Creating portraits of dolls - I often fall in love with them! By definition, a portrait doll is a three-dimensional image that resembles a specific person in a number of ways. When you look at a portrait doll the resemblance is immediately evident. The origin of portrait dolls dates back to ancient times. Not infrequently associated with certain cult and religious-magical tasks. Over time, the purpose of the doll has changed and ...

Wood, fire and ancient folklore. Continuing the story about the authors of "Alternative Puppets", I want to elaborate on the work of the British master - Tach Pollard. The artist creates surrealistic characters, stylized beings - "Spirits of Nature", as the author himself calls them. Once you see Pollard's works it's impossible to forget them. Looking at the faces, the figures of characters, you are struck by the exotic imagery. But...

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 I became a sculptor, I worked for the Hong Kong Police Force for 13 years"...or babies in museum windows... In this article about alternative dolls, I touched on the work of a talented artist from Hong Kong, Johnson Tsang. The artist's work is an example of talent and boundless imagination and vividly demonstrates the plastic properties of the material from which they are created. The artist's works, which are beautifully frozen ...

We present an expert in the field of art history and theory - Maria Krestyanikova. “I believe that my classes give people a new understanding of art and understanding of the world around them.” Gnesins and the Academic School of Design. Activity Author of courses: "Genre in Art", "Styles in World Culture - Parallels in Music, Fine Arts and Architecture." Art History Lecturer, ...

Бывает ли желание сделать неидеальную куклу? Начнем с определения.  Идеал — от греческого, вид, образ, идея; высшая цель деятельности, стремлений; совершенное воплощение чего-либо. Когда художник приступает к созданию куклы, у него есть образ того, что он хочет получить в результате. Даже если этот образ неосознанный. Тут стоит уточнить: художник  делает по собственному замыслу и желанию. ...

You can find the story behind the creation of these dolls in the previous article " A tale told in dolls (Preface)". Cloud Maidens. Part 2. (Fairy tale-ballad.) In ancient, time immemorial times, when the earth was very young, and in its forests, waters and mountains there were wonders, in the early spring in the morning lost in the dawn fog three travellers, three good ...

Part 1. How and where does the idea of a particular doll come from? If you know, please tell me. Because I don't have my own answer to this question yet. But there is a history of an already embodied idea. Cloud Maidens. Yes, it so happened that this is not one, but three dolls at once. You can say that I broke through after a long silence in the case ...

 (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, ...