A series of sculptures by renowned contemporary artist Urs Fischer is a kind of monument to impermanence, transformation, the flow of time, the changes happening to our world and creative destruction. "Dasha" (2018) is a life-size wax candle depicting Dasha Zhukova, Urs Fischer's friend and renowned gallerist. Fully cast in wax, she is wearing a pink dress and sitting on a chair. The wick on the ...

Moscow Fair - exhibition of dolls and Teddy Bears The 16th International Exhibition of Dolls and Teddy Bears at Tishinka once again gathers old friends and invites new ones to see the diversity of the doll world. THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS AT THE EXHIBITION! Dolls are never too many! The exhibition brings together all representatives of this marvellous world! Dolls author's and antique, not aging ...

After a two-year break, the 17th edition of the fair - Miniaturitalia - will take place on 1 and 2 April 2023 in Milan, in the cosy halls of the StarHotel business Palace. Miniaturitalia is the only fair in Italy entirely dedicated to dollhouse miniatures. More than 70 exhibitors from different countries will present their new works, materials and tools for creativity. A large space will be dedicated to art dolls and ...

Internationally renowned knitting sculpture maker Claire Garland inspires many who can hold a needle with her work. In her youth she studied general design: photography, graphics, illustration and textiles at art college, although she is self-taught in knitting and has been knitting for over 20 years! Claire Garland is the author of numerous knitting books, some of which ....

At the beginning of the XIX century in the French glove theatre there appeared a hero who not only shared the fame of Polichinel, but perhaps even surpassed it. The name of this hero - Guignol. His creator was a Lyon weaver Laurent Murguet. Murguet was born in 1769, as a teenager he started working at one of the famous Lyon silk-spinning factories. During the Great French Revolution, all the factories closed, ...

Sculptor Ron Mueck works in a style of hyper-realism that aims to depict the world not just authentically, but super similar and super real. Ron Mueck grew up in Melbourne and began his career in puppet theatre and special effects. He first worked as a creative director for Australian children's television before moving to America to work in film and advertising there. ... .

John Galliano's autumn-winter 2007-2008 couture collection "Artists' Ball" was dedicated to the history of world art. Galliano was inspired by the works of many artists, among them was the painting of Gustav Klimt. The creative artist of the French fashion house Christian Dior John Galliano, inspired by the painting of Gustav Klimt, created models in which the motifs related to the paintings of the artist - modernist can be seen. ... ...

Whendi's Bears is the author of plush animals in a vintage and quirky style. All her designs are original and created using her own patterns. In her designs, Whendi's Bears achieves the appearance of an old antique toy found in a forgotten trunk in the attic after years of neglect. Each toy is handmade. German mohair, wood wool and pellets are used to create ...

A snuff box is a small box for snuff. Its history dates back to the 16th century, when the French ambassador Jean Nico sent snuff, popular in Portugal, to Queen Catherine de Medici of France, who suffered from migraines. It was believed that snuff, if sniffed, would cure migraine. Under Catherine's son Francis II, snuff became a fashion, and under Louis XIV, part of the court ...

Here is a master show on sculpting the foot by Julianne Lepine. Modelling the foot is no less important in the creation of figurative sculpture than modelling the hand or head. You begin to realise this when you conceive an image inspired by an epic or myth. Barefoot goddess in fine clothes can be as beautiful as terrible, if her naked foot is moulded with faults, ....