Any sculptors interested in custom orders?

Morning ladies! So it’s been on my husband and I’s mind recently to see if any sculptors would be interested in creating custom kits for us. We lost 3 babies in 2024 and I really want to make some memorial dolls for us to love on and have in memory of our babies Aspen, Rowan and Skye.

I was thinking perhaps the sculptor could create 3 kits with slightly different facial features (they could use the same limbs and it doesn’t matter if it’s 1/4, 3/4 or full) from looking at our baby photos and creating a blend of us. Preemie-Newborn sized. Could be represented as triplets…

We also would be okay if the sculptor reproduced and sold kits of the sculpt!

I’ve been on the hunt for awhile on the “perfect” match for our memorial baby’s kits, but none ever feel right.

If anyone would potentially be interested in this, please feel free to reach out to me and we could discuss the details! :smiling_face:

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Getting a OOAK Clay baby would probaby be cheapest.
Or maybe having a clay baby made into silicone.

I know vinyl molding and production is quite expensive. I think I was told about $10k.
Sometimes producers do buy other sculpts but not as often as working with someone already.

It would be cool if you can find a portrait sculptor who regularly has kits produced though. I just wanted to let you know it might be a super hard thing to do in vinyl.

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Thank you for that information!

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I had a clay baby done of my grandson back a in 2012 by Phil Donnelly. She did a lovely job from a photo I sent her. It is life size and I paid $1,200 back then. He is a big one - about 23 inches. She may still be doing custom portrait dolls not sure but she may be one you want to check with if you don’t find someone else…

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That’s so kind of her that she did that for you, unfortunately, Phil passed away recently. So, no she won’t be producing anything, sadly. :broken_heart:

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Oh MY!!! I did not know… That is sooooo sad… She was a very lovely lady… I did quite a few of her doll kits back in the early days of my reborning (2009 - 2013) Thank you for letting me know… do you know the cause of her passing? :sob: :sob:

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Their last post on FB is raising awareness to parked cars blocking roadways for emergency vehicles. They had to wait for neighbors to move their car to get through. The delay (11 minutes) may have been too long for her to have been okay.

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Thanks so much Jen… You have not changed at all… always were the best source of info about what is going on out there in the reborn world… Thanks for letting me know… I have been on another planet the past 2 years with refurbing houses and doing office admin for my hubby’s real estate consultancy… AND reborning up till March last year.

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Do you know that Adrie Stoete is no longer here also?

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Good Gracious… When did that happen… I had not heard that either… I am so out of touch with things… ugghhh! Is there any news as to what happened? So horrible to hear… :sob: :sob:

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