Dolls of Lydia Snul - fabulous creatures from porcelain

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Each doll from Lydia Snul is unique, they all have their own character, history and names. But they also have something in common: these gentle fabulous creatures with pale skin and a sad face, they radiate a special, unearthly beauty, but they look a little lost, as if they were unexpectedly pulled into this alien world for them, and they absolutely do not know what to do here. But, as Lydia says: "probably there is some charm in this, as well as in everything that does not want to fit into the framework of the usual."

Lydia, working under the pseudonym Snul, has been making her dolls since 2008. She mainly creates small figurines. fabulous creatures, mythical characters or simply embodies their fantasies. Snul creates articulated dolls, about which she says: "It was previously believed that hinges are at least unnatural and must be covered with clothes, but today we are witnessing the opposite process." Lydia doesn't like dressing up her dolls at all, because she doesn't want to dress fairy-tale creatures, and she doesn't like sewing at all.

This puppet sculptor's articulated dolls can be assembled and disassembled like a constructor. Lydia pays special attention to the organic combination of the technical and aesthetic components of the doll: small details and full mobility and functionality - all dolls can take any physiological posture for a person.

Everything fabulous creatures Lilies are cast from fluo (a material that imitates porcelain) except for the very first - Mouse, and recently the master began to create fabulous creatures from porcelain. She says that she never specifically studied anatomy, and when she started making humanoid dolls, she just looked at her children, by which "the whole anatomy, in fact, can be seen."

By the way, we recently wrote about Marina Bychkova and her porcelain beauties who embody the ideal of “eternal femininity”. Lydia Snul is familiar with Marina's work and is even a fan of her: “In a certain sense, she is my idol! Her dolls are a huge incentive for me to do something of my own, no less magical and delightful. I am now at the very beginning of this path, and I try not to fall into imitation. I hope I succeed."

Alas, Lydia does not have her own website, but you can communicate with her on the forum, by the way, there you can also sign up for courses that the author conducts in St. Petersburg and Moscow.