Laura has been very busy this Spring. She has had her own baby and created a new one in silicone/vinyl for us as well! Laura has sculpted a new set of twins, Melody and Mark. As always Laura's sculpts are life like and an incredibly sweet. It is as if they are speaking to you without having to say a word.
Melody has brown eyes and medium brown baby fine hair with strawberry highlights. The babies are the same size as the 18" Mix and Match babies like everyone has requested. The arms are sculpted above the elbow and they each have long legs that extend into their cloth body. Melody is dressed in a pretty pink outfit and coordinating headband. She comes with a matching pink blanket. (Bear not included). Limited Edition 350 pieces.
It is so much fun each time to decide what image to use as inspiration for our next group of dolls to be introduced in the Anne Geddes Collectible Doll Line. This time we have chosen a classic. We just loved the photo with the three real babies seated in decorated tin cans with their heads popping out dressed in hats decoratively detailed with pansies. Anne created this image in her studio in NEW ZEALAND in 1995, and has included it again in her latest book "A Labor of Love," her autobiography, introduced this past fall to rave reviews. What a great look for spring!
Anne recounts that the inspiration behind these images from her first coffee table book, the international bestseller "Down in the Garden," came from a tale that her Studio Manager Natalie, once related to her. Anne says, "When Natalie was three years of age, whilst playing in her grandmother's garden, she bent down to pick a pansy. Her grandmother, who was gardening at the time, hid behind a bush and just as Natalie was about to pick the flower, Natalie heard what she thought was the pansy say in a tiny squeaky voice, "Oh, please don't pick me!" So you see, pansies perhaps really do have faces."
The pansy papier-m&Mac226;che containers, which are based on original illustrations of old jam labels, were also motivated from Anne's recollection as a child, of using old discarded rusty tins for planting seedlings.
We decided it would be fun to adapt this look and recreate them as baby dolls with different ethnicities. Anne has named the Caucasian, Eliza, the African American, Grace, and the Asian, Chloe. Laura Tuzio-Ross has once again, under Anne's direction, created three incredible new sculpts. Their expressions are adorable and Laura is unsurpassed in her ability to capture different ethnic facial details. The hands were also specially sculpted, so they could be posed on the edge of the containers, similar to the original look.
Each silicone/vinyl baby is 19" with arms sculpted above the elbow and fully sculpted legs that attach directly into their doe skin cloth body. They are filled with soft fiber and weighted with pellets to make them huggable. They can be placed in their containers as shown or cuddled in your arms.
