Reborn Baby Dolls now available
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My latest 2 Reborn Baby Dolls – Custom Orders.
Posted on It has been a busy week this week, with many babies being finished….Here are the latest 2 additions.
They will be posted off to their new homes asap.
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News article on Reborn baby Dolls – ABC News
Posted onABC News has reported an article on Reborning.
I found some points in this story true, I have many elderly customers who have had look alike reborn baby dolls made of their grandchildren just to have the memory of them portrayed in a 3D form.
This Art form is very Niche and I look forward to more Media stories on the art.
I have been reborning now for 4 years now and I am forever extending my techniques.
These dolls are not and could never be mass produced.
Quote " British department store Harrods – whose motto is "Everything for Everybody Everywhere" – describes them as "a bit too life-like" to stock,……"
Each baby is painted by hand and many many hours spent creating every fine detail like veins and milk pimples, its kind of like baking a cake and we all love cake but we all cant cook, so we appreciate a good homemade cake when we get it.
I just hope more people take the time to learn about the art and really look into how these babies can reall help some people through life.
Attract, repel: lifelike dolls are collector cult
Their chests rise and fall and you can hear a tiny heartbeat, but these babies for sale over the internet are not alive.
"Reborn babies" are disconcertingly life-like baby dolls carefully crafted in vinyl, which have become swiftly popular mainly with collectors, but also with nostalgic grandparents and grieving parents.
Earlier this week police in Gympie, Queensland, reportedly broke into a car to rescue what they thought was a dying baby, only to discover it was a "reborn".
Made and collected by an online community of enthusiasts, they are painted several times to create the mottled colour of newborn skin, have mohair hair and eyelashes, and are weighted to make them feel as heavy as human babies.
Fans of the hobby, who call it "reborning", are mostly women and increasingly guarded about discussing it since media reports highlighted their purchase by bereaved parents, prompting some to portray the hobby as macabre.
"Cuddle therapy" is what one reborning website calls the hobby – the dolls’ bodies can be fitted with electronic devices that mimic a heartbeat and breathing.
British department store Harrods – whose motto is "Everything for Everybody Everywhere" – describes them as "a bit too life-like" to stock, and collectors themselves say the dolls can cause feelings of intense unease, even disgust.
"I pick them up and I change them and I do hold them like a baby now and again – it’s relaxing," said doll-owner Gill, a 50-year-old grandmother who asked to remain anonymous because of the way reborning has been portrayed in the media.
Reborners say their hobby began in the United States in the early 1990s, with dolls becoming more and more realistic over time. Media coverage helped spread the idea to other countries, mainly Britain and Australia.
Cathy Newcombe, who makes the dolls and runs reborning Website Reborn Babies UK, said counsellors were increasingly looking into the therapeutic benefits of holding reborn babies.
"The act of holding the doll may have a role in releasing a ‘feel-good’ hormone," Ms Newcombe said.
But not all react in this way.
"You get this repulsion from some because it looks so life-like and they just see a dead baby," said Sue, 56, who bought her first doll in June.
"Looking at my reborn I’ve never seen a dead baby – she has too much colour in order to be dead."
Too niche
The term "reborn" is used to distinguish custom-made baby dolls from those mass-produced in a factory, says Deborah King, who took up doll-making as a hobby three years ago and now sells dolls via Reborn Baby.
"My daughter wanted a sibling and I didn’t want to have any more children, so I made her a doll instead," said the 32-year-old mother of two.
Ms King’s website features lists of baby dolls photographed in cots and dressed in frocks, some of which are described as "premature". Most have girls’ names and are described as waiting for "adoption".
She sells the dolls for between 250 pounds to 1,600 pounds ($514-$3,290) and receives 10 to 15 requests a week.
The reborning community says most buyers are collectors.
"To me it’s a work of art… I’m not into pushing it around in a pram," said collector Gill.
Newcombe of Reborn Babies UK said most of her customers want to collect the dolls as art: "Between 10 and 15 per cent are for ladies who have lost a child."
Others have emotional reasons of a different kind for their purchase: Ms King recalls one client who decided to buy a doll for her mother, an Alzheimer’s sufferer, after noticing she spent most of her time looking at baby photos.
Ian James, a doctor at the Centre for the Health of the Elderly at Newcastle General Hospital said the use of dolls in care homes for the elderly can help reduce disruptive behaviour.
"There are a number of reasons for the powerful effect of the doll in reducing some of the challenging behaviour," he said.
"People are comforted and are so much calmer and quieter – you just have to be there to witness that."
"It’s a familiar role from time when they were busy and happy," his co-researcher Lorna Mackenzie said.
But Dr James said it made no great difference how life-like they were.
"In our studies we have used 10-pound dolls from a toy shop – if you buy three, you get one for free," he said.
Most of Ms King’s customers are collectors and grandparents who miss their grandchildren’s younger selves, while others just enjoy holding the pretend babies.
