INAMORATI DOLL INFORMATION
- emilia
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min read
Updated: Feb 17
Inamorati dolls are hand sculpted 16" art dolls with 25 points of articulation. There is a female Inamorata doll, a male Inamorato doll and a possibility of mixing the parts to reflect any gender representation. They are lovingly hand made to order in Japan by Finnish doll artists Emilia Nieminen. Dolls can be bought (during preorders) as blank sculptures or painted One-Of-A-Kind dolls.
*The doll on the left is Inamorata 4.0. There have been tiny changes to sculpture and joint mechanics in the new 5.0, but they do not affect measurements.
*The height is measured here with standard feet that come with the doll: the boy in flat feet and the girl in high heels. Naturally the feet affect height, tallest being the ballet on pointe.
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE
The doll prototype hand sculpted by Emilia Nieminen, and cast in extremely limited quantities (30 dolls annually, 5 dolls per resin tone) from high quality polyurethane resin. The resin was specially developed to have translucency that mimics human skin: eyelids and ears turn translucent and red against back light.
ARTICULATION
The doll has 25 points of articulation, including double joints in elbows and knees, allowing their hands to touch shoulders and kneeling in Japanese seiza sitting position. Most of the joints are specially developed and unique to Inamorati, such as the hip joints without the common front slits. Since Inamorati joints differ from the main stream dolls they move and pose a little differently (see a video to discover all the hidden features) such as the double elbow joint.
AESTHETIC
The Inamorata aesthetic is fit and healthy, inspired by ballet dancers, showing beautiful lean muscles without looking anorexic. In addition to muscle definition there is extensive sculptural detail in skin texture, veins, tendons and wrinkles. The silicone moulds used to cast these art dolls can only be used a 5 times to capture all the detail, hence the limited quantities, and higher price of the sculpture.
HEAD SCULPTS (16 newest first)
Note that I re-sculpt the heads between each casting to keep the looks fresh. Due to the limited casting numbers most Inamorata dolls are sculpturally unique. Some faces are too perfect to touch so they remain the same.
Wututu (African sculpt inspired by Lupita Nyongo) - NEW
Taro (Asian boy with a knowing smile) - NEW
Giovanni (Italian boy with a naughty smirk) - NEW
Ncuti (African boy with many inspiration sources) - NEW
Orlando (Androgynous sculpt inspired by Tilda Swinton) - NEW
Harper (Androgynous sculpt inspired by Hunter Schafer) - updated
Nora (Mature sculpt inspired by Gillian Andersson) - updated
Zen (Inspired by Zendaya ) - updated
Lorelei (Smiling sculpt inspired by smiling Marilyn Monroe) - updated
Elizabeth (Mature sculpt inspired by Cate Blanchett) - updated
Akech (Grumpy young African sculpt with many origins) - same
Sura (Versatile pouty sculpt with many origins) - 3.0 revival
Shani (Open mouthed sculpt inspired by Natalie Portman) - same
Alita (Open mouthed sculpt inspired by Lara Stone and Sofia Boutella) - updated
Nsia (Closed mouth serene sculpt inspired by Indya Moore) - same
Chie (Open mouth Asian sculpt with many origins) - 3.0 revival with parted lips
RESIN COLOURS
Ice (translucent resin with frosty white hue)
Milk (super pale with a cold pinkish hue of fresh skimmed milk)
Latte (pale warm hue of honey glazed almonds or milk tea)
Caramel (toasty tan with a warm honey glow of salt water taffy)
Chocolate (warm mid tone brown of delicious milk chocolate)
Coffee (richly deep brown of freshly coffee toasted beans)
Charcoal (ink black)
Mint (cold hue of mint ice-cream)
Each preorder will feature a different selection of resin tones. These are selected by voting on social media, so join our Facebook community to cast you vote. Speciality tones can be cast individually for extra costs of 200usd but the 50% deposit must be placed and deposit paid before the preorder.
BUST & NECK OPTIONS (5)
The 5 bust options include Flat chest, S bust, M bust, L bust and a Beauty Bust (M bust with solid neck) that can be used to create different body types. For neck sculpture, you can choose between Solid neck (Beauty Bust) for those who prefer clean sculptural beauty, Classic 3 piece jointed neck for maximum poseability, and two new jointed alternatives: Muscular neck for more masculine look and Mature (wrinkle textured) to compliment mature head sculpts.
LOWER TORSO & "NETHER REGIONS"
Inamorata dolls come with wide hips with narrow waist; Inamorato male dolls with narrow hips with a magnet attachment for exchangeable penis parts. These are exchangeable and have 3 alternative sculpts. There is a mannequin style "Packer" best worn under clothes and for those who like the Ken doll look and is. There are also two anatomically correct alternatives, "Flaccid" and "Erect" sold separately. You can also build your own non binary doll by mixing and matching parts like narrow hips without magnet, or request to install a magnet to the wide hip part. Or glue one penis option permanently on your doll by if you prefer not to deal with magnets. Scroll the gallery below to see the "not safe for work" parts.
FEET
High Heeled (super high arched feet straining in teetering heels)
Ballet feet (ballerina's feet showing all the strain of standing on pointe)
Flats (relaxed feet great for free posing and flat shoes)
Feet sculpts now come in two sizes: Inamorata small feet (similar size to Sybarites, Numina, KD... ) and Inamorato large feet (similar size to Pashapasha mini, Popovy dolls...). You can pick which you prefer for your doll or can buy the new larger feet separately to upgrade your older dolls to the larger feet system if you want them to share shoes with Pashapasha mini etc. The grey prototype photos below shoes the details on the 3 new large feet sculpts. READ ABOUT SHOES HERE>>>
HANDS AND GLOVES (Hand options at shop)
Ballet hands (standard pair for Inamorata)
Grabby hands (for holding objects from the makeup and gun accessory set)
Long nailed (elegant and spidery claws for those who enjoy super long nails)
Signing hands (retired)
Driving gloves (sexy textured gloves with bared fingers and knuckles)
Full gloves (textured gloves perfect for making long opera gloves)
INAMORATO (larger masculine hands. Standard pair for Inamorato) NEW!
FOREARMS
Inamorato doll has new more muscular and veiny forearm option. You can choose either Inamorato veiny forearms or Inamorata smooth forearms for your non binary doll.
EYES
Inamorata uses 10mm exchangeable resin eyeballs and has option of 2mm realistic and 3mm cartoonish iris sizes. The iris is sculpted into a concave textured cup that can be painted in extremely lifelike manner. Eyes are included in the doll (blank eyes with blank dolls, painted with OOAKs), but you can buy extra eyes if you want more colour options. Each eye is hand painted to order, so you can request any colour you wish.
GENERATIONAL COMPARISON
Inamorata dolls date back to first hand sculpted 16" version from 2012 and even earlier 12" version from 2007. If you want to compare the generations, their joints and measurements, read the article here>>>.
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