"Fairyland" - an exhibition of author's dolls by Sergei Drozdov Art schools, academies and institutes, the path that artists take as a result of long studies and creative searches, Sergei Drozdov passed independently, without mentors and teachers. He graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute and worked in the mines near Vorkuta. In the years of "perestroika" made leather jackets in co-operatives, opened his own architectural office. And all ...

Dear friends, this is our new DailyDoll Top 100, a random selection of beautiful dolls. Of course, there are more interesting works than 100 and we would like to show all of them, but then we would risk never completing this list. So we had to make an effort and stop.Here you will find both famous masters, ...

This month's Journal's choice is the first work of 2022 by the beautiful St Petersburg master Guli Alekseeva - Angel. "The One and Only", as the author calls it, is made of papier-mache (paper and kleister) and a mixture of mass and ladol, 37 cm. Gulia Alekseeva is a master of art dolls, a member of the Creative Union of Artists of St. Petersburg (IFA). Graduated from LGITMiK (now Theatre Academy). Already being ...

In this masterclass, you will learn how to make an interior, textile Fly doll with your own hands. Consider the options for decorating, to get different images. Enjoy the creativity! Material prepared by Anastasia Goleneva  

The Decembrists' House Museum, Kurgan, opened an exhibition of author's puppets "Musical Drawing Room" The building of the Decembrists' Museum is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, an architectural monument of the late 18th century. From 1833 to 1837 Decembrist M.M. Naryshkin and his family lived in this house. Mikhail Mikhailovich Naryshkin, colonel of the Tarutinsky infantry regiment, belonged to a noble and wealthy family. After the suppression of the uprising on Senate Square, he was sentenced to hard labour, and in March ...

In this video I will show you how to make an armchair out of cardboard. The size of the finished chair is 6.5 x 7 x 7 cm. Miniature 1:12. Materials and tools: Cardboard thin Cardboard thick 1 mm Paper thin Toothpicks cotton buds Upholstery fabric Glue PVA Glue "Moment Crystal" Acrylic paint Scissors Knife Cabinet knife Ruler Needle thick Needle sewing ...

On 27 January, the II Art and Industry Exhibition-Forum "UNIQUE RUSSIA" opened in Moscow. The Gostiny Dvor exhibition centre presents a wide range of art projects: painting, jewellery, sculpture, architecture, folk arts and crafts, decorative and applied arts, historical and museum exposition, art photography, antiques. The year 2022 has been declared the Year of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia and the exhibition-forum is dedicated to: 1160-anniversary of Russian statehood; 350-anniversary of the Emperor ...

I made my first doll in January 2008. I remember well when I sat down at the computer to find a beautiful doll for my little daughter as a gift. Before I knew it, I was immersed in the wonderful and unknown world of the doll. At that moment the world around me changed, as if the doors to a new, desired and ...

"Talks of the Toy Marquise" was the name of a popular column in a magazine for housewives at the beginning of the last century. It discussed the most pressing issues concerning family, hygiene, child rearing, family leisure and other ladies' stuff. About leisure of the past centuries and we will talk today. And where but in the Historical Salon with the name "Flavour of Time", we can most deeply ...

In this video I will tell you how to make three-dimensional cardboard toys with your own hands. Materials and tools needed: Thick cardboard (1.5 mm) thin cardboard Threads Paint acrylic glue PVA Needle (or a miniature drill) Pencil simple scissors Brushes Knife stationery Sandpaper (or nail file) Felt stick Enjoy the creativity! Material was prepared by Alexandra Tiunova