Latest Adventure in Doll Making, Part III

Mini-Buster is coming along slowly and steadily. It doesn't look like much progress, but it was time consuming work smoothing out the transition between the paperclay mask and the cloth head. I added clay to the gaps and covered the back of the head with clay as well. I smoothed it, sanded it, gessoed it, and painted a coat of muslin-colored acrylic over the entire head.

And he has slap shoes! Or at least the beginnings of slap shoes. I'll probably glue some soles and embroider some laces on them, so they look less like socks -- haha...

But no clothes yet. I haven't drafted the patterns for those yet, but I don't think it will be difficult at all. I did buy a few fat quarters at the local quilt shop for his pants, vest, and shirt, though. There were two middle-aged women working at the cutting counter, and they asked me what I was making. "Clothes for a cloth doll -- it's Buster Keaton!"
"Buster Keaton? Who's that?" was the reply.
Me: *facepalm*

More in a little while...