Workshops

Sculpting a Newborn
Maryanne Oldenburg
Waldo,WI USA • www.picturetrail.com

In this workshop students learned to sculpt a beautiful newborn baby, from it's head to it's chubby bent arms and legs with curled fingers and toes. Initially they created the properly proportioned baby’s skull of aluminum foil. Working with Super Sculpy®, they then created and sculpted the infant head with proper placement of the tiny features. Maryanne then took her students through the steps of sculpting the tiny arms and legs. They worked from a combination of real baby pictures and a template showing the front and profile of a baby’s head. At the end of the workshop everyone had everything to complete a perfectly loveable sleeping infant.

Maryanne Oldenburg has been creating dolls in porcelain and polymer clay for over thirty years. She is renowned for her accurate portrayal of adorable, life-like children, especially toddlers and babies. Maryanne loves to teach and share her talents and experiences. She believes that "the gifts we are given, we are given to share”. Maryanne attends approximately 5 – 8 doll shows per year, selling, teaching, lecturing or sometimes, all three. Maryanne’s dolls have been featured in numerous doll publications over the years.

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Make sure you check out all the other workshops!

Fantasy Wings • Mother • The Shoe Must Go On • Adventurous Dolls • Tribal Arts • Celebration..All Wrapped Up • Fun Faces in Five-Minute Felting • Kyeema • Sculpting a New Born • Creative Costuming • Manipulating Fabric

Everyone's ready to begin making babies.
Maryanne demonstrates a way to smooth the clay.
Penny marks the eye area.
Maryanne's adorable sample.
Maryanne checks in with Betty Anne and Maureen.
A little face starts to take shape.
Linda does a little smoothing.
Another cutie by Penny.