Porcelain doll marina bychkova biography
Russian-Canadian figurative artist known for her work creating and painting porcelain dolls..
Russian Doll Masters Turn Children's Toys Into Exquisite Art
When their hands and eyes meet, a fairytale is born.
And it seems of little importance that one of them is human while the other is made out of fabricated materials.
Marina was born in South-West Siberia to a loving, adventurous family.
The interest in art dolls, which are used as decorative pieces rather than toys, is mostly based on the charm of this mysterious interaction between the artist and his doll during the doll's creation.
The mystery is born in the hands of the doll masters — a process when the word "doll" breathes with the new meaning of "art."
"The character appears in each doll at the stage of polishing the porcelain," said Tatyana Trifonova, a Moscow-based porcelain doll artist.
"Once I made a cat-like doll with teeth. She was very moody from the outset and at each stage of&