Nicola Spencer, Fabric and mixed media., 1/3/2012. I recently bought an antique-style doll at a charity shop, with a porcelain face and intricately detailed dress – which gave me the idea of making a large, toddler sized doll – in a dress which was made in a similar style to that of the bought doll. I’ve kept the face painted white to retain a sense of ambiguity, and added a black veil to suggest mourning of some kind.