martes, 25 de diciembre de 2018

Porcelain ball jointed dolls (bjd) made in Argentina, figurative articulated sculptures

Porcelain ball jointed dolls (bjd) made in Argentina
 Thanks to all who has visited our blog , your continued support is very important for us and we ae very grateful :) 
 We wish  you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! 
Below you can check our main sites for more info about our new dolls, tutorials, videos and dollmaking process from this year 2018. Greetings for all!!!
and for more photos, contact and info :
Para Argentina pueden visitar nuestro shop en Mercado libre:
Also you can check our Etsy store:
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Please feel free of ask any questions you have. We will be glad to answer all of your doubts. Thank you for visiting us! Greetings!
Fernando and Paulina,
argentinian dollmakers.

lunes, 15 de octubre de 2018

How to change porcelain ball jointed doll feet


A little video about how to change the feet of our dolls; in this case I just disassembled and assembled again the same foot, but is the same procedure in case of to change it for the porcelain shoe or for to change the hands. Also, when is necessary to disassemble the entire doll, this is the point where I begin to do it. It is important to handle carefully the doll when doing this and to be patience. The hook must be closed in order to be able of to introduce it again into the ankle, which is very narrow.
Any doubts you can always ask to us, either through here in the comments or to our main facebook page
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Also, don't forget to check our shops online for more info about available and made to order dolls:

http://www.ebay.com/usr/porcelain_bjd
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Porcelainbj...
https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/_...

http://amadogravagnomunecasdeporcelan...

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viernes, 7 de septiembre de 2018

More dolls!!! Nude Malenas and an elfish princess welcoming the spring!




This is the second elf princess that we made, she has also an engraved tattoo, made similar but not the same as the first one, and also I made the dress with more translucent patches this time, so the tattoo can be seen through the fabric. The hair is viscose in three colors, red, blonde and purple mixed to achieve a veined copper- brown color. More pictures here!!!





These two girls have also viscose wigs; is a very difficult to style material , but it looks so real! The redheaded in the right has a modified waist piece, made by request of the customer.  I packed them a few days ago but I still felt the need of one more picture... I miss all of them but makes me happy to know that soon they will be making happier someone else 😊 
Handmade unique porcelain ball jointed dolls. Made in Argentina. 
Allof them are sold, but if you are interested in one of our dolls just contact us, your questions are welcome :) ! 

martes, 21 de agosto de 2018

Nuevo molde, la muñeca pequeña está nuevamente disponible! New mold! The little original doll is available again!!

Hola a todos! Hoy les presentamos a nuestra muñeca más nueva, hecha con el pequeño cuerpo mejorado Meiko. Esta vez quisimos lograr un tipo de hada más natural y discreta, más inspirada en las criaturas de Froud y el Cristal Encantado, a diferencia de nuestras hadas-ángel más elaboradas y barrocas. También estará disponible como muñeca nude y en blanco.





 Este modelo fué renovado completamente durante este año; originalmente realizada en el año 2012, retomamos las piezas de la pequeña Meiko, largo tiempo descontinuada, y realizamos varios cambios. El pecho es más detallado y delicado, todas las articulaciones se rehicieron por completo para lograr una mejor posabilidad, las manos son más pequeñas, detalladas y expresivas. También se re-esculpieron brazos y piernas. La cabeza es una cabeza de Malena reducida, adaptada para este tamaño.


Los moldes que se utilizan para castear la porcelana están hechos a partir de nuestra escultura original. Se utiliza barbotina de porcelana  no translúcida, con cocción final a  1245 ºC
Esta muñeca tiene 18 puntos de articulación: el cuello, el pecho, las caderas, los tobillos y las muñecas son articulaciones simples, mientras que los brazos y las piernas tienen articulaciones dobles. La muñeca tiene 29 cms. de altura y está ensamblada con cordones elásticos. Las articulaciones están protegidas con cuero natural.

Está pintada con aerógrafo y pequeños pinceles con acrílicos y pasteles y sellada con una laca satinada acrílica para un aspecto más natural. El tatuaje está totalmente pintado a mano, y es un diseño original.

La peluca es fija, hecha con mohair natural.
Las alas son desmontables, construidas con hilo flexible e hilos dorados, son livianas y delicadas.
La corona está bordada con cuentas de vidrio y perlas sintéticas.

Se puede limpiar con un paño suave y húmedo. No intente arañar la superficie de la muñeca o aplicar solventes sobre ella. Si alguna vez le sucede algo a su muñeca, ofrezco un servicio de reparación gratuito para todas sus partes la primera vez. Se le cobrará solo por el envío. Es posible que las nuevas piezas no sean exactamente iguales al original, ya que cada pieza se modifica ligeramente durante el proceso de limpieza antes de la cocción. Es posible que el color de la piel no coincida totalmente con el original, porque el tono se adquiere aplicando  varias capas de pintura translúcida para lograr el tono final.
Incluye un soporte de madera hecho a mano.
Esta muñeca está lista para enviar.
Todas nuestras muñecas son únicas, no se usan moldes comerciales o impresiones de ningún tipo para hacer estas muñecas.

