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Susan is in the business of
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* The kids get to eat mistakes of area crafts enthusiast
making apple head dolls. If
her knife slips and a nose is
lopped off, then her sons get
to share a juicy Delicious
apple.
Susan, who lives south of
Exeter at RR 1 Centralia has
been making the apple head
dolls for almost four years.
She buys big, crisp Delicious
apples for the project.
Because it is important that
the apples be fresh and hard,
she only buys a few at a time.
She likes to buy big apples,
because they shrink to about
half the size by the time the
head is dry.
Susan peels the apple and
then uses a paring knife to
carve the face. The head is
squared off first to make the
chin and forehead. Then the
nose is carved, The features
are exaggerated and very
prominent because they
shrink so much as the apple
dries. Susan uses lemon
juice and salt to keep the
apple from turning brown as
she works with it,
Ears are carved if Susan
thinks that it will be a short
haired doll. But in most
cases the dolls wear hair or
hats that cover their ears.
It is amazing how the
squared-off, newly carved
face looks nothing like the
finished dried face.
Once she is satisfied with
the face, Susan cores the
apple. Then she runs a string
through the hole and hangs
the apple up to dry. Susan
finds that a sunny window is
the best place to dry the
heads.
She spends about a half
hour carving a face. Susan
says that she can do three in
an afternoon.
It takes about two weeks of
hanging before the head is
dry. During the two weeks,
Susan will check on the
face's progress. She will
pinch the cheeks to form
them, or shape the smile as
the wrinkles appear in the
head.
As the face dries, Susan
says that they develop a
personality. Until this stage,
she hasn't decided if she is
making a man or a woman.
Susan puts little beads in
between the wrinkles for
eyes, and then she uses
poster paint to put some pink
colour into their cheeks and
lips. When she's finally
satisfied with the apple head,
she coats it with a low lustre
varnish. No two apples turn
out the same; some are
browner than others, some
wrinkle more than others.
Most of her dolls are old
people because of the
wrinkled faces. Occasionally
she will have some faces that
wrinkle less thau others, and
these will become younger
versions.
Susan makes a stick man
of copper wire to form the
shape of the doll. The hollow
head sits on top of the wire,
Then she uses old flannelette
sheets that she's torn into
narrow strips to add padding
to the body. After the strips
of cloth are wrapped around
the copper wire, the doll
looks like an Egyptian
mummy. If she's making a
nice plump doll, Susan
simply adds more padding.
Scraps of material from
sewing are used to make the
doll clothes. Sheep's fleece is
glued on the apple heads for
hair,
In Susan's doll family
you'll find a carpenter, a
fisherman, a farmer and an
undertaker. The carpenter
wears an apron, complete
with a little wooden hammer
that Susan carved, The
fisherman sits on a barrel
and works on his net--some
knotted string that Susan put
together, And the undertaker
carries a basket of tiny dried
flowers.
Many of the dolls are
"Grandpas" and "Grand-
mas". The old women sit in
rocking chairs and knit on
tiny knitting needles, or they
sweep the floor with pioneer-
style brooms. Susan once
made a doll with an old, box
camera on a tripod for her
father who is a
photographer,
She will make a doll for
any occupation. A friend
gave her arniniatureairplane
which was actually a
planter, and Susan made a
doll dressed like an old war
pilot to sit in the plane.
This time of year Santa
Claus dolls are favourites.
She has one Santa that sits in
a rocking chair and reads the
names of good children on
his long list. Another Santa
carries a heaVy pack of
parcels on his back.
Susan's family and friends
buy up miniatures which
Susan can use as "props" for
her dolls. Small carved
rocking chairs are useful in
displaying dolls,
When the doll is finished,
Susan glues and nails the doll
to a platform. The platforms
are usually wooden with felt
glued to the base.
Susan has been asked to do
demonstrations and give
talks on how her dolls are
made. As well, she has sold
her dolls at local craft sales,
and now a few store owners
are selling some,
If the old "an apple a day"
adage holds true, then Susan
should have the healthiest
family around,
THE INGREDIENTS — Before the doll is dressed, Susan McAllister's apple head dolls look
like Egyptian mummies, Copper wire is wrapped with strips of sheeting to make the doll. At
right is a Delicious apple and the faces after a two week wait. Susan also carves hands from
apple pieces.