Rooting Ergonomics: How to Avoid Strain and Injury
Before you begin to micro-root your reborn baby doll, follow these tips for protecting your joints.
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Micro-rooting is the process of adding hair to a doll one strand at a time to create the appearance of hair growing out of the doll's scalp. A perfectly micro-rooted hairdo can take tens to over one hundred hours to create, putting the artist at risk of repetitive strain injury.
This course will apply the principles of ergonomics to the process of micro-rooting. By carefully adjusting your work space, posture and hands, you will reduce your risk of repetitive strain injury and protect your joints while rooting even faster!
Your Instructor
Kim Yerino, founder of CustomDollBaby.com, has been creating dolls all her life. As a child, she created plush dolls by stuffing cotton balls into her mom's pantyhose. She eventually graduated to crochet dolls and ceramics, now hand-crafting lifelike baby dolls in vinyl.
By sharing her love for doll-making on her blog and YouTube channel, Kim has built CustomDollBaby.com into a best-in-class tutorial library that has trained reborn doll artists around the globe.
Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son.