Juliet Pelukh is a member of the NIADA International Association of Puppet Artists since 2019. She works with air-cured clays and creates mainly articulated dolls. Her work is full of delicate charm and the need to capture moments of elusive beauty and innocence. The artist prefers to use soft neutral tones in the doll's costume. And in this monochrome solution there are many exquisite finds: layered skirts, fine ...

The author of the doll "Moths of Time" Bozhchenko Irina Bozhchenko, Lugansk - member of the professional union of authors of art dolls UNIDIA "Life is fleeting, catch every moment. In the sky dancing, carelessly twirling Like a white flower. Light wings flapping above the ground like a moth. I'd like to live a carefree life like him above the flowers. Dancing in the sky, laughing jokingly and circling and circling..." Doll ...

Forest Rogers is an unrivalled master of Fantasy&Horror dolls. Her figurative sculptures seem incredibly realistic and evoke contradictory feelings. The sculptor has brought back wonderful memories from her childhood: for example, about how at the age of two or three years old she moulded a figure of a frog out of sand with her mother (there is even a photo of this moment on Rogers' official website). Or about the house ...

We bring to your attention an interview with Elisa Fenoglio - the winner of the IV season of the international virtual Gaudir author doll competition in the "Costume" category. Tell us, please, how long have you been making dolls and how did you come to it? Do you have a professional background or are you self-taught? From whom did you learn the art of puppetry? I have been making dolls for about ...

Here is an interview with Anna Terekhova, the winner of the IV season of the international virtual author doll competition Gaudir Anna, please tell us how long have you been working with dolls and how did you come to this? Do you have a professional background, or are you self-taught? - It all started when I was a child. My mother and grandmother taught me how to sew, and already at the age of 6...

Elena Artamonova with her work The Witch (on the cover) won the prize of the fourth season of the Gaudir contest in the Originality category. Here is an interview with the author. Tell us, please, how long have you been working with dolls and how did you come to this? Do you have a professional education or are you self-taught? I have been making dolls for as long as I can remember. I am a professional writer who has published more than ...

The author of the doll "Loving Owl" Maria de Jesus Rodriguez Flores - member of the professional union of authors of art dolls UNIDIA The work is made in a single copy. Mixed technique, felting, fabric modelling, cotton appliqués. 30 cm    

Svetlana Gladkikh is the winner in the expressiveness category in the fourth season of Gaudir. Her story is a clear example of how belief in oneself and the desire to develop, lead to victory even in such a difficult competition as Gaudir. Tell us, please, how long have you been puppeteering and how did you come to it? Do you have a professional background, or are you self-taught? Puppets ...

The III International Festival of Puppet Theatres "Baltic Puppetry", which started on 11 September 2022, continues. Puppet theatre is miniature magic and participants from Russia, Serbia and Israel surprise with their ideas. Original productions, on the stages of the Vyborg theatre "Holy Fortress", touch on many topics that will be of interest to audiences of all ages. As part of the festival, the play "The Happy Prince", directed by Philip ...

We present a new rubric "Premiere of a Doll". It is opened by Natalia Voronina's work "Don't Fly Away!" Natalia is a member of the professional union of doll artists Unidia. @silk_bird The work is made in a single copy. Viscose, sawdust, silk, textile, LaDoll. Painted in watercolour and oil. The stand is made of wood 30 cm.