But while there are hundreds of reborns for sale on Internet auction site eBay, their mainstream appeal seems to be limited by how realistic they are.
"Everything we sell is with a view to a child owning it or being interested in it, but these dolls are a bit too life-like for our toy department to stock them," a spokeswoman for Harrods said.
"The more realistic a doll is, the more niche the market is."
Source : www.abc.net.au/news
How To Find The Best African American Reborn Dolls – Article
Posted onI was reading through this article and thought it was a great idea.
The idea of having them in the same place is great but more credit should be shown towards each artist.
How To Find The Best African American Reborn Dolls -Article By Ray Baker
My website was founded because of the lack of information and
availability of ethnic Reborn Dolls. I started the site to help fellow
reborn enthusiasts track down the best African American Reborn Dolls
available on the Internet today.Not everyone understands reborning, to the uninitiated it’s a world
of strange obsession, to the folks that do understand, it provides
endless hours of irreplaceable pleasure. That pleasure is derived from
beauty, artistry, and uniqueness of each doll, because just like human
babies, reborn dolls come in every conceivable shape size and color –
nowadays there are Caucasian, Asian, and African American Reborn Dolls.The African American Reborn Dolls are particularly difficult to
find, as the majority of artist that make the dolls concentrate on
Caucasian babies. I started my website dedicated to finding new African
American Reborn Dolls because even now, with the vast power of the
Internet, African American Reborn Dolls are very difficult to track
down as there are only a very limited number of artists who specialize
in these African American Reborn Dolls.Reborn dolls are exactly as they sound, they are dolls that have
been stripped of their factory finishes and been “reborn” and
transformed in to realistic looking babies. After having undergone a
number of processes including repainting, re weighting, and the
addition of realistic hair, special effects such as tears, a heartbeat,
and tiny imperfections are created to make them appear even more
lifelike. While this may not sound particularly difficult to do, it is
a very challenging art form and the most respected artists can command
several thousand Dollars for each doll.Reborn doll artists use very careful processes to make an ordinary cloth and vinyl doll look
exactly
like a real baby. The dolls are custom colored using multiple layers of
specialist paints to give the ‘babies’ their skin tone to make them
appear as closely related to their own ethnic groups as is possible,
like the African American Reborn Dolls for example. Whilst all kinds of
different dolls can be used to make reborns – these dolls are not made
for play, they are collector dolls made to be cherished and admired.The demand for the dolls at the high-end of the market is always
extremely strong, but probably the fastest growing category is with the
African American Reborn Dolls, albeit from a much smaller base. This is
partly due to the fact there are fewer artist making African American
Reborn Dolls, but also because the rarity makes them a very good
investment – having said that, I must stress that the vast majority of
collectors collect for the love of their hobby (many would never
consider selling any of their dolls) and have little interest in making
profits.Collectors and enthusiasts from all over the world are constantly
adding to their assortment of beautiful babies. The world of reborns is
a friendly close-knit community and you will always find helpful and
friendly advice – you’ll just need to ask. I have been collecting
unique dolls all my life, and I have always enjoyed artistic and
creative pursuits, but when I first discovered reborn babies my passion
was truly ignited. These delightful little babies are so beautiful
which is testament in large part to the talented artists who share
their art with the reborning community. You may have already guessed,
that my particular passion at the moment are the African American
Reborn Dolls.!
Article Source : http://www.discoveryarticles.com/articles/120461/1/How-To-Find-The-Best-African-American-Reborn-Dolls/Page1.html
Reborn Baby dolls On Sale-1 week only
Posted onIts now July and I need to make room for some room in the nursery.
These following babies on sale have been through the same reborning process as all my babies.
Become the "forever mommy" for one or more of these beautiful babies.
Katie Lee Save 20%
Havanna Lee Save 20%
Alison Kate Save 25%
REBORN CONTEST
Posted onREBORN CONTEST
Bountiful Baby introduces their first ever Tasha Reborn Contest! Winners will be announced in Doll Crafter Magazine!!!
You can submit as many photos as you like of any of the Bountiful Baby
Tasha Sculpts. These sculpts include Ember, Tanner, Joey, Josie, Ella
and Paige. You can mix and match Tasha faces with Tasha limbs, but both
the head and all limbs must be Tasha sculpts. The baby will be
categorized by the face sculpt. For example if you have a Joey head
with Ella limbs, for contest purposes the doll will be listed as Joey.
Single photos are required and no photo collages (multiple pictures
in the same photo) will be accepted. The contest will remain anonymous
until the winner is announced, so we will not be accepting photos with
nursery names or artist identification on them.
