On November 18, on the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal, 93 Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue, a small and cosy museum of St. Petersburg Angels was opened in Kolomna, a favoured area for artists. The museum is a memorial flat, where two remarkable puppet artists Roman Shustrov and his wife Maria Kasyanenko, who left us recently, lived and worked: Roman a year ago, Maria just over half a year. Roman is known as the author of puppet sculpture. Many ...

Today we will talk about the art doll master Natalia Lopusova-Tomskaya. Seeing the artist's works, you are amazed at the elegance and impeccability of their execution. An inexperienced viewer will not immediately determine what material they are made of: porcelain, wood, bone? Natalia's works amaze with the harmony of elongated proportions, smoothly curving, "flowing" lines. The future artist was born and raised in Moscow. Back at school, I was carried away by the creation of dolls ...

In this video I will tell you how to make a miniature fish with your own hands, using simple and accessible materials. Materials and Tools Required: Deodorant ball Tin foil Wire for loops Tissues Toothpicks Acrylic paint PVA Glue (polyvinyl acetate) Glue Moment Thermal Gun Needle Scissors Pencil Brushes Simple The first step - remove the ball from deodorant and washed with soap. From the foil ...

Karen Baker was born in California, Redondo Beach. Her parents, very talented people, raised seven children. Mom is a wonderful artist, seamstress and musician, my father was a master carpenter and played great musical instruments. Living in a large, friendly family, Karen received toys, mainly by "inheritance", hence the desire to remodel and improve them with her own hands. Karen loved to sew clothes, ...

Wooden ball-shaped hinges for doll production were invented in France. Large German trading houses, which had their own branches in Paris, followed the appearance of new dolls. They bought and studied interesting specimens, especially in terms of production costs. Quite often, after a few weeks, a similar doll went on sale, at a much lower cost than the original. Adolf Wieslizenus, a manufacturer from Waltershausen ...

This percussion instrument, although a toy, but sounds. I used natural leather as a membrane. For work we need: -small jar of chips; - medium density cardboard, a piece of white leather or a substitute; - glue "Moment-crystal", 2 beads, 2 wooden skewers; -scissors, measuring tape, pencil; -acrylic and oil paints, brush, foam sponge; - awl, matte varnish, nippers; -thin satin ...

Today, Igor Hilov, an artist of game dolls, talks about his characters: "When you pick up a doll from a cartoon that you have just seen alive on the screen, feeling the resistance of the hinges, you understand that there is something special about this art. The stereotype of our childhood, when we only liked pictured characters, is shattered: cartoon puppets can be breathtakingly beautiful and interesting." Historical ...

In this video I will show you the process of painting doll parts and creating the craquelure effect. Before starting painting, to give a smooth surface, I grind the details of the doll. Then I cover it with a spray varnish. After the varnish has dried, we can start painting. For the first layer of tinting, I use dry pastels. Fix the tinting layer with varnish. In the second stage, I apply with acrylic paints (whites of the eyes, lips, iris of the eye, ...

September 2021 marks 204 years since the birth of Izannah Walker. Surely the master could not even imagine that in 160 years, somewhere in distant Russia, they would love, appreciate and try to repeat her dolls. It is unlikely that she thought that her heroines would live such a long life, go through the centuries and be desired and ...

Reflections on bespoke work, cost and the role of the doll in art. "If the dolls disappear, no one will notice". That's the title of a piece I wrote, which provoked a lot of discussion and comment. The phrase was said by a person who wanted to order a portrait doll, but was not prepared to pay the advertised price. By the way, a very reasonable price. After a long and ...