Byers' Choice Carolers - SPELL - Kindles

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Item Details Name: SpellItem No: N/A About the Carolers: Each Caroler is created in the Byers' Pennsylvania workshop in Chalfont. Each Caroler begins with a coat hanger. This is cut and bent to form a wire frame. Plaster is hand poured on a table, with the coat hanger placed in the plaster before it dries. After the plaster hardens, it is painted with a specific color of green. The body is then sculpted with tissue paper. Joyce sculpts every original head, from which plaster molds are poured. Clay is then pressed into the plaster molds. As the clay is removed from the mold, it gets slightly distorted. The artisan "cleans up" the head ensuring that each one is unique. After the clay dries, the head receives a coat of flesh colored paint, and then the features are added. Each artisan uses an impressionistic technique to bring life to each face. No two are exactly alike! Joyce designs every outfit worn by the Carolers. She has hundreds of different fabrics, ribbons, and laces available to be mixed in various combinations to create the Holiday Carolers. There will only be 100 sets of any design cut to send to our dressing department. Dressers will take the body, head and clothes to combine the parts into a unique handcrafted Caroler. By changing the posing, or adjusting the draping of the clothes, a dresser adds life and personality read more