Vita Plastica

Hi Folks,
A name popped into my head this weekend for my project doll: Antonella. It was the name of one of the girls in my sister's girl crew when she was in middle school. As I was four years younger than them, they were were godlike in my eyes. 
I've been hesitant to work on her. She may be sculpted terribly but it's still better than what I can do and I don't want to mess up what little engineering there is in these joints. 
So I mostly just filled in the craters and bubbles with Apoxie Sculpt and sanded some trouble areas (everywhere).  


I started to lose hope but then I dyed her and I feel much better. Many of her flaws are now hidden.  
Before: 

After:  (yeah her elbows joints are flipped around. They are slightly better fitting than this.)

So here is her diorama.  It's one of those paper boxes from JoAnn's:
Front:


Back: 



Interior:





I've since updated the purple side, adding a bit of lace trim where the scrapbook paper sheets meet.

We're getting …

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Smooches, Dani

I was going to give you a bio for everyone but it's really important to me to do whatever I want.

And what I want is to share this project. 

So a friend of mine was giving away a doll to the first one to ask. I HAD to have her. Black BJDs light my blood on FIYAH!  I was second. The first one fell through or something and I kinda feel like she knew this doll would have a good home with me anyway.

I was so happy when I received her. But y'all?  She is a hot mess! It's not the owner's fault. I'm not even sure if it's the artist's fault. I know it was the artist's personal doll. Was this the first draft? Folks, this doll is a real piece of shit. I'm amazed at how shitty she is. But I love her and she needs me.

Photos for your vicious judgement:


Aw, she ain't so bad, you say. You are wrong.

This ear grows directly out of her jawbone.


The ragged head cap.

Her upper lip just melts into her face.

Are those pin pricks supposed to be nostrils?

These knee…

Hi Folks,
It's been a minute, huh? I'm going to attempt to bring this blog back to life.  It has been a missing part of my hobby and my SOUL. 
Facebook isn't going directly to doll peeps, Instagram is phone-based so uploading pics from my camera is a like an 8 step process and doesn't encourage any writing.  And though I do have a youtube channel, I always express myself better in the written word. And my website? What is that thing even for?  My comic timing, my rambles are much easier to edit in written form.
So maybe we'll start off introducing each doll or doll family. We can have stories here or blurbs or whatever. And it's not as static as on the website.  But for now this is just my Intent to Return. 
Here's a photo because y'all are into that shit.

Smooches, dani

Hi Guys,

I don't know if you're still reading this but I'm officially taking this blog offline. It was so fun to be part of the 1/6th scale doll community and on Facebook at least, I still am. But I feel like the BJD community is mostly on other platforms.

I'll always be at vitaplastica.com and you can reach me at the gmail of the same name.  Hey, I may even start a blog over on the site, so who knows?

Here's a picture of nearly all my doll family (missing Doll Chateau Alma, who doesn't have a face up yet, and an Impldoll Martin head.)


EDIT: Blogger will STILL not let me comment. haha.  Anyway, due to the very positive response, I will not take this blog down. I remember how heartbroken I was that Smidgehouse didn't leave hers up. So I'll keep this here forever, okay?

I might even post a link to any blog posts on my website. See you...always!


It's be great collecting and growing with you!

smooches,
dani

Hello Doll Peeps!

I have loads of new items for sale so click on the shopping ladies on the right. Most of the first tier stuff is gone so lots of discounted stuff!

When we last spoke, my doll was named Kala. I had posted her in the BJD Addicts group and a few people remarked that she looked like a Taino. My family is Haitian and my husband's is Puerto Rican, the Tainos lived in both. I thought this was fortuitous. So I emailed my aunt, a fan of the Taino and told her about the doll and that I needed a new name. Kala was always supposed to be temporary and I feared it was taking hold.

She said, "I feel like her name is Aniata." And I knew it was right. It's hard to get the tongue around but if you just pronounce the T softly, like in Anita, then it's much more natural.

Anyway introducing Aniata!  (Doll nudity ahead.)



I've been working on the hut like crazy since the last post. While I waited for paint and glue to dry, I made Aniata stuff. I made her necklace…