Dolls can be made of various materials, materials that can be used are fabric, leather, paper, fiber, clay (ceramic or porcelain), plastics, wood and others.
Fabric is a material which is more common in the manufacture of dolls. Lighter fabric, usually gentle and safe for children. Variations of color kainpun very diverse. Another advantage of the fabric is easy to create a variety of shapes using pattern. Fabric can be washed many times when stains. This type of material doll made of textile materials Rasfur ie, materials Velboa, Snail materials, ingredients and materials Yelvo Nylex.
1. Material Rasfur, characteristic of this material that has long soft bristles. Usually the price is relatively expensive, long feather determine price levels. The longer the bristle rasfur, the higher the price. Color choices are less varied. There are types of materials imported rasfur more subtle and dense feathers like a towel rather than local rasfur. Rasfur import more often found in products imported dolls, because the price is much more expensive.
Examples doll uses material Rasfur
2. Materials Velboa, characteristic of this material has shorter fur. The price is relatively cheaper and more varied color choice.
Examples doll uses material Velboa
3. Material Snail, characteristic of this type of material belonged rasfur material, but there are differences in texture, in which the material is contained snail-shaped pattern curly or resemble roses (roses snail materials). This material has a smooth and creamy texture. The choice of colors that are not held as many other types of materials.
Doll using Snail Materials
4. Material Yelvo, characteristic of this material similar to the material Velboa but smoother texture to the touch. These materials tend to be more elastic and more difficult in the process penjahitannya. Prices of these materials tend to be expensive.
Examples doll uses material Yelvo
5. Materials Nylex, characteristic of this material has thin hair and tend to be coarser than other types of materials. Rough texture and heat. Materials of this type has the cheapest price among others.
Doll using Nylex Materials
Material differences Snail, Rasfur, Velboa, Yelvo and Nylex
Textile material for the contents of dolls usually use Dacron material, this material is usually also for stuffing materials pillows or bolsters. The nature of dacron easily expands and soft when pressed.
Examples of Dacron
A scar fabric can be used as material to make dolls. Cloth used can be obtained from the patchwork former seamstress, and some even sold kilogram. Percapun make dolls with cloth dolls also need to adjust the model to be created by the number and breadth owned. Harmony of colors, patterns and fabric types usually depends on the creativity of the maker of the doll. Excess fabric sale is cheap because it is easy to come by, the following can use dacron stuffing dolls and rags were cut into small pieces.
Examples of use Fabrics Used Doll
Leather material looks similar to a textile sheet but thicker and the color does not sevariatif textiles. Leather can be obtained from animal skins of goats, cows, snakes, crocodiles and so on. The advantages of this material is rather rigid shape so that it can be formed into space as if it has a solid, but it can be smooth and shiny texture to show solid character.
Examples of uses leather Dolls
The paper used to make the dolls are Washi paper is a typical Japanese paper. This paper many kinds of motives and not thin but supple almost as rigid fabric. Excess making dolls of this paper is able to be obtained form the dress dolls such as by bending but stiff fabric, in addition to the wide variety of motifs and colors are also very much. How to make paper dolls are pretty cutting, sticking and folded the paper matches the desired pattern. The disadvantage is that if hit by hard objects can be deformed because it is made of paper, so it can not be moved about a lot.
Dolls made from Washi Paper
In addition to using Washi paper also can use plain paper, this paper may be wrapping paper or other stiff paper.
Dolls of materials Paper Gift
Fiber is a fiber that can be either natural fibers or artificial fibers. The fiber material is usually shaped spools of thread. The advantages of this material is able to make the texture itself by embroidered or woven. No rough fiber material and soft depending on the type of fiber used. The fiber material is usually made dolls fastened in a manner common or tied with a knot range.
Examples doll using Fiber Materials
Ceramic clay using basic materials. This material is easily formed when still wet because it is elastic. The dolls are made with clay base material can be burned to be a ceramic or pottery, but can also be burned with finished without using varnish.
Examples of using materials Clay Dolls
Use porcelain ceramic base material purified powder (grain finer) and glued with wax (wax). This material can be added to plastics to gain flexibility and a certain hardness. The advantages of porcelain that the results are more refined and more waterproof than ordinary ceramic. Shortage of porcelain is easily cracked and can leave spots if exposed to the dye.
Porcelain dolls using materials
Plastic materials for dolls are usually made in factories doll. Plastikpun material assortment. The advantages of this plastic material is durable not easily damaged if exposed to water but can be damaged if exposed to fire.
Examples doll using Plastic Materials
Wood materials can be made from any timber in accordance with the desired character of the wood (texture, color, shape, natural, fibers and others). The advantages of wood that is strong material. In the manufacturing process is usually formed by carved. Wooden doll used for other purposes are usually fitted with other materials. For example dolls for the purposes of puppet theater is equipped with ropes, nails, pengkait, and so forth.
Doll using Wood Materials
Other natural ingredients that can also be used in the manufacture of such material stuffed banana leaves, corn husk, straw, egg shells, fruit skins, seeds and much more. The advantages of natural materials is unique in shape and color and distinctive. The downside of this material is more easily damaged depends on the level of fragility owned.
Stuffed using natural ingredients Banana
