Do you have a desire to make an imperfect doll? Let's start with the definition. Ideal - from the Greek, kind, image, idea; the highest goal of activity, aspirations; perfect embodiment of something. When an artist starts creating a doll, he has an image of what he wants to get as a result. Even if this image is unconscious. It is worth clarifying here: the artist does it according to his own idea and desire. ...

Why am I writing articles? First, it's interesting. My favorite section in the magazine: History of dolls. I am captivated by the events from the life of talented masters, their unique works, creative searches. Secondly, I would like to share my findings and thoughts. When you begin to delve into a topic that interests you, you find answers to many questions. It often happens that one sentence written ...

An artist is not a vocation ... And not a state of mind. It is God's gift to want (and preferably be able to 😉) talk to people! Using different tools, different languages and dialects, gaining knowledge and learning incessantly. And the one who has chosen this way of speaking like a doll at the call of the soul must also be very responsible and wise. Because his ...

When the International Day of Puppetry, or World Puppetry Day, is celebrated, the whole world has celebrated in early spring, March 21, since 2003. History of the holiday The history of the holiday began in 2000 at the XVIII Congress of the International Union of Puppet Theater Workers (Union Internationale de la Marionnette, UNIMA) in Magdeburg. Exactly ...

 Foreword. Historical notes. Once, very long ago, at the dawn of mankind, one primitive man, strange in the eyes of his fellow tribesmen, took a wand in his hands. I attached a bunch of grass to it, wrapped it all with the veins of a dead rhinoceros and painted it with white clay. The tribesmen, who watched all this with interest, respectfully named him a shaman. ...

   Illustration as inspiration ... While still a student at the Ryazan Art School named after G.K. Wagner many years ago, it was a pleasant discovery for me that Pyotr Mikhailovich Boklevsky, an illustrator, was born, worked and was buried on the Ryazan land. The greatest Master of drawing and watercolors, a subtle and sensitive artist, deep, straightforward (and therefore with a complex character), ...

Difficult choice? How to choose plastic for making dolls? In fact, now the choice of different masses for creating dolls is large. It is difficult for someone who begins to master the art of puppetry. So which plastic to choose when creating your first doll? Of course, it all depends on the preferences and ideas of the author. Let's try to figure it out. All masses for modeling are divided ...

Master class from Anna Loginova. This is how quickly I make small buttons with a diameter of 3 to 6 mm for dolls: ? I take the glass from the photo frame. I cover the sharp edges with tape for safety. ? I roll out baked polymer clay. I lay on the glass. ? I cut the buttons with a round die cut or the tip of NSHVI. (NShVI terminals for crimping wires can be bought in electrical goods.) ? The round end of the handle ...

 (Other, strange dolls). ... Why do you make such scary dolls? .. You can often hear the question of an inexperienced viewer who is ready to accept understandable standards of beauty with joy. Where does so many authors want to create imperfect and sometimes terrifying characters? Reflecting on this topic comes the understanding that in the world in which we live, along with undoubted beauty and attractiveness, ...

The largest doll exhibition in the world. The largest exhibition in the world was held in the historical center of the Russian capital "Gostiny Dvor". More than 1000 masters from 26 countries of the world took part in the unique exhibition "The Art of Dolls". Visitors are presented with tens of thousands of exhibits. Guests of the exhibition saw the whole variety of dolls: classics, experimental collections of contemporary artists, porcelain, soft, articulated dolls. Toys ...