Who are we? Why are we who we are? Who or what makes us like this? Where do our roots go and where do we stand? At certain moments in life, a thinking person asks himself such questions. By personal example, I will allow myself to speculate and try to give answers to these questions. It is known that in each of ...

International Day of Humor When is it? April Fools 'Day or April Fools' Day is a fun holiday celebrated around the world on April 1st. On this day, it is customary to play pranks on relatives, friends and just acquaintances, cheerfully making fun of them. The origins of the holiday Where this tradition comes from, from France, England, Mexico or Sweden - a mystery shrouded in the darkness of obscurity. One version ...

Briefly about the main thing. The beginning of the image. Each time, starting to create a new doll, the most important task arises before me - to embody this or that image in such a way as to convey the character and spirit of not only the character, but also the era to which he or she belongs. To do this, I try to study the subject of the costume as deeply as possible. First, it's terribly interesting and ...

When the International Day of Puppetry, or World Puppetry Day, is celebrated, the whole world has celebrated in early spring, March 21, since 2003. History of the holiday The history of the holiday began in 2000 at the XVIII Congress of the International Union of Puppet Theater Workers (Union Internationale de la Marionnette, UNIMA) in Magdeburg. Exactly ...

White gold. White gold, as porcelain is called in China. The history of the origin of porcelain goes back millennia, but it is still shrouded in mystery, and in value it really comes close to precious metals. For a considerable time, the production of porcelain was almost the most important state secret, for the disclosure of which the death penalty was threatened. But there are fewer people who want to know the secret of porcelain from this ...

 Foreword. Historical notes. Once, very long ago, at the dawn of mankind, one primitive man, strange in the eyes of his fellow tribesmen, took a wand in his hands. I attached a bunch of grass to it, wrapped it all with the veins of a dead rhinoceros and painted it with white clay. The tribesmen, who watched all this with interest, respectfully named him a shaman. ...

   Illustration as inspiration ... While still a student at the Ryazan Art School named after G.K. Wagner many years ago, it was a pleasant discovery for me that Pyotr Mikhailovich Boklevsky, an illustrator, was born, worked and was buried on the Ryazan land. The greatest Master of drawing and watercolors, a subtle and sensitive artist, deep, straightforward (and therefore with a complex character), ...

 (Other, strange dolls). ... Why do you make such scary dolls? .. You can often hear the question of an inexperienced viewer who is ready to accept understandable standards of beauty with joy. Where does so many authors want to create imperfect and sometimes terrifying characters? Reflecting on this topic comes the understanding that in the world in which we live, along with undoubted beauty and attractiveness, ...

Collar of the XVI-XVII centuries. Story. Sewing master class. My name is Olga Sidorova. And I make porcelain dolls in historical costumes. The costumes on my dolls are detachable, made according to restored old patterns. Before starting work, I carefully study the information, look at the paintings, read the publications of professionals so that the costume is as similar to the original as possible. I bring to your attention a story about ...

What a holiday - New Year! New Year is undoubtedly a universal holiday, because in one way or another every nation has it. True, not for everyone, it comes on January 1. There are countries where New Year is considered a holiday of spring (by the way, it was once so in Russia). Somewhere New Year is celebrated at the end of the rainy season. Many Muslim countries ...