You can submit as many photos as you like, but only one photo of
each face sculpt per artist will be accepted for submission into the
contest. Once a photo of a particular sculpt from a particular artist
passes the Review Board, no other pictures of that face will be
accepted by that artist. So we recommend that you submit your favorite
photo of each face first. If these photos are accepted we will not
accept additional or replacement photos, so choose carefully. It is
possible for each artist to have up to 6 photos accepted, one for each
of the six Tasha face sculpts.
Because your photo might be printed in DollCrafter Magazine, we
require your highest resolution photos. Once photos are submitted, they
will be passed to our Bountiful Baby Review Board.
The Review Board will assign a point value to each photo based on the following.
Photo Quality: A maximum of 20 points will be given for photo
quality, we are looking for clear photos that show the detail of your
work. We are looking for high resolution photos suitable for
publishing, so send your best photos!
Reborn Artistry: A maximum of 20 points will be given for reborn
artistry. The hair, coloring and detail painting will be considered for
this area.
Pose: A maximum of 20 points will be given for pose. Be sure to
pose your babies in natural comfy baby like poses score high in this
area.
Outfit and accessories: A maximum 20 points will be given for
outfit and accessories. Although they can be elaborate they don’t need
to be. We are looking for well put together layettes, that are
appealing and add to the beauty of your baby.
Overall appeal: A maximum of 20 points will be given for overall
appeal. This is where the wow factor comes in. When all of the above
areas come together in harmony, you will be given extra points in this
area.
Their Review Board will not be told who the artist is and pledges to
remain neutral in their voting in cases were they have seen or
recognize the doll or artistry. This is the same Review Board that is
set up to select sculpts and consists of both Bountiful Baby employees
and non-employees. Bountiful Baby employees, staff, and affiliates will
not be allowed to enter. A photo must receive a score of 80 or higher
in order to pass the Review Board and be entered into the contest.
Once accepted for the contest, photos will be place in a random
order on our website, for everyone to view. On Tuesday, July 15th,
voting will be open to the public and you can vote on your favorites.
There will be 19 winning babies, yes that’s right 19 winning
babies! There will be a first, second and third place for each of the 6
faces, and there will also be a Best Of Show baby. The Best Of Show
baby will be the baby that gets the most votes of all. After that the
babies of each face getting the top 3 highest votes will gain the
first, second and third place positions for that face. Each artist can
only win once with each face. For example, it is possible for the same
artist to win up to 6 positions, one for each face submitted. Therefore
the lowest possible winning prize will be valued at 29.95 and the
highest possible value that one artist can receive is $2,250.00 in
prizes.
You can vote one time for each and any baby you wish to vote for.
We will have a system in place to eliminate vote stacking, so it will
do no good to vote multiple times for the same baby.
Prizes are as follows:
Best of Show: $1,000.00 in Bountiful Baby Gift Certificates.
First Prize: The 6 first prize winners will all receive $250 Bountiful Baby Gift Certificates.
Second Prize: Second prize winners will receive 2 "in-stock"
Bountiful Baby kits of their choice (valued at 29.95 to 59.95 each)
Third Prize: Winners receive 1 "in-stock" Bountiful Baby kit of their choice (valued at 29.95 to 59.95)
Contest will open on May 27th, and will close on Monday, July 14th.
Send your pictures between those dates. Submit pictures to: contest@bountifulbaby.com
Entrants grant publication rights of the photos to Bountiful Baby, as
well as to Jones Publishing, and all affiliates of both companies.
Small glass beads for weighting you reborn dolls
Posted onWe now have 2 sizes of glass beads for weighting your reborn dolls. Both can be used inside stocking to add more weight to you babies.
Reborn Doll Sale – for a short time only.
Posted onHere are just a few reborned babies that are currently on sale. Some have had New photos, outfits and extra items added to their take home packages. Alison Kate She has had new photos taken in her new outfit. Ariel Sage She is featured on the Secrist website in their gallery of reborned kits. Havana Lee New photos of her have been taken with a white back ground.
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New kits by Mcaslan have arrived
Posted onOur shipment of kits made by Mcaslan Babies have arrived and the detail is outstanding. Baby Adam (ANATOMICAL BOY) and Baby Abigail (ANATOMICAL GIRL). Both are about 17 inches long with 3/4 limbs.
New stock has Arrived
Posted onOur shipment of Genesis heat set paints, DVD Tutorials and More reborn kits have arrived. The genesis paints will be sold in 1/2 ounce tubs, If you would like 1 ounce tubs please let me know. The advantages of smaller tubs is you can get a range of colors without having to spend big $$ and they last forever. We will be putting together starter kits with the basic paints you need to start with. you can mix these colors to make many other colors by using a good quality color wheel as a guide. The Tutorial DVD's give you a great idea on reborning and are recommended to all new artist and experts alike. They cover the basics like dismantling a store bought doll, cleaning it up and more. The Genesis paints DVD – this is great to learn how these paint work on your dolls and is a great guide to mixing the correct colors for your babies. and finally the hair rooting – covers what tools you need and the proper techniques.
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