A great gift for Moscow and visitors to the city - this year's large-scale exhibition of collectible dolls, THE ART OF THE PUPPET, will be held in December and will open the programme for the winter exhibition season: traditionally on the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays. For the first time, doll artists and their collections will occupy the entire space of Gostiny Dvor - 14 thousand square metres of exhibition space and the beautiful Atrium, where ...

Roman Shustrov was born in St Petersburg in 1959 and graduated from the Repin Academy of Arts. Since the late 1980s he has worked in the genre of author dolls. Roman Ivanovich taught at the Higher School of Fashion and Applied Arts, in the Puppet Department. For several years he taught at the University of Arts and Humanities. At the end of the 90s he became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Since the beginning of the 2000s he has been a member of the MOAC.

In this master class, you will learn how to sew an interior dragonfly doll with your own hands. dragonfly pattern ex 5 Enjoy your creativity! Material prepared by Anastasia Golenieva Instagram          

Report from the Dolls and Costume Exhibition in Livadia (Republic of Crimea) The Grand Opening Ceremony of the National Costume Festival-contest "Babushkin Chest" was held at the Crimean Ethnographic Museum in Simferopol, 24 November 2021. The halls of the museum hosted a rich collection of Crimean craftsmen, featuring over two hundred exhibits reflecting national colors of the peoples of Crimea. The creative project was implemented by the Centre of Folk Arts and Crafts at ...

Many people know the thrill of looking forward to the New Year when they open a box of carefully stacked fragile treasures - Christmas decorations. The Christmas tree is both a symbol of the festive season and a wonderful occasion to bring the family together in a common creative activity. Everyone, without exception, likes making Christmas decorations. This family tradition is hundreds of years old. The process of creation is enjoyable, beautiful and fascinating. It gives both children and ...

In this video, I will show you how to shape the doll's body. Materials: braided copper wire, molar tape, napkins, Moment Crystal glue. Before starting work, I think over a beautiful pose of the doll. I twist a wire frame, form a loop in it for the spring that connects the doll's head. I recruit the shape of the body from molar tape. I paste over the resulting figure with cloth napkins, cut into ribbons. I apply ...

Where did the concept and what is an arty doll come from? They were created in artels at the beginning of the twentieth century. Today, it is the common name used by craftsmen who recreate such beauties. An arty doll is not a maiden from the mantle and certainly not a Barbie. It is our history, captured by the doll artists of the 1920s. A huge, amazing variety of types and some special, peculiarly Russian ...

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 ...