Artistic image. Bears and company.
Meet Natalie Iunina.
Hello everyone, my name is Natalie. I live and work in Germany, in the city of Duisburg.
From early childhood, she began to show interest in art, especially drawing and painting.
Studying at the art and graphic department, she began to deal with dolls, since 2003. At first, these were theatrical puppets, then - author's, collection ones. In the meantime, there is no need to know about it. ”
Today I work in different directions: sculptural dolls, portrait, caricature, Teddy bears, naturalistic soft sculptures.
I am a member of the section of the Author's Art Doll of the Creative Union of Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts of Russia. ⠀
It was thanks to my own illustrations that I began to create my characters.
Reflecting on the theme of the artistic image, I come to the conclusion that it is extremely important for any character.
Looking into the encyclopedia, you can read that the Artistic Image is a phenomenon of reality creatively rethought by the author. A form of reflection of reality through art.
Our works are our reflection in a given period of time. Subsequently, they change, like our reality.
Sometimes you look at a character, like everything in him is good, and made neatly and the painting fits, but something is missing.
It is important to feel your work, to conduct an internal dialogue with it.
It often happens that way, you add a small touch in the form of a suitable accessory, and the work “comes to life”.
For me everyThe th character is not just a toy.
I love experimenting with new materials. My love is the dressed characters. They seem to have stepped out of book illustrations! Each hero tells his own story ...
It all starts with the birth of an idea, an image. Sometimes you sketch. Only then the construction of patterns, selection of fabrics, cutting and stitching of parts, printing ...
Only after the body is assembled does the magic begin - the creation of the character's facial expression. I love this moment!
When choosing fabrics and accessories, it is important to rely on the image of the character being created. I choose fabrics intuitively. It may seem strange, this is how it works for me - my characters lead me to the desired image.
It is important not to overdo it with decoration and stop in time.
This principle applies to everything: colors, textures and accessories. Too much can hurt the job and ruin the experience.
Of course, these skills don't come straight away. It takes time to develop them.
Developing, trying new techniques and directions in creativity, we are growing.
Look for what is close to you
Look for something that you can use in your work.
And one more piece of advice - look at nature, at the paintings of great artists, at the magical illustrations from children's books, all this incredibly inspires and helps to create new vivid images.
The material was prepared by Natalie Iunina.
Natalya, I am proud to meet you!