"For as long as I can remember, I have been drawing everywhere. I wanted to study fashion design, but became a railway engineer". Ima Naroditskaya was passionate about ballet, sports, literature, attended a painting studio and then a theatre studio where marionette puppets were the actors from her childhood. Her parents felt that the profession should be a serious one, so Ima graduated from the Railway Transport Institute. While working in her profession, Ima ...

The Union of Cultures Creative Association, with the support of the V.V. Mayakovsky Centre for Art and Music of the Central State Pedagogical Library, presents the Christmas exhibition "Reflection of a Star" as part of the Festival "Christmas Mystery". As part of the Christmas Mystery Festival, the Union of Cultures Creative Association presents the Christmas exhibition Reflections of the Star. The Star of Bethlehem, symbol of the birth of Christ, faith and hope in the miracle of Christmas, lives in the soul of every person. The reflection of this light can be seen in a child's humble drawing and in the work of a mature artist.

The 2nd International Festival "Christmas Lights" of the creative association "Union of Cultures" with the support of the State Historical and Art Palace and Park Museum-Reserve "Gatchina" presents the exposition "Christmas in the castle of the Knights' Palace" This annual cultural event gives everyone, regardless of age and religious confession, the opportunity to join the centuries-old tradition of celebrating Christmas. The Priory Palace Chapel welcomes not only the traditional characters of the Nativity ...

Today we will tell you about Svetlana Gevorkyan's beautiful VOGUE VINTAGE doll collection "Svetlana has taken on the difficult task of "reviving" the iconic VOGUE magazine covers, drawn by George Plank. And she succeeded magnificently!" - Testimonial by fashion historian Tatiana Nagorskikh. VOGUE magazine is one of the most authoritative publications in the fashion world. Founded in 1891 by Arthur Tournour, the publication was ...

In this video I will show you how to make a Santa or Gnome out of the materials. You have a lovely miniature Christmas tree based on a deodorant ball (or ping-pong ball). Materials and tools: Deodorant ball Tin foil Tin foil Threads PVA Glue Thermoclay Paper napkins Acrylic paint Scissors Needlepoint Pencil Brushes Pliers Pliers Needle-nose pliers Enjoy your creativity! Material ...

Beatrice Perini was born in Venice, Italy (1958). She graduated from the Accademia delle Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) and received a higher art education. For six years Beatrice studied and worked in the studio of the great Italian artist Emilio Vedova. In 1984, the young Beatrice set up a small workshop shop called Bambolandia (World of Dolls), where she began creating her characters, engravings, drawings and papier-mache masks ...

In St. Petersburg, from 26 November to 5 December 2021, the first exhibition of Idol dolls - Continuing Traditions and Modernity - took place, which promises to become an annual event. The event was organised by the Bridges puppet artists' association. The exhibition featured works by artists from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Cherepovets, Vladivostok, Murmansk... and even Germany, which allows us to call the event "international". More than 80 exhibits decorated the gallery space of the Centre of Books and ...

The Doll's Time exhibition is now in its 27th year and needs no introduction. Today we will tell you about our new projects, which are eagerly awaited by viewers and fans of art dolls. This time we have prepared a programme museum project - "Museum of Supernatural History", with artists from Russia, the USA, the UK, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Cyprus. ...

In this video I will show you how to make a snowman using the primed textile technique. Materials and tools: Calico String String sewing Hollofiber (sintepon) Wire Baking Polymer Clay Lace Capron PVA Glue "Moment" Paint acrylic (red, green, white, yellow, black, black pearl, gold) Brushes Pencil Scissors Pliers Needle sewing needle Needle Sewing Needle Enjoy Creativity! Material was prepared by Tiunova Alexandra ...

A unique Christmas exhibition of Alexandra Kukinova's dolls 'Other Shores' has opened in the Museum-apartment of V. V. A unique Christmas exhibition of Alexandra Kukinova's dolls "Other Shores" opened at the Nabokov Museum-Apartment in St. Petersburg. The exhibition features exquisite artistic porcelain dolls. The exhibition is unique in many ways. For the first time in a long time we have the opportunity to see more than ten works of the artist in the atmosphere of the halls of the great writer's house. The characters are all historically accurate and their craftsmanship is second to none. The pictures presented ...