Although the lute appears to be oversized, it is in scale with those depicted in Renaissance paintings. It took two days and five prototypes to create a working pattern for it. The fabric is polyester with top stitching to suggest the strings. The flat surface of its face is created with a stabilizing layer of acid-free matboard. While packing it for the meeting when it was due, I glanced outside and saw an elderly man with a cane, the very image of my doll, walking up the street.
Experimentation is great fuel for creativity.
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