Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Tuesday Talent - Marianna Nardin

Marianna Nardin is the doll maker for Circus of Lost Dolls.  She is an Italian Fashion Designer living in London who creates these amazing dolls alongside her fashion work.

She trained in Venice before working as a fashion designer in Milan.  Her dolls are a combination of paper clay sculpting with fabric clothes and accessories.  They are always a little sad but the detail is fantastic.  I know her from a strong Pinterest presence but she also has a shop on Etsy, 'etsy.com/uk/shop/Circusoflostdolls' . The shop is lovely with some really interesting pieces of jewellery as well as her stunning dolls. Also check out her fashion shop on Etsy at Blackmirror Design for all kinds of steam punk inspired garments.

Her dolls are quite unique and reference her influences which include, Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe.  I hesitate to use the work Gothic but they have that Victorian melancholic feel to them, pale and sad.  For more Lost Dolls, there is an excellent article in Art Doll Quarterly for Winter 2015.



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