Russian-born artist Marina Bychkova creates delicate porcelain dolls as visual narrative. These figurines are meant to tell stories, haunted fairy tales if you will, or perhaps inspire observers to imagine their own scenarios.
The stunning and highly original Bride of Frankenstein doll has pale blond hair and a Steampunk headpiece that powers her brain. She wears a wedding gown, after Erté,
that reveals the cruel scars where her heart was put in.
Bychkova writes that the figure was inspired in part by the comics and paintings of fellow Vancouverite Camilla d’Errico, and the romantic fantasy art of James Christensen.
Bychkova builds every doll from scratch, designing, sculpting and casting the body parts, firing and finishing each piece.
The dolls, 34 cm high (13.5 inches), are meticulously assembled using spring-loaded ball and socket joints that allow for intricate posing. Painting and hair complete the figure, sometimes further embellished with jewelry and elaborate costumes. The entire process is explained in detail, with images, here.
Marina Bychkova’s website, Enchanted Doll, is packed with information, a blog, and an extensive gallery of her astounding work.
4 comments:
GAHHHH!!!
I'm a huge fan of Marina Bychkova's Enchanted Dolls for a very long time now and always thought of, but forgot to pass along info about her Bride doll...
At least you've discovered her too! Either way, LOVE the post!
This is just Awesome! You may also be interested in seeing the "Eye-Pod" I created in the style of Shelley's Frankenstein.
http://behindthesteam.blogspot.com/2009/03/look-into-my-eye-pod.html
Thanks for posting all this awesome information!
~Doctor Grymm
Hey Doc, I also like the clockwork heart you did.
Hello, I run a shop dedicated to horror, a blog dedicated to monsters, and an evening dedicated to art. Next week, on May 7th we're having our monthly free art event, Drawing Blood. I thought your readers might be interested in attending. I'd love it if you could put a blurb or a link on your site. Info on the event is below.
http://www.dappercadaver.com/blog/drawing-blood/
Thanks! You have an awesome blog.
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