


The dolls are NOT toys! They must be handled carefully and not given to children.
In particular you must not bend any of the joints laterally as they would be easily damaged.



The dolls are all made from a selection of wood. I can vary the choice of wood on
the character dolls to suit the dancing style you may prefer for them. For example
Jack is made from willow. He is very light and nimble and is therefore good at keeping
up a fast pace. Clive I made from beech and he is much heavier and therefore sluggish
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The more basic dolls such as Jollity and Coster are made from a mix of utile and oak. This ensures they have a good ring sound and are hard wearing.
The Kipper dolls are made from a mix of piranha pine, utile, and oak. The hard piranha smoothes down well to provide a good surface to show off the Kipper tie!
Henery and Funniful dolls are completely turned on a lathe and the body is made of willow to keep him light.
The joints on the Jollity, Coster, and Kipper dolls are made of wood. On the more expensive dolls they are made of brass. Obviously the brass joints will last a lot longer than the wooden ones. They also make the dolls louder.
Most dolls are painted with acrylic paint and then varnished with polyurethane. This provides a hard durable finish. I can paint the character dolls using oil based paints. This results in a smoother finish, but takes much longer.
The boards as supplied are exterior ply wood which has been painted with floor grade polyurethane to increase their durability.
I can supply solid wood boards to order at £20 extra. These are much tougher, and produce a clearer ringing sound when being danced upon.
Where to begin?
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/default.php
