First Verse

The sketching, casting and production of Charm City Doll's very first tiny ball-jointed doll...
PHILIA


February 2011

I sent my rough sketches to Ivy at Weiju Factory in China.



April 2011

I was very pleased with Ivy's initial sculpt.  She really captured my vision.
There were, however, some small tweaks I wanted to make.  I searched the Chinese word for "nipples" and it made Ivy LOL. Besides adding this one little anatomical feature, I was looking for a larger eye.

She came back with these revisions:

And casting began!

A month later, the prototype was cast.
May 2011

And a Verse was created