Meet Margarita Dadykina @margarita_dadykina_artdolls:
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— Я родилась в Харькове в семье инженеров по строительству дорог. С двух лет и на протяжении всей жизни рисовала людей, но в семье это не считали серьезным занятием. Поэтому сначала меня отдали в специализированную школу при Харьковской консерватории по классу фортепиано (люблю петь), затем в заведения с углубленным изучением иностранных языков (люблю читать)… Прошло много лет, я стала переводчиком-синхронистом, почти забросила рисование, вышла замуж.
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And then they appeared ... dolls ...
I have always had a deep interest in art in all forms: painting, sculpture, illustrations. Apparently, observation and workaholism served me well in this endeavor. Since childhood, reading books, legends, looking at magnificent paintings, for some reason I dreamed about a tangible three-dimensional image, I wanted a doll like from a picture. But then I could not even imagine that someday I would be able to create it with my own hands ...
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A miracle happened when I had long forgotten my dream ... On the Internet, I came across a small article about creating dolls from polymer clay, and, as a result, a week later I had a long awkwardness, but with a claim and the name of an English lady: Mary-Jane.
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I plunged into the world of puppetry with my head. In 2015, I really found myself. The dolls gave me self-confidence, which I have lacked all my life. Yes, I can doubt: in my knowledge, skills, in the fidelity of the chosen image, pose, color, but I am sure that now I am not an empty phrase, not a one-day butterfly: my dolls do not leave you indifferent. And this is where I stay.
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In the world of dolls, I was captivated by the works of Guli Alekseeva, Natasha Pobedina, Yana Solovieva, Evgenia Zaretskaya. I immediately set myself a high bar and slowly overcome step by step on the way to it ...
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Now the most difficult stage for me is the costume. But when you see your mistakes, listen to reasonable and positive criticism (I appreciate clever criticism), then with each doll you get closer to that ideal image that you see in your head ....
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Dolls wake me up at night, they pulsate in my brain, develop, acquire flesh, symbols and details. I really love working with a double bottom, new readings of famous stories, when the author shares his inner life, when you can unravel symbols and hidden connotations.

I can't stand plagiarism and stamps in dolls. I believe that you need to enter art only with thoughts and ideas, and if there are none, then you can easily find yourself in some other creativity.
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I seek inspiration in ancient legends, history, literature, often in music, from rock to classical operas. I try to make my dolls tell stories.
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I wholeheartedly support the exit of the author's art doll to the level of art. And then, as in any form of art, the whole kaleidoscope of events and feelings of the real and surreal worlds should be present in the puppet world.
Я мечтаю о просвещенным зрителе, который не спрашивает: «а почему куколка грустная?», а думает, анализирует и учится сопереживать. Почему-то никому не приходит в голову спросить почему грустна «Царевна-лебедь» Врубеля или почему у романов Достоевского такие печальные сюжеты. Все просто: это искусство и оно призвано развивать, очищать и лечить душу, учить человека быть человеком.
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Hope most of my dolls are about this, at least that's my goal.