At all times, a suit has been an important part of the ideal male image. Neither a knight in military uniform nor a nobleman in a luxurious outfit could do without him. The doublet is one of the first designs of clothing, which at one time had a huge impact on the cut of the suit. Its development took place over three centuries. Let's get acquainted with the concept: Doublet (from French doublet) - men's clothing, widespread ...

Interview with a member of the jury for the third season of Gaudir, Alexandra Kukinova. In an interview with you, I read: “Alexandra Kukinova, who grew up in the Soviet Union, had a happy childhood. Her parents and grandmother surrounded her with cultured, free-thinking people. She received a lot of impressions from theater, cinema, painting and literature, which will later be expressed through her dolls ... "Who ...

In this video I will tell you how to make a removable wig with magnets, from goat hair, for a doll. The wool is pre-dyed in the desired shade, with ordinary hair dye. For the base of the wig, I use dried wet wipes. First, I wrap the doll's head with cling film to prevent glue from entering. I distribute the napkin on the doll's head, avoiding the formation of folds. The whole surface ...

It's time to tell you about our project "ALL THE TRUTH". Well, dear friends, let's start ... The idea to revive the characters in the works of Terry Pratchett arose a year ago. Why Pratchett? Because the cycle of his books about “Flat World” is about our world, about us, people…. This is fantasy, with all the hallmarks of fantasy. Dragons, trolls, elves, gnomes, vampires, witches, ...

In this video I will tell you how to make permanent shoes for a doll - shoes with curved noses. At the first stage, I traced the doll's legs with a pencil, on cardboard. I drew the template of the sole at random. I cut out two blanks from thin cardboard. Pieces of wire are glued in the forefoot of the sole. For better fixation, glued with paper over the wire. According to my idea - I bent my socks, ...

Interview with a member of the Gaudir jury, Yulia Sochilina. Like all girls in childhood, you were fond of dolls: you cut out of paper, designed clothes, played home plays ... Is that so ?! Later you graduated from the Vasnetsov Abramtsevo School of Industrial Art, department of artistic processing of wood, stone and bone. Have your childhood dreams and desire to create changed ?! Having received a professional education, you began to follow the "rules" ...

    Do you think there might be something in common between the puppeteer artist and Hollywood? It turns out that it can! I, Margarita Dadykina, doll artist for over 5 years, winner and laureate of many international and Russian competitions, my works are in private collections around the world: USA, Great Britain, Spain, Switzerland, China. I could not have imagined at the beginning ...

Another name for the "Gallant Age" is "Porcelain Age". Both ladies and gentlemen, with their carelessness and grace, sought to resemble porcelain figurines. The gallant age is the time of the cult of youth. This effect was supposed to be achieved with the help of abundant application of powder and blush on the face and hair. The blush was applied not only to the cheeks, but also to the temples and under the eyes, which “gave the look ...

"I am an artist. I see it that way. " The art doll deservedly attracts the attention of the audience. Interest in doll inserts is growing every year. Due to its anthropomorphic nature, the doll is close to people like nothing else. It is interesting to a person from early childhood to the end of life, as his play or ritual image. Before talking about the doll, how about ...

Dear readers, we bring to your attention an interview with the jury member of the third season of Gaudir, Elena Kunina. “Elena Kunina is an art historian, teacher, author of textbooks, laureate of many prestigious professional awards, her dolls are in private and museum collections around the world ...” Elena, you were born and raised in Moscow on Patriarch's Ponds, but today you live far abroad, in Israel. ...