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 ....

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 ...

One of the fashion phenomena of the 1980s was the crinoline. It was a special device that supported puffy skirts and allowed the children to sit, stand or hide from the rain in any situation. A joke?! Maybe not. The faux-cell crinoline appeared in June 1856 as a welcome and more practical alternative to the horsehair (whalebone) crinoline. It ...

Sabine Vogel is a well-known doll maker from Germany. She makes one-of-a-kind articulated porcelain dolls. Sabine experiments with many materials, but the main thing in her work remains porcelain - a material that seems to be timeless and has immortal beauty and brightness. Each work of the master has its own story. Sabine Vogel fully thinks through the whole image, ...

The kewpies first appeared in the periodical Ladies Home Journal. It was a story in verse that happened to mischievous kewpies on Christmas Day in a town called Kewpwill. In one of the houses, the kewpies shuffled all the presents under the tree, resulting in the grandmother getting toy guns for the holiday and the children getting adult dictionaries. The kewpies took the remaining presents to the poor girl. Rose ...

Sashiko is a traditional Japanese embroidery style that is done with a needlepoint stitch, most often with white thread on dark blue fabric. The embroidery process creates repetitive (rhyming) patterns, which are the basis of this style. From Japanese, Sashiko translates as "piercing", which well reflects the essence of this simple but beautiful method of embroidery. Boro or Japanese patches are the new trend ...

Catherine Mather porcelain dolls are an echo of the glittering era of The Great Gatsby and Art Deco luxury. You are invited to enter the mind of the artist, capturing the details behind the complex beauty of each character. It seems as if each doll possesses a will and a character, a special dignity that we would like to endow in our frantic age of digital technology. The limited edition solid porcelain dolls are created for ...

In this masterclass from Anna Wood you will learn how to make a jacket from felt for a little doll. To make a jacket you will need: - woollen felt, - embroidery threads, - a tiny button, - basic sewing supplies and a pattern. 1. Cut out the three parts of the pattern and attach to the felt. 2. Cut out each part of the jacket from the pattern. 3. ...

Gretchen Lima has been creating dolls for most of her life. All dolls are made of natural materials and support the ecology of the project as a whole, designed to protect nature and humans from the negative effects of industrial production and modern technology. Her work is an expression of not only what she sees, but also what she feels. The delicate and poetic titles of the dolls are ...