For now I shall just post my FB notes from this morning and later today, and then of course, some pictures!
Early Early this morning:
"Gabriels boy doll is all sewn up now, finally.with my hands.Next I need to make the hair. This boydoll has a very big head and he is a bit awkward at the moment. We shall have to pay him some resourceful attention and I think he will be just fine for a first doll! I wonder what he will be called and what his favourite colour will be!"
Later - A lot of people seemed to like my pictures of Gabriel's doll and so I wrote a little update before doing the evening pictures, and here is what I wrote: [normally I dont like to go on and on and on on FB about myself! but as this is about Gabriel, then it is a little different and also its about the start of my doll creating journey, I hope!!]
Thank you everyone! This morning Gabriel's beAdy little eye straight away at 5.30 am, saw his doll sitting next to my chocolate stash, out of toddlers arms reach.. and started getting very excited indeed, demanding to have it instantyl!. AT first I thought he had suddenly understood the concept of choclate, and was saying like ; no, not for babies! and then I realised it was the doll!! i gave it to him and he wouldnt let it go and he was huggng it all day, I didnt know what to call it, because I didnt want to say 'dolly' for a boy, it sounded wierd, so I said something like 'toy;', which is not a word Gabriel knows, and he suddenly learned it and all day he's been asking for 'toy'! And 'toy' already has ball point drawing on him and banana. So his name is 'Toy' !! and I cant believe Gabriel loves him so much, he is made in such a funny way! it is a curious type of magic, this making with your hands with love! I will post some pics. Tadaaaaa!! TOY TOY TOY TOY!!!
Tonight, after the day, and Babacino tucked up in his little bed having his last school night, because tomorow is his last day at Noahs Ark Nursery!!
Gabriel has now officially met and befriended 'TOY'
I hope they will allow me to make TOY's hair and clothes, otherwise TOY will be so full of banana and ball point pen colouring in that we might not recognise him any more and he might be like Pinoccio, when he's all covered in flour and about to be fried in a frying pan like a big fish! Then luckily the dog Alidoro bares his fangs and barks at the fisherman and Pinocchio is freed!! FREE TOY! FREE TOY!
And now as promised, some pictures!! [see below]
But actually, before getting to the pictures " as promised!" - I just want to say something else, about Pinocchio. Maurizio recently re-introduced me to this wonderful classic childrens story. I never knew this, but the way it was written was that it was a series of seperate little stories or episodes about Pinicchio, that later got all put together to make up the book as we know it today. Pinocchio is much much more than about a little puppet who has a nose that grows long when he fibs, its an incredibbly rich story full of layers of meaning, talking both to children and adults [sort of like our classic English Winnie the Pooh AA Milne books]. The meaning and symbols continue to be interperated to this day, keeping the story alive topical and vital.
I shall update this again when it is not midnight sort of time. becuase its a really cool story. Each character in a way is a part of Pinocchio, so the cricket is like his subconscious, the fairy is like the good mother in him. [Geppetto the wood carver who made Pinocchio is in fact a single dad looking after Pinocchio]. I really like this about Pinochio: His clothes are made of flowered paper, his shoes are made of wood and his hat is made of bread !!
I am sure Maurizio must have written a blog about Pinocchio, as he is an avid avid fan and collecter of Pinoccho books, I shall ask him so that I can put the link here and you can google translate it or read it if you an speak Italian!! I am sure he will have explained all the good bits, or if he hasnt done one yet, I shall ask him to!!
Next on the TOY agenda, is the hair. Hair on Waldorf Dolls is usually made from Carbunkle!!!! [I have started, that's the important thing]
An attempt to 'hide' TOY so that he could be protected from banana, ball point pen, philidelphia cheese spread and of course snot, at least until he has hair and some clothes! but it didnt work... TOY had to be returned to Babacino 'subito' !
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