Dolls And Toys

A doll is a favorite toy not only for children, but also for many adults, for whom it becomes an object of artistic creation or collecting. The craftsmen who create the dolls claim that these man-made creatures have a soul. The dolls shown at the Flowers-2010 exhibition by the participants of the floristic show of the EF-Design school definitely had it. They contain not only the soul of their creators - florists, but also the historical memory of entire nations. The participants in the show themselves learned a lot about the prehistory of the images they presented, and hours of painstaking manual ore followed the research work. I would like to extend the motto proclaimed by one of the participants to all this magnificent action: "While enjoying the beautiful - study!"

Venetian carnival masks

Masks of the Venice Carnival

Author - Ekaterina Shcherbakova.

Traditional dolls of the Venice Carnival. An abundance of silk and gold, mysterious masks bear echoes of the ancient Saturnalia, when people hid their social differences under them. And flower decorations emphasize that this holiday takes place after the harvest. Frame, glue technique, oasis.

Mom doll

Author - Olga Devshina.

A doll for peasant children. This historical doll dates back to the 14th century. Previously called "Muscovy". Created using glue technique, an umbrella in an oasis.

Doll mom

Royal doll

Royal doll

Author - Olga Edishina.

The royal family of the Romanovs had a large collection of dolls designed for the aesthetic development of the royal daughters. Among them were dolls-nannies with the royal children in their arms, and even cleaning ladies with a set of brushes. The prince had warrior dolls. This little doll is the image of the one played by the royal daughters.

Woven doll

Author - Elena Ivanova.

In ancient Russia, dolls were made from scraps. This woven doll is also made using weaving technique. Gypsophila wig is made on a chain-link frame.

Woven doll

A porcelain doll

A porcelain doll

Authors - Natalia Terpenko and Anastasia Shutina.

Porcelain dolls appeared in France in the 19th century. And this fragile doll in a very beautiful, porcelain, color scheme was created using the technique of weaving from a sisal cord, on a frame, decorated with flowers using an adhesive technique.

Kaleidoscope

Authors - Tatiana Zdorovtseva and Valeria Gaidarzhi (Voronezh).

This associative toy model is inspired by a kaleidoscope. It was invented in the 17th century by M.V. Lomonosov, at about the same time stained-glass windows came into fashion. The glue technique used to create the model is suitable for collages.

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Just a doll with a doll

Author - Marta Grigoryan (Moscow).

The doll's outfit is made of sisal cloth, decorated with teppa flowers. The small doll, which the big one will play, completely repeats it, but is decorated not with living flowers, but with flowers made from a ribbon.

Just a doll with a doll

Just a doll with a doll

Pandora

Author - Kravchenko Larisa (Kronstadt).

Despite the fact that in Greek mythology Pandora ("gifted to everyone"), according to the plan of the gods, was supposed to bring people temptations and misfortunes, and served rather to discredit the feminine principle, over time her mission changed. In the 17th century, wax dolls worn with fashionable outfits served as the prototype for fashion magazines. The large doll was accompanied by a small one. For each doll, a whole wardrobe was created, in simpler clothes she traveled, and in more expensive clothes she went out. Even the generals let it through without hindrance. This "wax doll" is made on a frame using woolen threads and glue.

Pandora

Barbie doll

Barbie doll

Author - Tatiana Gorlova.

A doll of the XX century, with curvaceous forms, visualizing the image desirable for men. Flax, raffia, fern.

Malvina

Author - Babaeva Sabina (Moscow).

The porcelain image of one of the most beloved dolls, emphasized by gentle vandas and phalaenopsis.

Malvina

The shepherdess from the old forest

Shepherdess from the old forest

Author - Gavrilina Victoria (Moscow).

A mysterious forest creature with a magic flute. Coconut fiber matching forest greenery, strung rowan, flowers on pins.

Elf

Author - Maria Kuznetsova (Moscow).

The image of the spirit of nature, intelligent and kind. Various techniques have been used: sewing, weaving, stringing, tepping.

Elf

Elf

Malvina

Author - Kravchenko Larisa (Kronstadt).

Another interpretation of the popular look. Blue satin, white chrysanthemums, glued.

Malvina

Olesya

Olesya

Author - Yulia Bagdasaryan (Minsk).

The collective image of the Polesie doll, which was made of wood and flax. Embroidery from flowers on flax, glue technique, stringing.

Matryoshka

Author - Yulia Guseva (Moscow).

A small nesting doll - alive, is inside a large one, made by hand on a willow frame, with rattan weaving.

Matryoshka

Puppet puppets

Author - Vera Dudareva.

The dog dolls on strings are made using different techniques - a hydrangea poodle on balls from an oasis, a lapdog made of sedge panicles on scotch tape.

Puppet puppets

Puppet puppets

Khokhloma toy

Author - Oksana Kozhina (Kostroma).

Work in keeping with the spirit of autumn. Bright, matching the colors of the famous Russian Khokhloma painting. Decorated using the technique of weaving garlands, tying.

Khokhloma toy

Yula

Porcelain dolls

Yula

Author - Yulia Konstantinova (Minsk).

A well-known toy. Archaeological finds indicate that it existed in Belarus 2000 years ago.

The model is created of wool, rowan, flowers and leaves using a mixed technique - gluing, weaving, tying, stringing.

Porcelain dolls

Author - Andreeva Antonina.

Three classic dolls decorated with greenery.

Miss Chippolino

Author - Alexandra Kudryashova (Sakhalin).

A model worthy of a professional haute couture catwalk. The dress is made of onion peels using glue technique.

Miss Chippolino

Miss Chippolino

Photo: Rita Brilliantova