dA interview
модераторы "девиантарта" всё-таки добрались до моих кукол. Спасибо Бьянке aka MyntKat
Вот тут можно почитать коллективное интервью:
Dolls, Plushies & Customized Toys Week: Softbody Dolls
А здесь текст моих ответов для тех, кому лень читать остальные:
Hello! Could you please introduce yourself?
Hi! My full name is Margarita Gurova, yet somehow people often call me just “Ree”. I’m 22 years old and I live in the capital of Russia - Moscow, where all bears march after drinking some vodka.
The first one of my dolls appeared when I was about 17 years old, since then I’ve been making monsters, cuties and cute monsters. I’ve never attended any kind of art schools or lessons, that’s why I might call myself a “self-taught artist”, but I do realize I’ve learned a lot from my mother and my creative friends.
Currently I’m planning to become a full-time artist and make dolls to pay my living, though I worked primarily as an editor and cinema reviewer before and making dolls was my hobby.
I already have an Etsy shop: limeinmoloko.etsy.com which is currently empty, but very soon will be filled with new dolls and sculptures.
When you create a soft body toy, how do you go about it?
To be fair, I find it harder and harder to understand what exactly inspires me. An old legend or a short phrase heard somewhere, a dream or a moment in reality, a random match of colours or fabrics - each can become a source of inspiration. Once it’s found, I know this is “IT” as it captures my mind entirely and all I have to do is to wait until it turns out into exact image, which I just copy into reality. Because of it all of my dolls are unique and not available for recreation; they are entirely handmade and have a personal character with a story to tell.
Sketches help to think out the details, but I don’t use them very often and prefer to think of decorative elements once the “blank body” is made. I always start with sculpting and painting the head, which is the main part of the character and the leading part for the whole doll.
Where do you work and what materials do you use?
My work area is in my flat and it consists of a comfortable armchair and a table. I don’t use any special tools except my fingers, a needle and an emery board to grind the sculpted parts of a doll. All the fabrics I currently use are vintage and were found at my grandmother’s house.
For sculpting I prefer Efaplast Light and Fimo Soft; for colouring - acrylics and watercolour paints, - all of these materials can be found at local shops.
Do you have any tips for beginners?
Remember: creativity begins with the lack of tools and materials. You don’t have to buy all the things listed in hobby shops to start making dolls - finding substitutes for common materials and inventing new techniques is the first step to forming your personal style and further development as an artist.
Which soft body toy in your gallery are you most proud of and why?
Every artist’s life is a perpetual search of new forms. My life as an artist is also a search for new stories, a path to forming “new mythology”. I try to make each one of my dolls not only a part of “visual art” or “crafts” category, but to give them personality. That’s why every creature I’ve made has a little story to go with. Maybe one day I will even publish a book with these stories!
The new round in forming my “mythology” are Birdmen from woods.
These dolls gave a start for the first series in my “career” and became an endless source of inspiration for me. Making costumes for birdmen helps me to develop my designing and sewing skills as well, that’s why I guess I won’t get tired of this series of dolls for a long long time.
Правда, через несколько дней после интервью я нашла "нормальную работу"(с), поэтому заявленная в нём переквалификация в "full-time-artist" не удалась. чьорд.(
Вот тут можно почитать коллективное интервью:
Dolls, Plushies & Customized Toys Week: Softbody Dolls
А здесь текст моих ответов для тех, кому лень читать остальные:
Hello! Could you please introduce yourself?
Hi! My full name is Margarita Gurova, yet somehow people often call me just “Ree”. I’m 22 years old and I live in the capital of Russia - Moscow, where all bears march after drinking some vodka.
The first one of my dolls appeared when I was about 17 years old, since then I’ve been making monsters, cuties and cute monsters. I’ve never attended any kind of art schools or lessons, that’s why I might call myself a “self-taught artist”, but I do realize I’ve learned a lot from my mother and my creative friends.
Currently I’m planning to become a full-time artist and make dolls to pay my living, though I worked primarily as an editor and cinema reviewer before and making dolls was my hobby.
I already have an Etsy shop: limeinmoloko.etsy.com which is currently empty, but very soon will be filled with new dolls and sculptures.
When you create a soft body toy, how do you go about it?
To be fair, I find it harder and harder to understand what exactly inspires me. An old legend or a short phrase heard somewhere, a dream or a moment in reality, a random match of colours or fabrics - each can become a source of inspiration. Once it’s found, I know this is “IT” as it captures my mind entirely and all I have to do is to wait until it turns out into exact image, which I just copy into reality. Because of it all of my dolls are unique and not available for recreation; they are entirely handmade and have a personal character with a story to tell.
Sketches help to think out the details, but I don’t use them very often and prefer to think of decorative elements once the “blank body” is made. I always start with sculpting and painting the head, which is the main part of the character and the leading part for the whole doll.
Where do you work and what materials do you use?
My work area is in my flat and it consists of a comfortable armchair and a table. I don’t use any special tools except my fingers, a needle and an emery board to grind the sculpted parts of a doll. All the fabrics I currently use are vintage and were found at my grandmother’s house.
For sculpting I prefer Efaplast Light and Fimo Soft; for colouring - acrylics and watercolour paints, - all of these materials can be found at local shops.
Do you have any tips for beginners?
Remember: creativity begins with the lack of tools and materials. You don’t have to buy all the things listed in hobby shops to start making dolls - finding substitutes for common materials and inventing new techniques is the first step to forming your personal style and further development as an artist.
Which soft body toy in your gallery are you most proud of and why?
Every artist’s life is a perpetual search of new forms. My life as an artist is also a search for new stories, a path to forming “new mythology”. I try to make each one of my dolls not only a part of “visual art” or “crafts” category, but to give them personality. That’s why every creature I’ve made has a little story to go with. Maybe one day I will even publish a book with these stories!
The new round in forming my “mythology” are Birdmen from woods.
These dolls gave a start for the first series in my “career” and became an endless source of inspiration for me. Making costumes for birdmen helps me to develop my designing and sewing skills as well, that’s why I guess I won’t get tired of this series of dolls for a long long time.
Правда, через несколько дней после интервью я нашла "нормальную работу"(с), поэтому заявленная в нём переквалификация в "full-time-artist" не удалась. чьорд.(