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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Maybe baby – in pictures

Fake babies: Fake babies
A 'baby shower' – a common event at shows and conventions. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
A doll with hair partially rooted. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
The larger 'sculpts' are lifesize, the smaller ones are miniature for display. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
A class teaching how to root hair into the dolls’ heads. It is a difficult skill to master Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
One doll with a removable umbilical cord – it is a­ttached with a magnet. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
Min Li, a UK-based ­Reborn maker with her ­favourite creation. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
A doll in a plane’s overhead locker. Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
Fake babies: Fake babies
Claire Hughes at work in her UK studio.

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Photograph: Rebecca Martinez
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