This year, October 20, PUPPET GALLERY Varvara Skripkina turned 18! The date is special - coming of age :)! In 2003 - the first and still permanent Gallery in the city! Always be nice to everyone! Suddenly it's an angel in disguise! I understood the meaning of this phrase when in 2003 I opened the first and only art gallery of author's ...

Dear friends, we are glad to inform you that very soon, 06.11.21, our online edition, the most popular magazine about art dolls Daily Doll News, turns one year old. We continue to follow the chosen unique concept: the concept of "Doll" goes beyond the usual framework and becomes a way of life in general. And today, we are proud to announce that the ranks of our readers are multiplying, popularity is increasing, and the culture of perception of art ...

On October 7, a unique exhibition of dolls and Teddy bears of the project of unification of puppeteers "Bridges", entitled "Time, forward!" The creative heritage of the Russian avant-garde has always been a source of inspiration for contemporary artists working in all fields of art - painting, graphics, architecture and arts and crafts. The masters of the Russian avant-garde have created an artistic language that they use ...

Where to get inspiration or who will help grow wings? We are all very different, and each sees the world in his own way. But, of course, we have something in common. We want to express what lives inside us, to tell about our vision of creativity and art - we can argue, or maybe find like-minded people and admirers. Where to get inspiration from? Today we address this question ...

DRAFT LETTER FROM LANCRE. CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY: "Little Free People" Dear friends, the Art of the Doll exhibition, which we have been preparing for so long, is getting closer, there are only two months left. SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED. We will definitely write to you and tell you how things are going with us in Ovtsepiki. See you soon! The material was prepared by Lyudmila Bulatnikova  

The idea of the Innocent Turnover project appeared in the early spring of 2020, when a note of bad excitement was already in the air. A group of artists wondered where they could find support and consolation. Of course, in the great Russian literature, which tells exactly about difficult and troubled times! We decided to make dolls and walk around the city with them when all quarantines and restrictions are lifted. ...

DRAFT LETTER FROM LANCRE. STORY CONTINUED: "Important DETAILS" Today I will tell you about Every Little Thing. When the whole World is created, even if it is Flat, without trifles, let's call them DETAILS, it is impossible to do. Each of our Heroes has their own preferences, their favorite ITEMS AND OBJECTS, their favorite drinks and food. But they all met on the CHEST, and it is necessary that ...

DRAFT LETTER FROM LANCRE. STORY CONTINUED: "NANY YAGG" Greetings to you from Ovtsepiki. Today I will tell you about NANY YAGG. However, better than the author, SIR TERRY PRATCHETT, no one will tell about this wonderful woman: “Most of the WITCH tend to settle away from prying eyes, covering the roof of shacks with Traditional straw and installing, at least, Traditional hooked pipes on them. ...

The images of the dolls come out of thin air. They come from the books I have read, the films I have watched, the emotions I have experienced ... I start work only when I see a clear image. I can wait for it for a long time: a month, half a year ... Sometimes a light sketch, which you doubt to show to people, will rather lead to a finished image than a solid, well-designed sketch. My images usually come at night or early ...

DRAFT LETTER FROM LANCRE. STORY CONTINUED: From Jesters to Kings (or the vicissitudes of fate) Greetings, dear friends. Today I will tell you about VERENCE, our brave Royal JOKE. This is what SIR TERRY PUTCHETT tells about his childhood, and who knows better ... - When at the age of six he decided to tell his grandfather an anecdote of his own composition, the anecdote said ...