Discover techniques and ideas to create cloth faces filled with personality in this book by leading international dollmaker and textile artist, Ray Slater.

Leading international dollmaker Ray Slater reveals her secrets to creating vibrant and dynamic faces in cloth.

Using just three basic head designs – flat, dimensional and collaged – discover how to make a whole host of personalities with different looks and expressions. Learn how to transform your inspirational sources into a three-dimensional head, and follow Ray’s tips on adjusting proportions, hues and positioning of the features to create a face that’s unique to you.

• Illustrated step-by-step instructions for every type of doll face, including how to make ears, hair and beards
• EXTRA addition of three basic doll body patterns – male, female and collage – also with illustrated step-by-step instructions so you can continue to compose your final character
• Inspiring galleries of faces and finished dolls throughout, to encourage the development of your own unique doll
• Templates for tracing doll faces and bodies are included.

Brimming with ideas and practical advice, this is an invaluable guide for cloth dollmakers everywhere.