Gretchen Lima has been creating dolls for most of her life. All dolls are made from natural materials and support the ecology of the project as a whole, which aims to protect nature and people from the negative influences 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 names of the dolls are ...

"The needle is my tool, the thread is my medium and the stitches are my marks..." - writes the American textile artist Salley Mavor about her work. Salley Mavor works mainly with felt. With this material she creates an entire miniature world, wonderfully combining stunning felt embroidery, natural materials such as tree bark, twigs, shells, and elements ...

Mannequin dolls have been known since ancient times, but they became widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries, during the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Traders used mannequins made of wood and papier-mache to demonstrate outfits and to send samples of the latest fashion to other cities. Mannequins were made not only for dresses and underwear, but also for hats. In these ...

There are only hours to go until everyone's favourite holiday - New Year. A new year is not just the beginning of the calendar year, it is new hopes, successes and victories! We want to share with you our successes in 2022, because thanks to all of you we are developing and striving to become better! In April 2022, we held the VIII International ...

Artist, doll maker Sylvia Weser was born and lived in Germany. Her dolls have many awards - the best doll in Europe, awards in several Eurodoll nominations. Even in her youth she was interested in art and took up painting and sculpture. Her love for dolls started with collecting. When Sylvia made her first clay and plasticine dolls she realised that ...

New Year, what kind of New Year will you be? We all believe it will be happy, and also fairy-tale and magical, like the textile sculptures of the rabbit - the symbol of the coming year 2023 by Mister Finch. Mister Finch, who creates flora and fauna inspired by nature and folklore, lives in a poetic, magical world: "People have always looked for magic, looked up to the stars and made wishes. Yes, I think that ...

XIII Moscow International Exhibition ART OF THE PUPPET 9-11 December 2022 Gostiny Dvor, 4 Ilyinka Str. The exhibition is organized by the Cultural Foundation "WORLD CUPPETS" Website: artkukly.rf The universe of archaic and the archaic meta-universe. The exhibition of 2022 will go down in history as an event of a planetary scale - the demonstration to the general public of the world's first neural network puppets! Why is this presentation unique and super-sensational? We are all ...

Julien Martinez is a contemporary French artist, a graduate of the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, specialising in sculpture, miniature, design and incarnation of Blythe, Pullip, Dal, Toffee, BJD and antique dolls. The Bordeaux-born artist has a knack for creating melancholy characters with red eyes, disheveled hair and decadent clothing; blending aristocratic and country life in 19th century France to reflect the loneliness of human ...

Puppetry guru Susanna Oroyan (1942-2007) began making dolls in earnest in 1972 and was elected to NIADA in 1982. She mastered a variety of materials including polymer clay, paper clay and fabric. Her style of doll making was never static but was constantly evolving. In addition to making dolls, Suzanne has taught extensively in the USA and Australia, independently ...

Lesley Gail Keeble works with self-curing clay and paper papier-mache and gives textiles a major role in the creation of her dolls. Her dolls are far from the academic norms of plastic anatomy, but they are all the more lively and welcoming to the viewer. The creator moves forward without looking back, he ignores the opinion of critics and vain "philosophers", putting above all the process of creation and immersion...