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PROTOTYPE #1

Belle Bambino: Aimee
Weight: 4lb 12oz /2100g (approximately)
Length: 17 inches
Sculpt: Paige by Joanna Gomes

I am very proud to announce Joanna Gomes' latest Prototype called ''Paige''. In my opinion she is an absolute little treasure. I have truly enjoyed working with this one every moment. Joanna has captured, yet again, a perfect newborn/preemie look with her and I hope I have done her justice. Her face is just so gentle and innocent, you cannot help but love her. She is a little smaller than previous sculpts from Joanna but she is not lacking in the amazing details, in fact, she is even more detailed. Her little hands are stunning.

Thank you SO much Joanna for asking me to do yet another one of your fabulous sculpts. You are incredibly talented.

The weather over the last fews days, whilst taking the photos has been awful, casting all different lights. At times like this, I wish I used daylight lights, but unfortunately, I don't. For you to truly compare her skintone - I have taken this photo against my hand. I hope this helps

I have taken the photographs over the course of several days, due to the British weather being so unpredictable at the moment, so I apologise if some are a little darker than others, but I can assure you that they are TRUE to life photographs. They have all been taken indoors but next to a large window for natural daylight. Some you will see are slightly darker, but I will not alter them (except for the occasional cropping) as it will probably change other aspects that I have no idea about! I have been reborning since 2004 and am constantly striving to improve my own techniques and to learn new ones. I am so very passionate about this art which has become a huge part of my life, and am so proud that I have made so many wonderful people, all over the world, happy with the results of my art. So many new sculpts are now becoming available, and due to this, I will only be offering one of each chosen sculpt on Ebay, so if this Bambino has stolen your heart, please do not miss out!

LAYETTE

Aimee with arrive home to her new Mum with a FULL layette - she has been very spoilt!

* Hand Crocheted (by me) white outfit
  Dress
  Pants
  Headband
  Booties

* Their Nibs Bubble Romper

* Hand Crochet Diaper set made by ME! comprising Cover and Headband

* Handknitted mohair cardigan and bonnet

* White terry towelling romper

* Magnetic Hair Bow

She will also arrive with

* Birth Certificate signed by myself with Reborn Care Instructions

* Prototype Certificate #1/4 signed by Joanna Gomes

* Pampers Nappy

COLOURING

I study real-life baby photographs in order to achieve the most realistic look on my Bambinos. You will see that she has a beautiful depth to her ''skin'' and I have achieved this with a huge variety of colours and transparent layers which have been built up very carefully over time, in order for the colouring not to sit on the vinyl, but instead be translucent. For this, I have used Genesis Heat Set Paints.

She has very delicate veining and capillaries in all the right places which sometimes are not even picked up by the camera. Delicate marks are painted and some have been enhanced to create a 3-D effect.

WEIGHTING

Each Bambino is perfectly proportioned with her weight. You will find that she flops so snuggly into your arms for wonderful cuddles. I have used micro-fine glass beads in each of her perfectly sculpted limbs topped with top quality heavy virgin fibre-fill. I have used slightly larger glass beads and fibre fill inside her precious little head. Weighting is a very important part of her creation in order to make her realistically snuggle into your arms as a real baby would. I like to leave some movement in the body so that my babies are not stiff in your arms. They will scrunch up, just like a real baby, would very easily. You will even need to support her head when you pick her up. xx

HAIR

Each Bambino has been meticulously MICRO-rooted with only the very best of mohair that is available. This has been done using the finest of needles, so that no holes will appear on her scalp. I have avoided doing her hair too thick as she is slightly younger than Joannas older sculpts. It is rooted as thickly as I normally do but I just used much much finer hair.

I root in the natural direction of the hair growth and this leads up to the most gorgeous realistic swirl of the crown. One hair is rooted at a time which takes a great many hours and days but it is so satisfying to see the end result. This has then been waterproof sealed inside so you can safely dampen it for styling. It has always been a passion of mine to create the most realistic head of hair on my Bambinos which can be styled in many ways.

As you will see, I am not afraid to show you close-ups. I am proud to say I have always been complimented on my rooting.

I have used Slumberland KID mohair around the front and sides and the lower part of the back of the head. The top has been rooted slightly thicker with and left slightly longer. As mentioned earlier this has been blended in for a natural look.

We at IIORA are striving to keep this art very professional and of the highest possible standard, knowing that any client who purchases work from an IIORA approved artist, can be sure that they will be only getting the best. All our artists are scrutinized and only the best will be awarded with an IIORA membership, thus making sure that we always offer only the best to the world. Our artists also have impeccable selling records where only the best is good enough. Any IIORA artist is proud of her work.

GERBA (Guild of Exceptional Reborn Baby Artistry) has been created to celebrate and support the talents of Reborn Artists in Europe. Each of our members has been selected for their Outstanding dedication to excellence, their highly regarded creative innovation and perfection in the art of reborning, and their exceptional level of customer care. Adopting a GERBA Baby will ensure your complete satisfaction and a doll of truly heirloom quality.

D.A.D.E. guild has been formed to reunite a small group of doll artists and friends committed to create reborn dolls and baby sculpts that reflect the highest standard of superb quality. The purpose of D.A.D.E. guild is to promote quality and professionalism in the two arts and to cultivate friendship among the member artists. Artists showing D.A.D.E. logo support each other's creations and offer baby dolls you will treasure for the rest of your life.

I am also thrilled to be part of a small group of reborners in ACOF. Friends coming together in support to promote the wonderful art of Reborning.