El envío se puede realizar por Oca o Correo Argentino. El envío dentro de Argentina es gratis.
El precio en Mercado Libre incluye la comisión del sitio; puede pedirse directamente a https://www.facebook.com/paulinagravagno 



This is our newest doll , made with the upgraded little body Meiko. This mold was entirely renewed during this year, the chest is more detailed and delicate, all the joints was completely remade for better posing, the hands are tiny , detailed and more expresive. Arms and legs was re sculpted tooThe head is a reduced Malena head, adapted for this size. 
The porcelain casting molds are made from our original sculpted dolls. The porcelain slip is made out of white porcelain, non translucent, fired at 1245 ºC degrees.
This doll has 18 points of articulation: neck, chest, hips, ankles and wrists are simple joints, while the arms and legs have double joints. The doll is 29 cms. tall and is strung with elastic cords. The joints are protected with natural leather. 

It is painted with aerographer and tiny brushes with acrylics and pastels and sealed with an acrylic satin lacquer for a more natural look. The tattoo is totally hand painted, and it is an original design.
You can ask for more photos of the doll. 

The wig is fixed, made with natural mohair. 
The wings are detachable, constructed with flexible wire and golden threads, they are light and delicate.
The crown is embroidered with glass beads and syntetthic pearls.

It can be cleaned with a soft wet cloth. Do not try to scratch the doll surface or to apply solvents on it. If something ever happens to your doll, i offer free repair service for all of its parts the first time . You will be charged only for the shipping. It is possible that the new pieces will not be exactly equal to the original, since every piece is slightly modified during the cleaning process before fire. It is possible that the colour of the skin will not totally match the original, because i made the blushing with several layers of translucent skin tones to achieve the final tone.
Includes a wooden handmade stand.
This doll is ready to ship.
All our dolls are one of a kind, no comercial molds or prints of any kind are used to make these dolls.

Shipping is made through DHL express, with tracking number. The shipping time is 3 to 5 days depending on the destination and the customs policies of each country. During the month of August we offer free shipping.



The prices on Ebay and Etsy includes the site comission, you can request them directly  to https://www.facebook.com/paulinagravagno

domingo, 12 de agosto de 2018

New dolls in progress August 2018


Continuing with the process of the dolls fired during July. The new versions of Summer and Winter are finished and soon will be shipped to their new home. Several Malenas made by request are almost ready too, they need wigs and some accesories. Also, a little preview of a little tattooed dolll, made with the updated Meiko body , she will be a very tender fairie.  I wish you a great weekend !!!

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miércoles, 1 de agosto de 2018

El Lago de los Cisnes, The Swan Lake

hecho a mano, directo de artista, diseño argentino, objeto de arte
Made by request, our version of The Swan Princess inspired in Marina Bychkova's work.
Original art doll by Marina bychkova
Many years ago we saw for the first time a little and misterious porcelain doll, a precious work of art by Marina Bychkova.  We were astound by that particular articulated sculpture and , having being for many years artisans using mixed media, as a continuation for our art  we decided to become dollmakers and make our own porcelain dolls. We are since then exploring the new posibilities of such a complex discipline and when a customer ask us for a doll in certain style, we do not hesitate into accept.
  Marina has been always our inspiration and guide, as well for many other dollartists. Her work literally changed our lives, no one but us respects more her work and that is something we repetedly have admitted. Each request of this kind from a customer, means for us the oportunitie to study and to progress; even if it sounds contradictory, to make a fan art means the oportunitie to develop your own style. For example, for many time I made the tattoos only painted, but now I'm making all of them engraved. The embroidered crown tooks me too much more hours thant I thinked originally and then I had to think how to assemble it and give its final shape. We not only learned through all that extra work but also made us to aprecciatte even more the quality and detail in Marina´s work . All that effort makes me think in how amazingly delicate and excellent is her work , how tall she puts the level for all of us, we have been making dolls for several years and we still feel like principiants in comparison.
 Every artist in this world feeds on the work of other artists, and in the process of took the main elements and revise them in their own way, every one obtains an unique result.


 Some people, nevertheless, gets offended by our work and claimed unjustifiedly that  it was a flagrant copy.

 It is not a duplicate, if it were, it would be an exact copy and it is not the case,  beggining for the materials employed to the execution and the final shape.. The body and head sculptures are our original design and  many samples of the Malena body can be seen in this blog and in our main facebook page, enough to realize that is not a copy of a Marina's doll or of any other doll; the crown is inspired in fact in the crown made by Marina (who made it inspired in the work of another artist, as she mention in her blog) and that is perfectly illustrated by the process pictures, and the veil is a white embroidered bride tulle far away from being equal to the original embroidered by Marina. Our doll includes also an engraved swan tattoo in her back, a mask and a black wig, all details stablished by the customer.

This is an inspired work, not a copy.  We are not claiming this is  our idea, is perfectly clear who made the original one, but this doll in particular is in fact ours and we are the ones who executed the work from the beginning to the end from scratch. We are not recasting pieces, not selling the doll as if it were an original Marina's doll (not to mention asking for her what a Marina's dolls really values) and certainly we are not claiming this is our original idea at all. 
Made by request, our own version of The Swan Princess .
Made by request, our own version of The Swan Princess .
Made by request, our own version of The Swan Princess .




For to order a doll similar to this and to obtain more info about her, you can check our shops online: 
https://www.ebay.com/usr/porcelain_bjd
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Porcelainbjddolls
https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/_CustId_64256170
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Modelos/Molds - Bodytypes, headtypes and other details of our fine porcelain bjd dolls. Tipos de cuerpos y moldes de cabezas disponibles para nuestras muñecas finas de porcelana.

1 and 4, Malena Large 35-36 cms. tall; 2, small Meiko,26-28 cms.tall; 3, Malena Classical, 32-33 cms. tall. Bienvenidos a nuestro catalogo! ...