Continuing the conversation about alternative dolls, let's get acquainted with the work of the charismatic master Denise Bledsoe Denise Bledsoe calls her works “funny, harmless and bizarre”. The artist lives and works in Southern California (USA) Denise writes about himself: I have been doing art since childhood. As soon as I began to realize myself, I did not spend a single day without pencils, a pen and ...

Meet the Puppet Master, Anne Marie Gibbons Continuing the conversation about alternative dolls, let's pay attention to works that certainly do not leave anyone indifferent. It seems that these piercing eyes look straight into your soul ... Anne Marie received her art education in New York, United States of America. From early childhood, she had an enthusiastic love for dolls ...

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 ...

Continuation of the Scary Dolls theme. The word Ugliness has several meanings. Now I rather mean hooliganism, a game, and not Ugliness. The dolls of the authors presented here are beautiful! For me, of course, there is no dispute about tastes. We buy dolls emotionally. After all, they touch something in the heart, we begin to empathize and sympathize. You had such that you look at ...

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, ...

"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 ...

“Before becoming a sculptor, I worked for the Hong Kong Police for 13 years” ... or babies in museum display cases ... In an article on alternative dolls, I touched on the work of a talented master from Hong Kong, Johnson Tsang. The artist's works, which clearly demonstrate the plastic properties of the material from which they are created, are an example of the author's talent and boundless imagination. Before us appear that beautiful frozen ...

 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. ...

 (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, ...