Video: Style, diminutiveness and grace: beautiful dolls by Alexandra Kukinova
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
A beautiful doll can be not only a toy, but also a work of art. Alexandra Kukinova's dolls take weeks of handmade work, but the result is worth it: unique faces, graceful forms and rich outfit. Playing "mothers and daughters" with such dolls is quite risky, but you can and even need to admire!
The master puppeteer has a huge scope for creativity, because the doll is not obliged to strictly repeat the features of a person - the main mood is in it. But the works created by Alexandra are realistic to the smallest detail - the thought of funny and a little ridiculous "Antoshkas" and "Pupsiks" does not even come to mind. Beautiful women in elegant outfits and spectacular poses - this is what a "regular" doll from her workshop looks like (compare to the stunningly disgusting dolls of Amanda Louise Spade).
Porcelain is used as a material for dolls, which allows you to convey the finest features of the face and figure. It will keep all the details and paints applied by the hand of the master unchanged for many years. After all, doll models from the Russian artist differ not only in clothing and decor, but are created according to individual projects (almost like dolls in the image and likeness of a customer from Japan)
Alexandra works in several thematic directions, creating series united by the historical era, genre, or national tradition. For dolls, which are conceived as a historical reconstruction, the artist selects in advance a costume of the corresponding era (not only similar in appearance, but also using original materials). And in the author's dolls of other series, which do not require adherence to strict canons, vivid and non-trivial images born by the master's fantasy are realized. From embodied mood muses, to fairy-tale characters …
Of course, a doll containing hundreds of details of the most complex decor requires the work of many people, but the image and concept are the brainchild of Kukina. She makes some dolls in limited edition, and some will remain in a single copy once and for all. Only individual works have a chance to fall into the hands of everyone. After all, art is not a conveyor belt. The gallery of Alexandra's works can be found on her website
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