New Year's souvenir toys created according to the traditional patterns of folk crafts are recognised as the World Heritage of Humanity by the international organisation UNESCO. These days in many cities of the world New Year and Christmas fairs open, where you can see figures for the creche, Santa Claus in the national dress of the country and region of origin, as well as sweet gingerbread, candy and ... kind smiles of passers-by. In recent ...

The brightest holiday of the year, Christmas, is about to knock on our doors and we prepare to welcome it with excitement and expectation of a miracle. In order for our expectations to be fulfilled, we need to create a Christmas symbol: traditional star decorations and a nativity scene with manger, decorations and figurines. It is a beautiful old tradition to put a nativity scene in your house at Christmas. This is a model ...

New Year, what kind of New Year will you be? We all believe it will be happy, and also fairy-tale and magical, like the textile sculptures of the rabbit - the symbol of the coming year 2023 by Mister Finch. Mister Finch, who creates flora and fauna inspired by nature and folklore, lives in a poetic, magical world: "People have always looked for magic, looked up to the stars and made wishes. Yes, I think that ...

Yumi Okita's original collection of insects is stunningly realistic. The textile sculptures are so lifelike and one of the butterflies seems to flap its wing and fly away. Using fabrics, fur and embroidery in her work, the artist has managed to capture the colours of nature, the variety of living forms and textures. Yumi Okita's three-dimensional embroideries are stunning, devoid of exaggeration or imitation. It is an author's view ...

Victoria Ellis' signature response to the popular decorative style of the early 20th century presents us with bas-reliefs and sculptures made with great reverence for the original objects. The artist employs a special technique of 'carving' into clay, similar to the way openwork cut-outs are made from paper. Art Deco, sometimes called deco, is a style of fine art, architecture and design that first appeared ...

In the run-up to the New Year, here's a Christmas star workshop that will help you get the hang of making a star out of newspaper. Not only can you weave stars out of newspapers, but old school notebooks and magazine pages are also suitable. It's easy to create your own star - even for a child, this workshop can be child's play. The star can also be placed on a ...

Embroidery is an ancient art, but artists of our time are creating their own unique techniques. British embroidery artist Youmeng Liu is pushing the boundaries of her craft by creating her own 3D embroidery technique. She uses a special needle to push a coloured thread through a fabric base to create a three-dimensional textile ingredient. She then uses scissors to outline the mouthwatering shapes of the embroidered dish. В ...