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    One of the most beautiful women of her time with a tragic fate. Living in luxury, possessing wealth and power, she had a delicate vulnerable soul. She appreciated freedom, wrote poetry, painted, loved horseback riding and travel. Being fabulously beautiful, she wanted to keep her youth longer. She carefully looked after herself: masks, lotions, special baths and physical exercises. Sissy's pride ...
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    Meet the eternal Halloween or the French author's Delightfully Scary Dolls. Continuing the conversation about alternative dolls, let's pay attention to the work of an eccentric master. Julian Martinez (JULIEN MARTINEZ) - a graduate of the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux, was born in 1970 in France. In 1996 he first presented his dolls at the international exhibition “Paris-Creation”, where he immediately achieved great success. Julian in ...
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    Meet the puppeteer Irina Linkova (Goryunova). It all started with a bookstore. Or, to be precise, from the stationery department located in it. There Irina caught sight of a bright package of polymer clay ... And then there was participation in the community of like-minded Dolls, in the "Live Journal", visiting doll exhibitions, meeting the masters. Irina Linkova (Goryunova) is an economist who has worked for 13 years in ...
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    Puppeteer-photographer As you know, we are puppeteers - multi-stationers. We have to resort to various fields of knowledge and applied arts in the process of creating a doll. You have to be a sculptor, seamstress, designer, photographer and even a designer of a passport for a doll. A lot has to learn from scratch. Some of the problems that arise cannot be resolved immediately. You have to either be content with little, or for a long time ...
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    Creating puppet portraits - I often fall in love with them! By definition, a “portrait doll” is a three-dimensional image, in a number of ways, similar to a specific person. When looking at such a doll, the resemblance should be immediately recognized. The emergence of portrait dolls dates back to ancient times. Often associated with the performance of certain cult and religious-magical tasks. Over time, the purpose of the dolls has changed and ...
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    Wood, fire and ancient folklore. Continuing the story about the authors of "Alternative Dolls", I would like to dwell in more detail on the work of the British master - Tach Pollard. The artist creates surreal heroes, stylized creatures - "Spirits of Nature", as the author himself calls them. Once you see Pollard's work, it is no longer possible to forget them. Peering into the faces, figures of the characters, you are amazed at the outlandish imagery. But, ...
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    Personal exhibition of Elena Babkina "GOGOL TYPES" On May 13, in Ryazan, in the MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF YOUTH MOVEMENT, an exhibition of doll sculpture "GOGOL TYPES", created based on illustrations by Pyotr Mikhailovich Boklevsky, was opened. The exposition is timed to coincide with the 205th anniversary of the birthday of the illustrator who lived in the Ryazan province in 1816-1897. We recall with pleasure the work of a worthy citizen of our homeland, who has done so much for ...
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    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-graphic department, she began to deal with dolls, since 2003. At first, these were theatrical puppets, then - author's, collection ones. Today I work in different directions: sculptural ...
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    “I put the craft at the foot of the art…” A.S. Pushkin. "Mozart and Salieri" Dear friends! In Herzliya, in the exhibition hall of the Arena canyon, there is an amazing and unique puppet exhibition “Arts and Crafts”. How is it remarkable? The one that opened right now, despite the rockets and sirens. The people have come, a lot of people! And they enjoy, and smile, and enjoy, and thank! ...
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    "My works are very personal, I immerse myself in my fantasies." Continuing to talk about the work of unique masters, from the article "Alternative dolls", I want to introduce you to the artist from America Dustin Poche (Dustin Poche '). Creating original images, the author is not like anyone else. Dustin received his art education at the Colorado Institute of the Arts, Denver, Russell, Kansas, USA. At first ...