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POCKOSHKO AT MAGMA CLERKENWELL
18 September 2009 | exhibitions
Matryoshkas date from 1890, and are said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Japan. The story goes that a folk crafts painter called Sergei Maliutin, saw a set of Japanese wooden dolls representing Shichi-fuku-jin, the Seven Gods of Fortune and, inspired, drew a sketch of a Russian version of the toy which was then carved and painted. It consisted of eight dolls; the outermost was a girl holding a rooster, six inner dolls were girls, the fifth doll was a boy, the innermost – a baby. In 1900, the dolls were presented at the World Exhibition in Paris and the toy earned a bronze medal. Soon, many other places in Russia started making matryoshki.
Pocko in collaboration with Magma has initiated an exciting new project involving 20 international, award-winning Pocko artists.
Artists will customise a series of wooden Matryoshka dolls, using a variety of techniques, from ... read more |
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