“Oh, they’re fashioned of hard and dry marshmallows.”
“But how do you fashion the features?”
“I use an emery board to hollow out the depressions. I save all the powder that falls during this process and mix it with rouge and gently rub it into the cheeks for a bit of color.”
“Do they need a protective coating to keep them?”
“Yes, I learned by trial and error, for one doll was sent to India and the ants got at it, so I instructed them to send the head back to me and I’d make up another in exchange. The coating of shellac preserved it, even from the ants.”
“What’s this jewelry made of?”
“Some of it’s made of bubble gum. I neglected to coat it with a preservative when I first learned to fashion flowers from it, and one day in summer I could feel the earring lengthen, so I removed it to experiment with a coating of shellac, and it worked.”
“This Indian head looks like a wall plaque.”
“Yes, and it’s made of old bread.”
“Old bread? I usually feed mine to the birds.”