Might very well be the most difficult wig I have attempted on a doll. The head of the Ancient Egyptian child is 10mm. That’s the size of a small bead or a large garden pea. The difficulty is that Ancient Egyptian children had their heads shaved with one long lock of hair, usually plaited on their left side.
I have made porcelain dolls with heads that size, inside of which are: the elastic strings which hold the doll together, a bead and a lot of knots. The hole in the top of the head, now covered with a pate, has to be big enough to get the bead and the elastic inside and to work inside of. Have a look at your fingers and a garden pea, could you do it?
I am wigging these dolls with thread, sewn on to a wig cap which I have made from leather, There is is in the middle. Beside it Lady Two Heads, above her the threaded needle and the incredibly fine and wonderful silk thread made by Langley Threads and sold at Miniatura, many years ago by John, who had made real threads for the big world. Sadly John is no longer with us but I continue to enjoy his legacy. This is one of the great things about Miniatura; it attracts specialist craftsmen you can’t find elsewhere.
Beside Lady Two Heads is a bundle of normal-sized embroidery thread, which I intend to use for wigging. I want the wigs for the ladies to look like the typical wigs that Egyptian ladies with shorn hair wore. I don’t want them to look like hair, I want them to look like wigs.
Lady Two Heads was keen to help.
Having practised on the grown up ladies, I turned my attention to the children. Had I just wasted weeks of time?
He seems keen. That’s a lot of enthusiasm for someone smaller than the reel of thread.
Now just sit still while Mummy plaits your lock.
Oh dear, I’ve started calling myself Mummy to the doll. That’s going to make it hard to sell her, dear little thing.
Fortunately there are nine children, waiting to be rehomed.
If you are going to the Min and you do like the look of these porcelain 24th scale dolls and you’ve found a possible cardboard box and you’ve started shopping online for Egyptian scrapbook papers and you know there were lots of pots in Ancient Egypt and you know there are quite a few good potters at the Min…
Nine, just nine is all I’m saying.
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