My name is Victoria Kostina, I have been making designer dolls for over 15 years. I would like to share my experience of working on order. I'll tell you how I came to this and why I'm going to give it up. My history. My passion for dolls has long remained a hobby for me. I studied a lot, tried different materials and designs to create dolls. The creation of each work took ...

DRAFT LETTER FROM LANKAR. TALE CONTINUED: "NANNY JAGG" Greetings to you from the Sheepfolds. Today I'm going to tell you about NANNY JAGG. However, better than the author himself, SIR TERRY PRATCHETT, no one can tell you about this wonderful woman: "Most WEDDINGS tend to settle away from prying eyes, covering the roofs of hovels with traditional thatch and putting on them, no less, traditional hooked pipes. ...

The images of the dolls come out of thin air. They come from the books I have read, the films I have watched, the emotions I have experienced ... I start work only when I see a clear image. I can wait for it for a long time: a month, half a year ... Sometimes a light sketch, which you doubt to show to people, will rather lead to a finished image than a solid, well-designed sketch. My images usually come at night or early ...

Elena says about herself: “When you are very small, you are walking across the field, collecting flower petals, making a decoction from them for bruises and abrasions. During your school years, you dream of becoming a scientist or a doctor, but often you sit at an easel in an art school and solve problems in your favorite trigonometry. As a result, you graduate from the Faculty of Cybernetics and work as a designer in an advertising agency, ...

DRAFT LETTERS FROM LANKAR. I'd like to tell you a little more about VERENCE, our brave King's Jester. Today, I'm going to tell you about VERENS, our brave Royal Jester. Here's what SIR TERRY PRATCHETT has to say about his childhood, and who knows better... - When, at the age of six, he decided to tell his grandfather a joke of his own making, the joke said...

In this video I will tell you how I made the Miracle Whale out of cardboard. I translated the whale pattern onto cardboard, 2 mm thick. All the details were cut out and sanded with a nail file. To make hanging loops, I twisted a thin wire in half. To give mobility to the tail, I glued a thread folded four times to the body. Using PVA glue, I connected the hinges and that's it ...

Realism in nylon. "It would not have occurred to me that such realistic figures could be created from nylon fabric," says Lisa Lichtenfels, founder of sculptural textiles, an artist from Massachusetts (USA). With her inherent imagination, humor and understanding of psychology, the master creates real sculptural portraits, uniting the heroes with complex plots and compositions. For over twenty-five years ...

In this video I will show you how to make permanent clothes for your doll. All my dolls are not play, interior and collectible. I love to sew fixed clothes for them. She looks more natural and natural, sits better on the doll. I sew everything, even the smallest, details of clothing on a sewing machine. After trying on, in this case, fur coats, edges ...

This year, for the first time in 15 years, the State Hermitage has brought to Moscow a previously unseen exhibition from its own funds. The exposition is dedicated to the ceremonial and everyday life of the Russian Court - one of the most magnificent royal courts in Europe. Works of painting and graphics, archival documents, samples of weapons, items made of precious metals were presented. But, the main exhibits are costumes and ...

Today we will talk about the author who creates porcelain masterpieces. A girl from Siberia, Marina Bychkova, in love with dolls since early childhood, became the creator of articulated porcelain maidens, the founder of the world famous Enchanted Doll brand. Marina was born in Russia, in the city of Novokuznetsk, in 1982. And in her own words, she is proud of her Russian origin. The family moved to Canada when Marina was ...