Doll projects
Master model
32 cm, Ladoll, resine laces
The master model is the most important part of doll making. It is entirely hand-sculpted. Only four dolls have been reproduced using its molds so far.
I used Japanese Ladoll clay to sculpt my main master model. It was created entirely by hand. Then I removed the plaster molds and am now casting porcelain. However, this is also a difficult and creative process.
Goddess
Folklore authentic doll images
Femininity, motherhood, beauty, and boundless love — the essence of goddesses from the pantheon of any people. I sincerely bow before the Goddesses, celebrating the feminine essence. I create dolls, striving to recreate the appearance of the deities in full accordance with the traditions and canons of the peoples who worship them.
The Nature of the Work ✨
From jewelry-making skills to the art of makeup artistry.
The craft of dollmaking requires an impressive range of skills. When creating dolls, I have to be a multiprofessional. To describe all the intricacies of the work would require an entire book! I will simply list the skills I apply in my work:
· Creating drawings and schematics (for new sculptural models)
· Hand sculpting hollow parts (working with Ladoll and Cernit clays, as well as plasticine)
· Molding the finished model with plaster (creating plaster molds)
· Casting ceramic slip or porcelain into plaster molds
· Processing greenware doll parts
· Three-stage firing of parts in a muffle kiln
· Painting with overglaze colors (a complex process of mixing pigments and firing the painted pieces)
· Stringing the finished doll on springs or special elastic bands
· Creating wigs and applying eyelashes
· Sewing clothing and crafting accessories (jewelry work)
I do all of this by hand. Only the costume sewing I may partially outsource, following my own original patterns.
Making dolls is a very long and labor-intensive process. Unfortunately, everyday life and modern realities make it very difficult for me to create new dolls. That's why there are so few of them.