Doll affection

It all began from a issue of the Art Doll magazine I casually picked up in Barnes & Noble the other day. The cover story was aboutArley Berryhill, a doll artist I should be forever grateful for introducing (or rather reintroduce) me to the magical world of dolls.

At the first glance, I fell in love with his vividly postured and exotically dressed queen. The outfit was stunningly beautiful, in every bit of details, with no wonder the initial motivation of the work was to extend his professional costume designing and making technique outside theater. But there is also enough drama in the figure, the facial expression and pose (how about this CanCan dancer). The last fact that they struck me as dream coming true is that they are completely made of soft cloth, a material as achievable as you can imagine. For me the natural material gives the skin a soft and warm glow, appealing for a touch (look at her back), as opposed to the cold hard sculptures.


Another production I found interesting is the 'trio of trollums'. They are such cute baby trolls. Look at how innocent they are while sucking their thumbs (and holding a lovely giant spider...). Yeah, these are growing to be real naughty creatures.