What Is A Reborn?
A Doll That Looks Astonishingly Like A Real Baby
The hobby of creating reborn baby dolls began in the early 1990s when doll enthusiasts wanted more realistic dolls. Since then, an industry and community surrounding reborn dolls has emerged.
Today, reborns are sculpted out of clay by an artist. The sculptured baby is sent to the factory to make it into vinyl. Some reborns are made using 3-D Printing. Real life baby's are scanned and then the final 'print' is sent to the factory to make it into vinyl. An artist paints the vinyl blank kit, and it is astonishing the realism some can create!
Full body silicone reborns are becoming more and more popular among collectors. Because each silicone reborn has to be cast individually, in the same mold each time, there are far less of any one sculpt. This makes silicone reborns price point in the thousands if you want to purchase.