Graceful Perfection
Today we will talk about the art doll master Natalia Lopusova-Tomskaya.
Seeing the artist's works, you are amazed at the elegance and impeccability of their execution. An inexperienced viewer will not immediately determine what material they are made of: porcelain, wood, bone?
Natalia's works amaze with the harmony of elongated proportions, smoothly curving, "flowing" lines.
The future artist was born and raised in Moscow. While still at school, I became interested in creating dolls from plasticine. The girl attached great importance to their mobility.
After graduating from school, Natalia went to work in the workshop of the Central Puppet Theater. S.V. Obraztsova. Later she graduated from the Textile Institute. Kosygin, Faculty of Applied Arts, where she studied painting, composition, design, the ability to create and paint fabrics, the world history of costume.
Working in the theater, Natalia learned to create movable papier-mâché dolls for theatrical performances and cartoons.
Information sheet:
- Natalia Lopusova-Tomskaya is an artist, a master of artistic dolls, a member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
- Member of the theatrical section of the Moscow Union of Artists.
- Since 1987 he has been teaching at the "Textile Composition" studio of the Moscow City Association of Craftsmen and Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts.
- Collaborates with the Elena Gromova Gallery, teaches at the Elena Gromova Doll Collection Studio Club.
- Participant of exhibitions of the Dollart.ru and ARTKUKLA projects.
- Diploma and gold, silver and bronze medals of the TSHR.
- Author of the book "Papier-mâché doll".
Papier-mâché by Lopusova-Tomskaya is not just building up layers of paper on paste. The artist works in a complex technique that requires painstaking and diligent work, in the process of many years of work and experiments, brought to perfection.
The artist's characters are fantasy creatures from other worlds, magic elves, circus people, sometimes associative images.
The works of the Master are recognizable. They are distinguished by delicate taste, impeccable delicate painting, exquisite monochrome images. Dolls are real works of art!
Natalia says:
- Making a doll is not a quick process; it takes months of painstaking work. But a doll made of well-made papier-mâché can even be launched into space, this material is so strong, durable and reliable.
- I am fascinated by the Art Nouveau style, here I draw creative ideas and inspiration.
I would especially like to draw your attention to the master's book “Doll from papier-mâché”.
Natalia generously shares her secrets.
Book written so vividly that it seems as if you are in a workshop, and the master's detailed and intelligible explanations are addressed specifically to you.
Students say:
- Natalia is a great, quivering and enthusiastic sorceress, with an amazing sense of form and color.
- When you look at the work of the master, you cannot see how light and airy their images are of the "painful" work.
- Natalia is not only an artist with a capital letter and an amazing puppet master. She is a wonderful and generous person, with magic hands, a kind and sweet sense of humor.
The author combines materials of various textures, lace and beads in a suit. The color scheme is almost monochrome or is based on a combination of similar colors, creating a feeling of overflow, play of shades.
The artist pays great attention to details and accessories. The dolls of the master are always complete images, with an individual character.
There is a feeling that they are alive and froze only for a moment!
Material prepared Ekaterina Moskalenko
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