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To make lips for the fi gure, make a
little oval shape out of white clay.
Then roll some tiny canes of red
clay with your fi ngers.
If you have a clay extruder, you
can use that to make canes.
Shape the canes around the white
oval and mold the mouth carefully.
A knitting needle makes a good
tool to smooth the corners of the
lips, or use one of your clay tools
or any other smooth-tipped tool
you have around the house/studio.
Very gently press the eyes, mouth,
and hair to the head. You may
have to carve o the backs of the
eyeballs with your clay blade or a
knife to make them fi t in the eye
sockets properly.
If you plan to add earrin ...