Creating puppet portraits - I often fall in love with them! By definition, a “portrait doll” is a three-dimensional image, in a number of ways, similar to a specific person. When looking at such a doll, the resemblance should be immediately recognized. The emergence of portrait dolls dates back to ancient times. Often associated with the performance of certain cult and religious-magical tasks. Over time, the purpose of the dolls has changed and ...

Master class on how to sew a primitive movable body for a doll. Required: cotton cloth, wire, glue, doll hands, legs and head. They can be made from any material or purchased. Or even an old doll. I wish you success and inspiration! Yours, Marina Minina @mininadolls If you have any questions, write in the comments.  

Introducing the non-commercial, international art project #DRUGMOYMISHKA_RED Talking with the visitors of the “Friend my Bear” Museum-workshop, we came to the conclusion that many would like to be realized in creativity. We go to exhibitions, theaters, cinema, we can talk for hours about other people's works, and at the same time we do not dare to take the first step. There was a bold idea to help people meet their dreams, to feel like ...

"My works are very personal, I immerse myself in my fantasies." Continuing to talk about the work of unique masters, from the article "Alternative dolls", I want to introduce you to the artist from America Dustin Poche (Dustin Poche '). Creating original images, the author is not like anyone else. Dustin received his art education at the Colorado Institute of the Arts, Denver, Russell, Kansas, USA. At first ...

The world of antique dolls has its own masterpieces and legends. Bru Jne French dolls - almost a pipe dream for many collectors - are too rare and expensive. The history of the company and its founder, Leon Casimir Bru, is a kind of mirror of the "golden age" of French dolls, full of amazing beauty, creativity, ingenuity, at times devoid of commercial ambitions for the sake of ...

We present an expert in the field of Puppet Science, the author of textbooks on creating puppets - Nadezhda Gensitskaya Activity: Education - a fashion designer-technologist of theatrical costume. Studied theatrical costume at GITIS-Theater. She worked in a puppet theater - studio "Shlyapa". Since 1989 he has been creating Art Puppets. From 2001 to 2019 she taught at the School of Puppet Design S. Voskresenskaya. From 2006 to 2013 ...

  Exciting mini, various midi, mysterious maxi ... Truly, a skirt is an amazing piece of women's wardrobe. It is appropriate in any situation and is present in any style of clothing. At the same time, at the dawn of its appearance, the skirt had the simplest form: in fact, any piece of fabric wrapped around the body was a skirt. In addition, at the beginning of her story, she ...

Cap and marot. He has brains to play the fool; And this business requires ingenuity: He must know exactly who he is joking at, Be able to assess people and time And, like a wild falcon, strike from a raid At every bird he meets. Crafting Not easier than taking on the sane. There is a wise sense in such foolishness, And the smart one often walks ...

Who are we? Why are we who we are? Who or what makes us like this? Where do our roots go and where do we stand? At certain moments in life, a thinking person asks himself such questions. By personal example, I will allow myself to speculate and try to give answers to these questions. It is known that in each of ...

“Before becoming a sculptor, I worked for the Hong Kong Police for 13 years” ... or babies in museum display cases ... In an article on alternative dolls, I touched on the work of a talented master from Hong Kong, Johnson Tsang. The artist's works, which clearly demonstrate the plastic properties of the material from which they are created, are an example of the author's talent and boundless imagination. Before us appear that beautiful frozen ...