Tuesday Talent - Gvozdariki

 Gvozdariki is a Russian doll artist, animator and maker of wonderful mechanism, he also paints rather well.  But it is his dolls that capture my imagination.  Not traditional cloth dolls in any sense, they are cloth, clay, plaster & acrylic and have the most whistful of expressions.

Gvozdariki is the professional name of Vladimir Gvozdez, a graduate of The Russian Academy of Art and a native of Moscow.  His website is to be found at www.gvozdariki.ru and there you will find lots more of his original dolls as well as his mechanisms etc.

I find his world truly engaging, the settings of his dolls are magical and the detail is stunning.  Take a peek at his website, Google will translate it for you and wander around Gvozdariki's incredible imagination, its well worth it.