Dear readers and masters! TheDailyDollNews wishes you a very Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! During this magical period, we want to express our sincere gratitude to you for being with us throughout 2024. Your trust and support inspire us to new achievements and accomplishments! We wish you all the best in the new year: creative ...

DailyDollNews' January selection was an interview with Olga Lakhina, executive director of the Art of Dolls exhibition. Olga Lakhina is the organiser of the exhibitions "Time of Dolls", "Kraft Bazaar" in St. Petersburg and co-organiser of the exhibition "The Art of Dolls" together with Lana Letta and Irina Myzina. She is passionate about dolls, travelling and volunteering. Her work brings joy and benefit to many people. How did the idea come ...

AnyaManya is a project created by talented twin sisters Anna Grigorieva and Maria Kolegova (Grigorieva). Their passion for art and puppets began while they were still studying in the decorative and props department of the Kazan Theatre School. Since then they not only develop their creative potential, but also actively participate in international exhibitions of author's dolls. Anna and Maria are ...

Tatiana Baeva is a master of art dolls, a member of the National Institute of American Doll Artists NIADA. - For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed drawing, gluing and modelling, but most of all I have been interested in creating doll-like objects. One day at school we had a writing assignment 'What I would like to do when I grow up'. I wrote that I would like to work at a ...

The world of dolls is diverse and colourful! One is convinced of this once again when one sees the works of such authors as Julie McCullough, whose vision of beauty and perfection differs from the generally accepted standards. But are there such "standards" when we see stylised art objects and author's souvenirs alongside realistic figurative doll sculpture?! There are no rules in contemporary puppet art, and ...

Marta Gurni is an animator and artist by profession. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and has been creating art dolls since 2016. Under the name Funanya art dolls the artist makes fully movable miniature figures depicting, animals - realistic and exaggerated, as well as various fantasy creatures. She works mainly with polymer clay, synthepon filler, and ...