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Transcript for Kim NishimotoOkay, the first thing I do is take six corn husks and I lay them flat together, with all the wide ends on top and all the thin ends on the bottom. And I just kind of scrunch them together. I tie them with artificial sinew. Then, you're going to take some corn husk and just wrap it around here to make your head thicker, a more rounded head. And then, you're going to take these corn husks and fold them over the top of them. That's what forms the head of the doll. Right now, all I'm doing is wrapping the arm up. All you do is take strips of corn husk and just wrap it like an ace bandage. The entire doll is made out of corn husk. The corn husk were used for making corn husk dolls. And the corn husk dolls are made for children to play with, traditionally. Right now, I'm making the legs. And the legs are made very similar to the arms. You just take a corn husk, and you're going to put the leg on top of it. And you have to wrap it inside. This is going to make a foot. And then, you just fold the husk. It's a pretty big foot. Hmm, I'm hoping that looks right, like a person. There, that's the finished doll. I'll just have to wait for it to dry.
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