Unfortunatley, when I visited Denver, I don't recall any encounters with the Baby Doe story, so the history lesson was very enjoyable. I did go to the Brown mansion and came away unimpressed by Molly. But she's the stuff of which legends are made, that's certain. I think your choice of doing Baby Doe for the Colorado history classification was excellent!
Now, I don't think you've thought enough about the challenges and the enlightening experience it would be to do a Baby Doe remake in the 15.5" size. The very fact that you are disenchanted with this size because of the mistakes being more costly is the precise reason Molly Brown or Augusta would do the job. Especially because the bigger doll remake would make money. Of course the smaller doll would make money, too; think of terms of selling your doll to Franklin Mint and creating a new trunk doll line. Or think about all of the makeover artists who use the larger dolls and are selling on ebay--in the thousands of dollars. Let's think in terms of paying for Grayson's college education. Let's think outside of the box and let's think about all the stupid Gene dolls that are out there that need new looks that only you can create.
Anyway, I've thought a lot about it for you, LOL! Regards, Pat Brown
----- Original Message ----- From: Mroczko mroczko@verinet.com To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Baby Doe
As for redoing Baby, I don't even want to talk about that stupic operacloak. It was the most famous pic of her, so I decided I had to do it,
but
I had to trim a rabbit skin, and then each of the small black pieces are a single piece of black rabbit trimmed, sewed into the back and glued in place. She took well over a month of solid working and cussing to do, and I don't think I am up to it again. LOL We won't even visit the topic of the hoop skirt.
Also for some reason, I have become sort of disenchanted with thebigger dolls. They are much easier to sew for etc. but I just don't feel as free with them. Maybe the cost involved in the mistakes. LOL I love the challenge of interpreting something on the teeny tiny scale of Babs.
Ok, sorry for the novel and the silly history lesson, but I had a good time learing about her.
Kathy M.
At 02:08 PM 6/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
wow! Now answer this for me, who is and what is the history of this Baby Doe? The name distantly rings a bell with me, but tell us the story.
Also,
how did you find this picture and were you specifically looking for this person or did you have an idea in mind and the picture satisfied a look
you
were hoping to capture in your doll?
And finally, would you consider interpreting the smaller version makeover into a larger 15.5" doll? I have a Gene that would definitely benefit
from
a Baby Doe look. Lovely work! Regards, Pat Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: Mroczko mroczko@verinet.com To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:50 AM Subject: Broken links repost
Hi All, Several people said they couldn't get the pics, but some did, so I
am
supposing it was my server being down for a bit yesterday. You never
know
with my ISP. So for those who want to try again, here are the links.
Pat's Poison Ivy
https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/pois.jpg https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/poisfc.jpg
And just for fun, the original doll, and the second one I did for
Pat.
https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/poistwin.jpg
Also for someone who asked for the doll I took to Convention that
took
first in her category, here is my "Baby Doe" Tabor, and for the record,
I
hadn't seen the MA Cissy Baby Doe before mine was done. I am sure they copied me! LOL
https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/babyd.jpg https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/babydf.jpg sorry this one is so big
And here is a link to the original photo that I used.
https://frii.com/~mroczko/temp/babydpc.jpg
Kathy M. Frivolities Antiques Ft. Collins, CO
Frivolities Antiques Ft. Collins, CO