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A pregnant, tattooed, porcelain doll.

It’s a work in progress: I’m still thinking about the head dress. I was so mentally fatigued from working on orders that I just had to make something else. A Tattoo Extreme magazine in Taipei is running a cover story on Enchanted Doll this month and I was hoping to finish this new doll in time for the August 10th deadline. But I don’t think I’m going to make it even if I send it to the publisher right now, because the issue is probably going to print as I write.

This piece, titled “State Property” is a part of the triptych composition of three dolls under a working tittle “The holy trinity of traditional womanhood”. And I don’t mean that in a good way. Well, this project is kind of loaded with gender politics symbolism, but I don’t want to talk about it just yet. This is just a peek. Chad and I will be making a gallery for her very shortly.

There you go, State Property-my first pregnant porcelain doll. I don’t know how I feel about her yet. And no, I’m not pregnant and plan to never be.
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State Property by ~Marina-B. "We're all used to porcelain dolls that look pretty, whether they're nude or wearing intricate and very ornamented clothes. Yet this doll is different, it bears a message that may be hard to swallow for the viewer, at the same time looking disturbingly beautiful. It's not the average doll one would buy for its looks, but for its artistic value and for the work and imagination the artist invested in it." Highly recommended that this be seen in fullview to see the details better, especially the tattooing and the eyes brimming with tears. ( Suggested by !Lumysaara and Featured by `Kitten-of-Woe )
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Mood: Love ~CyborgJanEyre Feb 15, 2012  Student General Artist
This is so emotional I love it
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~Alyssa-Fox Jan 4, 2012
The title and the look on her face make me imagine a whole story about a girl who is pregnant but is being forced to give her child up for adoption, thus the little one growing inside her is nothing more than the property of the state and she is merely a carrier...

She's so beautiful :)
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~Luciieee Dec 30, 2011  Student General Artist
amazing.

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LALALA
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Mood: Wow! ~delacroix3174 Dec 22, 2011
do you make the dolls or do you buy the dolls and you add all the makeup etc.

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HOBO KITTY
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~littleScarlettCat Oct 20, 2011
your dolls are creepy for me.. this one frightens me soo much.
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~bellalovelybones Oct 4, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
She is one of my favorites.
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~TLChan168 Jul 11, 2011
Hmmm she looks sad about her pregnancy like she made a mistake. Maybe should have gone through adoption? Anyway it is very pretty and the tattoo is gorgeous! I am too afraid to get a tattoo...
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~TehEmoPanda Jun 13, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
i love her eyes

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R.I.P Mommy ~12.27.2011~
You will be missed
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Don't forget me...
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Idon't hate you
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~svanhildmy May 6, 2011   Traditional Artist
Being pregnant is not the worst that can happen to a woman, soooo far from it, though I see several points in the title. The doll is beautiful:heart:

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All those days that came and went, not did we know that this was life itself.
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~emstheunitaur May 2, 2011
Terrifyingly beautiful.
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