In St. Petersburg, from 26 November to 5 December 2021, the first exhibition of Idol dolls - Continuing Traditions and Modernity - took place, which promises to become an annual event. The event was organised by the Bridges puppet artists' association. The exhibition featured works by artists from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Cherepovets, Vladivostok, Murmansk... and even Germany, which allows us to call the event "international". More than 80 exhibits decorated the gallery space of the Centre of Books and ...

The Doll's Time exhibition is now in its 27th year and needs no introduction. Today we will tell you about our new projects, which are eagerly awaited by viewers and fans of art dolls. This time we have prepared a programme museum project - "Museum of Supernatural History", with artists from Russia, the USA, the UK, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Cyprus. ...

In this video I will show you how to make a snowman using the primed textile technique. Materials and tools: Calico String String sewing Hollofiber (sintepon) Wire Baking Polymer Clay Lace Capron PVA Glue "Moment" Paint acrylic (red, green, white, yellow, black, black pearl, gold) Brushes Pencil Scissors Pliers Needle sewing needle Needle Sewing Needle Enjoy Creativity! Material was prepared by Tiunova Alexandra ...

A unique Christmas exhibition of Alexandra Kukinova's dolls 'Other Shores' has opened in the Museum-apartment of V. V. A unique Christmas exhibition of Alexandra Kukinova's dolls "Other Shores" opened at the Nabokov Museum-Apartment in St. Petersburg. The exhibition features exquisite artistic porcelain dolls. The exhibition is unique in many ways. For the first time in a long time we have the opportunity to see more than ten works of the artist in the atmosphere of the halls of the great writer's house. The characters are all historically accurate and their craftsmanship is second to none. The pictures presented ...

Moscow artist Andrei Cherkasov has devoted over 20 years to porcelain. His creative journey from decorative Gzhel cobalt painting has led the master to his current amazing, grotesque and realistic manner. The techniques in which the artist creates his works are unparalleled in contemporary art. One can look at Andrey Cherkasov's porcelain wonders endlessly. Miniature town houses, temples, huts, hundreds of various city dwellers and characters, ...

There were many answers to this question at the Open Puppet Art Festival-Competition "PuppetGrad", held in St. Petersburg 3-5 December 2021. This year the Festival-Competition is dedicated to the Year of Science and Technology. The project has been carried out in Vyborgsky District of St. Petersburg since 2012, and is not the first year it has been included in the list of municipal events of the Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg. The festival programme for all participants ...

Laura Scattolini and her dolls Laura Scattolini is one of the most famous dollmakers, winner of numerous awards, including Dolls magazine and Walt Disney. Laura was born in Mantua, Lombardy-Northern Italy. Her father was a famous musician and artist. By happy coincidence, the girl inherited an artistic gift which has helped to develop many ...

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