Meet the puppeteer Irina Linkova (Goryunova). It all started in a bookshop. Or to be more precise, from the stationery department in it. There Irina's eyes fell upon a brightly colored package of polymer clay ... And then there was the participation in a community of like-minded people in the "Live Journal," visiting exhibitions of dolls, meeting with the masters. Irina Linkova (Goryunova) - an economist, who worked for 13 years in ...

The first exhibition was held in a small workshop ... My name is Katya Shemyakina, I am an artist and curator of the art project "Too Personal" - these are one-day, two-day, and now online exhibitions, of various artists, in chamber live communication, with the audience and with each other, about current works, about life and about art. This format is very important and necessary, as artists, ...

Creating portraits of dolls - I often fall in love with them! By definition, a portrait doll is a three-dimensional image that resembles a specific person in a number of ways. When you look at a portrait doll the resemblance is immediately evident. The origin of portrait dolls dates back to ancient times. Not infrequently associated with certain cult and religious-magical tasks. Over time, the purpose of the doll has changed and ...

Wood, fire and ancient folklore. Continuing the story about the authors of "Alternative Puppets", I want to elaborate on the work of the British master - Tach Pollard. The artist creates surrealistic characters, stylized beings - "Spirits of Nature", as the author himself calls them. Once you see Pollard's works it's impossible to forget them. Looking at the faces, the figures of characters, you are struck by the exotic imagery. But...

Personal exhibition of Elena Babkina "GOGOL TYPES" On May 13, in Ryazan, in the MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF YOUTH MOVEMENT, an exhibition of doll sculpture "GOGOL TYPES", created based on illustrations by Pyotr Mikhailovich Boklevsky, was opened. The exposition is timed to coincide with the 205th anniversary of the birthday of the illustrator who lived in the Ryazan province in 1816-1897. We recall with pleasure the work of a worthy citizen of our homeland, who has done so much for ...

Meet Natalie Iunina. Hello everyone, my name is Natalie. I live and work in Germany, in the city of Duisburg. From early childhood, she began to show interest in art, especially drawing and painting. Studying at the art-graphic department, she began to deal with dolls, since 2003. At first, these were theatrical puppets, then - author's, collection ones. Today I work in different directions: sculptural ...

Introducing the non-commercial, international art project #DROUGHMYMYBISHKA_KRASNY Talking to visitors of the Museum-Workshop "My Friend My Bear", we came to the conclusion that many people would like to realise themselves in creativity. We go to exhibitions, theatres, cinemas, we can talk for hours about other people's works, but we do not dare to make the first step. We came up with the bold idea of helping people to meet their dreams, to feel themselves ...

"My works are very personal, I immerse myself in my fantasies." Continuing to talk about the work of unique masters, from the article "Alternative dolls", I want to introduce you to the artist from America Dustin Poche (Dustin Poche '). Creating original images, the author is not like anyone else. Dustin received his art education at the Colorado Institute of the Arts, Denver, Russell, Kansas, USA. At first ...

The world of antique dolls has its own masterpieces and legends. French Bru Jne dolls are almost a pipe dream for many collectors - too rare and expensive. The history of the company and its founder - Leon Casimir Bru (Leon Casimir Bru) - a kind of mirror of the "golden age" of French dolls, full of amazing beauty, creativity, ingenuity, at times deprived of commercial ambitions for the sake of ...

Introducing Puppet Science expert, author of textbooks on making puppets - Nadezhda Gensitskaya Activities: Education - theatrical costume designer. Studied theatre costume at GITIS-Theatre. Worked in the puppet theatre - studio "The Hat". She has been creating Artistic Puppets since 1989. From 2001 to 2019 she taught at the School of Puppet Design S. Voskresenskaya. From 2006 to 2013 ...