There are only hours to go until everyone's favourite holiday - New Year. A new year is not just the beginning of the calendar year, it is new hopes, successes and victories! We want to share with you our successes in 2022, because thanks to all of you we are developing and striving to become better! In April 2022, we held the VIII International ...

We are proud to present an interview with puppetry legend Laura Scattolini. Summer is over Fans of her work will also be interested to know that Laura has agreed to be a jury member for the Gaudir competition in 2023. Apple Pie Laura, tell us how long have you been making dolls and how did you come to this? It's hard for me to establish when I've been making dolls... ... ...

Artist, doll maker Sylvia Weser was born and lived in Germany. Her dolls have many awards - the best doll in Europe, awards in several Eurodoll nominations. Even in her youth she was interested in art and took up painting and sculpture. Her love for dolls started with collecting. When Sylvia made her first clay and plasticine dolls she realised that ...

XIII Moscow International Exhibition ART OF THE PUPPET 9-11 December 2022 Gostiny Dvor, 4 Ilyinka Str. The exhibition is organized by the Cultural Foundation "WORLD CUPPETS" Website: artkukly.rf The universe of archaic and the archaic meta-universe. The exhibition of 2022 will go down in history as an event of a planetary scale - the demonstration to the general public of the world's first neural network puppets! Why is this presentation unique and super-sensational? We are all ...

Julien Martinez is a contemporary French artist, a graduate of the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, specialising in sculpture, miniature, design and incarnation of Blythe, Pullip, Dal, Toffee, BJD and antique dolls. The Bordeaux-born artist has a knack for creating melancholy characters with red eyes, disheveled hair and decadent clothing; blending aristocratic and country life in 19th century France to reflect the loneliness of human ...

Lesley Gail Keeble works with self-curing clay and paper papier-mache and gives textiles a major role in the creation of her dolls. Her dolls are far from the academic norms of plastic anatomy, but they are all the more lively and welcoming to the viewer. The creator moves forward without looking back, he ignores the opinion of critics and vain "philosophers", putting above all the process of creation and immersion...

The author of the doll "Sophie mold Roxy202201" Shvartsman Inna - a member of the professional union of authors of artistic dolls UNIDIA Movable articulated doll. The work is made in a single copy. Materials: polyurethane, Angora goat. 35,5 cm @schvartsman.dolls  

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 ...

Kate Church graduated from the American Institute of Puppet Artists with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Kate describes her work as sculptural-puppetry, and this is particularly evident in the series of pieces she created for Cirque du Soleil, which have sold worldwide. The delicate and delicate work with textiles deserves special attention. How easily and effortlessly the author plays with paper and cotton thread, ...

Irina Cherepanova, a talented master and creator of the "Kingdom of White Nights and Lingonberry Fields", is a guest of The Daily Doll. Irina travels the world with her works and decorates many international exhibitions and festivals of author's dolls. Her dolls are amazing! Magic characters immerse us in a fairy-tale world, where each character has its own story. Today Irina will tell us ...