Monday, November 26, 2012

The Art Of Doll Repairs And Restoration

By Patrice McCoy


A doll is a replication of an original piece. Being just a reproduction of the original objects, it does not have the capability to function like the actual object. Imitations are used majorly by children to give them the feeling like they own some people, cars, houses, trees as well as plants. Considering the nature of children, these dolls are likely to undergo damages hence require some repairs. Doll repairs and restoration can be done at home by an individual, where complex, they may need to be forwarded to reproduction repair firms for the same.

Usually, these reproductions are made of varying materials. This depends on the type of the doll, as well as the company involved in its manufacture. The imitations repair firms also work almost in a similar manner as the manufacturing firms. Just like the manufacturing firms, they have also specialized in their operations. Some repair firms purely deal in repairing metallic dolls, wooden, cotton and even rubber imitations. As such, a customer in need of repair services needs to identify the material of the doll in question, and then forward it to the appropriate firm.

The imitation repair institutions normally do business with the distorted dolls. This is done by exchanging damaged dolls with some other objects. They then perform repairs on the dolls till they appear as being original, after which they sell them afresh. Sometimes, the doll owners may not be willing to surrender the imitations for good, and may just want the repair services of their dolls from the firms. This service can also be offered by the firms, but usually in this case the owner pays for the service.

Specialization of these firms in terms of their operations has necessitated up to standard ownership of the required professionals and equipments. Imitation repair organizations dealing with the repair of metallic imitations have with them the most essential of their equipments which are furnaces necessary to generate the extremely high temperatures required for melting down the metallic dolls. These reproductions are then molded into the desired shapes and completed appropriately by paintings, drawings and polishing where necessary.

Firms that deal with the repair of wooden dolls are equipped with experienced and well trained carvers. These professionals carve the damaged dolls into their original shapes after which finishing services such as paintings and writings are done. These types of firms do not need much technology as compared to the metallic doll repair firms.

Cotton and other material imitations also are handled by firms specialized in such. These centers are also well equipped with the necessary material and people with skill. Cotton, other material, thread and strings are their equipment among others. Their work majorly involves creation and fixing of matching patches on the damaged areas of the imitations. Dolls damaged through burning, tearing or whichever way, provided their material is cotton have their repairs done in these firms.

Creativity, originality and innovation is also called for among the skills of the specialists working in these doll repair firms. This is majorly because apart from repairing the dolls, they occasionally are required to make original pieces or rather modified pieces of the original simulations undergoing repair. For any modification done on a doll of a client that is undergoing repair, an extra fee is charged.

Doll repairs and restoration has across the world in the recent days been considered an important aspect of art. This is because it majorly involves recycling of already existing materials. As such, pollution as well as cost has been cut down. As an art, it is by day being more adopted and embraced by many more countries across the world.




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