A talented Russian sculptor and artist Mikhail Baikov creates incredibly realistic dolls, which seems to be about to revive.
In his work, a graduate of the Kuban State University uses polymer and self-hardening clay (which is similar to porcelain, but, unlike this fragile material, does not be afraid when falling), eyes that are created by German glass windows to order, wigs made of wool Lama or French Mohair of the highest quality, imitating natural hair.
As a rule, in the collection of Mikhail Zhikov, you can see dolls in the form of 13-16-year-old girls of the late XIX - early XX century.
Costumes for them creates Irina Czemina, acting as a fashion designer, which develops and manufactures old-fashioned clothing that time using old fabrics and antique French lace.
The design of the hinge doll consists of 13 joints, so that it has mobility and can take any pose. Due to the complexity of manufacturing, expensive materials, labor-intensive work and uniqueness (each doll is done in a single copy) the cost of one doll created by Mikhail Bane is 70-80 thousand rubles.
