One of the fashion phenomena of the 1980s was the crinoline. It was a special device that supported puffy skirts and allowed the children to sit, stand or hide from the rain in any situation. A joke?! Maybe not. The faux-cell crinoline appeared in June 1856 as a welcome and more practical alternative to the horsehair (whalebone) crinoline. It ...

Sabine Vogel is a well-known doll maker from Germany. She makes one-of-a-kind articulated porcelain dolls. Sabine experiments with many materials, but the main thing in her work remains porcelain - a material that seems to be timeless and has immortal beauty and brightness. Each work of the master has its own story. Sabine Vogel fully thinks through the whole image, ...

The kewpies first appeared in the periodical Ladies Home Journal. It was a story in verse that happened to mischievous kewpies on Christmas Day in a town called Kewpwill. In one of the houses, the kewpies shuffled all the presents under the tree, resulting in the grandmother getting toy guns for the holiday and the children getting adult dictionaries. The kewpies took the remaining presents to the poor girl. Rose ...

Sashiko is a traditional Japanese embroidery style that is done with a needlepoint stitch, most often with white thread on dark blue fabric. The embroidery process creates repetitive (rhyming) patterns, which are the basis of this style. From Japanese, Sashiko translates as "piercing", which well reflects the essence of this simple but beautiful method of embroidery. Boro or Japanese patches are the new trend ...

Catherine Mather porcelain dolls are an echo of the glittering era of The Great Gatsby and Art Deco luxury. You are invited to enter the mind of the artist, capturing the details behind the complex beauty of each character. It seems as if each doll possesses a will and a character, a special dignity that we would like to endow in our frantic age of digital technology. The limited edition solid porcelain dolls are created for ...

In this masterclass from Anna Wood you will learn how to make a jacket from felt for a little doll. To make a jacket you will need: - woollen felt, - embroidery threads, - a tiny button, - basic sewing supplies and a pattern. 1. Cut out the three parts of the pattern and attach to the felt. 2. Cut out each part of the jacket from the pattern. 3. ...

Gretchen Lima has been creating dolls for most of her life. All dolls are made of natural materials and support the ecology of the project as a whole, designed to protect nature and humans from the negative effects of industrial production and modern technology. Her work is an expression of not only what she sees, but also what she feels. The delicate and poetic titles of the dolls are ...

Asida Akhuba is an author of wonderful dolls. She is a member of the professional union of artists of author's dolls UNIDIA, the union of artists of Abkhazia, the union of artists of Russian DPI, as well as the board of trustees of the cultural and charitable foundation "Ashana". Participant of charity projects of the Konstantin Khabensky and Kiaraz Foundations. Author of the project "Warm Hands", which united many talented and not indifferent people in support of the Foundation's wards. Asida Akhuba is a participant of many international ...

The Italian ceramic sculptor Michele Fabbricatore creates amazing pictures of light and pure worlds with his imagination and craftsmanship. They seem to resurrect a time of biblical values and give us, the author's contemporaries, a visible witness to beauty and harmony. It sustains and gives hope that this is how the world is, and that nothing will change it! In my work I express what I love ...

"The needle is my tool, the thread is my medium, and the stitches are my marks..." - American textile artist Salley Mavor writes about her work. Salley Mavor works primarily with felt. She uses this material to create a miniature world, beautifully combining stunning felt embroidery, natural materials such as tree bark, twigs, shells, and elements of ...