'Mary'

Teddy's owner was very happy to see Teddy rejuvenated. She then presented me with 'Mary'...her childhood doll who had seen some rough times. And asked to have Mary rejuvenated.

Mary was missing several fingers and toes in addition to her obvious facial issues.

The first thing to do with Mary was to remove her head and limbs and extract her eyes. Her loose paint was peeled off....that was pretty much all her paint!

She then got her holes filled, fingers and toes rebuilt and coated with a couple layers of filler/primer. Lots of sanding between each layer.












Finally, it was paint time.
A new body was needed and was patterned from the remnants of her old one.
So she looks like this now:

Add some appropriately styled clothes, and Mary is ready to return home.

'Teddy'

Ok....this is not a doll. But I was asked to renovate "Teddy". He was a cherished childhood possession from the 1950's and was falling apart.

Teddy was made of sheepskin. The skin was dry and crumbling. He could be pieced together but would remain fragile and prone to more damage.

Teddy's owner wanted to have him sturdy enough that her grand daughter could play with him so it was decided to make him a new 'skin'

Here is Teddy with new 'skin'.
New sheepskin is prohibitively expensive so he is decked out in synthetic shearling. He has his original stuffing and his original eyes/nose.

Teddy should last another several decades or more now :-)