In kindergarten, Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor drew a yellow blob with an orange triangle on a white piece of paper. Her classmates crowded around her when they saw a little duckling in the blob. More than four decades later, Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor said that moment changed her. It helped her develop as an artist. Over the years, her work has grown in scale and has begun to include a variety of ...

Cristina Cordova is an American-born Puerto Rican sculptor working and living in Penland, North Carolina. Cristina Cordova received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. In 2002, she enrolled in a three-year artist residency programme at the Penland ...

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, sisters of various French convents began dressing dolls in religious costumes. However, a nun doll from an earlier period is available at antique auctions, which offer examples in religious garb from the mid and even early 18th century.Catholic communities in major cities sent specially purchased inexpensive dolls to remote convents with instructions and ...

Miniature painting has a long history in Japan. The technology has been around for thousands of years. Some of the most common examples include bonsai trees, objects symbolising technological progress, and even mobile phones. Following this trend, Japanese artist Kiyomi (aka Chiisana Shiawase) is showcasing her own collection of handmade miniatures. These days, artists can miniaturise anything. Kiyomi has breathed new ...

Martha Boers is a talented doll artist with a multitude of different techniques. She has gained international recognition as part of the Martha & Marianne doll making team, and her new solo work continues to surprise and win awards. Martha Boers was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada at the age of 5. Three years later, Marianne was born. The two girls grew up ...

Tatiana Baeva is a master of art dolls, a member of the National Institute of American Doll Artists NIADA. - For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed drawing, gluing and modelling, but most of all I have been interested in creating doll-like objects. One day at school we had a writing assignment 'What I would like to do when I grow up'. I wrote that I would like to work at a ...

European Patchwork Meeting & Textile Arts 14-16 September 2023, Val d'Argent, Alsace, France The history of the European Patchwork Meeting dates back to 1993, when the French Association of Anabaptism and Mennonite History organised a 300th anniversary celebration in Saint-Marie-aux-Mines, the cradle of the Amish movement. The European Patchwork Meeting is the leading cultural event on the European continent. Each year ...

During the pandemic, the world famous fashion house MOSCHINO held a show of the 2021 clothing collection with the help of puppets! Jeremy Scott hosted the MOSCHINO show as a puppeteer. Doll models in couture outfits walked in front of the puppet guests. According to the designer, he wanted to give his fans the opportunity to distract themselves from everyday reality and immerse themselves in the world of fairy tales. He succeeded! ...

96th Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2023 6 - 8 September 2023 Tokyo International Gift Show (TIGS) is Japan's largest international trade exhibition showcasing gifts, consumer goods and decorative accessories. Founded in 1976, it is held semi-annually, every spring and autumn, in Japan's ultra-modern Tokyo ...

Anya Anderson is an artist, art doll maker, and a member of the National Institute of American Dollmakers NIADA. For me, making dolls is art, self-expression. It is my view of the world, my fantasies and my experience in the art form of a little person. Art has always been in Anya Anderson's life - mostly painting. She attended an art studio as a child and then ...