I began this doll as part of a blog challenge - and at the time, felt like I needed someone/thing to pour my angst and negative energies into. As I crafted his porcelain body parts, and then constructed his body, I was quite tickled by his cosmopolitan demeanor. Who can be irritated after talking with this dapper fellow?

Head, hands and feet are constructed from porcelain clay, have been glazed and fired to cone 6 (2232 degrees F) in an electric kiln. The body and clothing have been sewn using a sewing machine and no pattern. His eyes are glass beads. He sports black trousers, a purple scarf and a pink smoking jacket with a belt. He enjoys lounging on my piano with a dry martini nearby. I often find my daughter's Barbies crowding around him....