Minik Pinky / Little Pinky

bir suredir bekleyen yarim kuklalar, yapilmasi gereken ciZimler, kurgular falan filanin arasinda, son aldigim saclarin rengine dayanamayip yaptigim minik hanimefendiyle karsiniZdayim..

here is the little lady i made between unfinished puppets, obligatory drawings and editings.. I just couldn't resits to the color of the new hair i purchased..
bu kukla sergisi dolayisiyla yeni teknikler, hatta daha Ziyade deneysel tektiknlerle hasir nesir olmaya baslamistim. burada da deneyselligin hafif de olsa bir duZene oturmus halini gormekteyiZ sanirim.
misal bu hanimda, goZkapaklarini yapmadan once goZleri yaptim (normalde goZlerle goZ kapaklarini ayni anda, hatta ayni hamur kutlesinden yapiyordum) ve hatta goZleri boyayip vernikleyip goZkapaklarina oyle devam ettim. imkan olsa da cam goZlerle denesem ayni seyi tabi ama, bakalim.. Zamanla..
sonracigima, boyama asamasina geldigimiZde yine her Zamanki gibi boyadim, goZleri ve dudaklari da yine ten rengine kirmiZi katilmis akrilikle yaptim lakin boyle bi yasli, acayip bir hale geldi hanimefendi.. bi de saclari sadece sariydi ilk etapta. baktim saclar seyrek, surat da bi acayip oldu, yeniden boyadim surati, biraz da pembe sac ekledim. oluyor gibiydi. son hamle olarak dudak kalemiyle (bildiginiZ, hani makyaj filan yapilan) renklendirdim dudaklari, goZkapaklarini ve yanaklari. hatta cilleri de dudak kalemiyle yaptim yine. digerlerini bilmem ama, oZellikle dudaklarin goruntusunden oldukca memnun kaldigimi soylemeliyim..

i have been dealing with different techniques-experimental ones actually, because of that puppet exhibiton of mine. with this puppet, i think i'm kinda acquiring more stabiliZed versions of those experiments.
for example, i first made the eyes and then the eyelids (normally, i scuplt eyes and eyelids at the same time, from the same piece of clay even). as a matter of fact, i sculpted the eyes, baked them, painted and sealed them, and then made the eyelids on top of them. my real wish is to be able to apply the same technique to glass eyes, but.. we'll see..
aand.. after sculpting and baking process, it was time for coloring. i painted her with acrylics as usual, and used reddish acrylics for the lips, eyelids and cheeks. but she turned out to be a quite old lady instead of a little girl. also the hair was just blond back then. i reckoned she had fairly less hair than she's supposed to have. so i added these pink shades, and repainted the face. then i colored the lips, eyelids and cheeks using a lip liner. and it worked quite well for me.. especially on the lips.. i even made the freckles with that lip liner..
iskelet her Zamani gibi telden, orda bir deneysellik yok -neyse ki! lakin deneysellik surda ki, geenlerde uZun suredir merak ettigim epoksi macunundan bulup almistim, onunla denemeler yapiyordum. (cok da bi deneysel olamadim gerci, acayip pahaliydi Zira kendileri) iste eklemleri acikta birakacak sekilde tum vucutta ince tabaklar halinde kaslar yaptim, gogus ve kalcanin temelini de epoksiyle yaptim. daha sonra da moduritle sekillendirdim. boylece cok daha kontrollu bir hareket skalasina sahip oldu kuklacik. el bliekleri ve boynu disindaki tum eklemleri rahatca hareket edebiliyor son halinde.. ha bi de bu epoksiden biraZ daha bahsetmek gerekirse, (ki resmen asik oldum, cok keyifli bir malZeme) havayla kuruyor ve yaklasik 5-10 dakikada sertlesiyor. 24 saatin sonunda da celik kivanina geliyor. yani minik parcalar halinde ve oldukca hiZli calismak gerekiyor kendisiyle ama kontrolu cok kolay ve kivami da sahane. misal bu hanimefendinin ellerini tamamen epoksi ile yaptim ve sonuctan oldukca memnunum..

armature is made of wire, as usual, no experiments there. but after finally finding some apoxie putty, i couldn't help but experimenting with it. i loved the material, i basically fell in love with it. it's unusually easy to work with and has an incredible consistency.. and unlike my other puppets, she has "muscles". i mean, her body is covered with apoxie and modurit, leaving the joints free. and this gave her a more controlled range of movements. by the way, her hands were also sculpted with apoxie and i'm quite happy with the result.
kostume gelince.. corap icin oldukca elastik, mayo kumasi gibi bir kumas kullandim. elbise icin yine elastik (ama mayo kumasi kadar degil) bir kumas kullandim, suslemeleri de sutasi denen seyle taptim (ki halen neden sutasi deniyorum hic bilmiyorum). ayicigi da kece kumastan yapip yine hafif kecelesmis yunle doldurdum, goZlerini de kum boncularla yaptim..

and to talk about costuming.. i used a very flexible striped fabric for the stockings. and used again a flexible fabric for the dress and embellished with soutache.. and the teddy bear is made of felt, stuffed with felted wool. i used little beads for the eyes..
henuZ halen hicbir sey satamamis oldugum icin, pasaj'a koymadim bu sefer kendilerini.. lakin merak edenler etsy ve fler dolaylarinda bulabilirler.. ya da hep dedigim gibi, indirimli fiyat icin toohero@gmail.com'a bir mail yeter..
duZeltme: i-ih, artik degil, gittii.. amerika yolcusu.. :)

she's now waiting for her new home in etsy and fler.. or like i always say, for discounted prices an e-mait to toohero@gmail.com is enough..
edit: well, not aymore. she's packing her things and getting ready for U.S.