxed in a nice package ready for a new home.
For the doll to have realistic hair our prefered option is to root the dolls head and eyelashes with high quality coloured mohair. The rooting process is achieved by using a special needle which locks each individual strand of hair into the vinyl doll body. This is done strand by strand and can take days, patience is essential.
The baby dolls hands and feet are also coloured, their tiny nails have been manicured and varnished to give a nice gloss finish. If the reborn doll is an open eye variety the babies eyes are often replaced with very realistic blown glass eyes. The nostrils are also opened so the baby can breath and also gives a lifelike finish.
Other ideas can be added such as heartbeat, magnetic dummy and magnetic hair ribbon depending on our customers specification. To finalise the reborning doll the new lovely baby is dressed in quality baby clothes and boxed in a nice package ready for a new home.