Artist doll

A Russian artist has become an internet sensation after posting a video showing how he makes his unbelievably realistic hand-painted dolls. Made from a special type of modelling clay, with glass eyes, French mohair wigs and 13 joints each, Michael Zajkov's dolls are painstakingly hand-sculpted and are not available to order. The artist, who studied sculpture at Kuban State University, southern Russia, learnt his craft while working at a puppet theatre and even makes the clothes himself.

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These eye-popping art dolls will give you the shivers.

In the past five years that I’ve been working as a doll artist full-time, my days fluctuated a lot. In the first two years, I’ve still worked from home, so my schedule was all over the place. I didn’t have a good work routine - inconsistent orders didn’t help with that as well, haha. But as the year

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Sometimes, a craftsman is too good, like when he makes dolls so realistic it’s creepy. Michael Zajkov is one such man. The faces of his art dolls are so realistic, it’s disturbing to see him hold their heads in his hands. When you watch his work in motion, there’s only so much you can do […]