Oryol's Mother - Орловская Кукла

Hi all! Привет!

 Наконец я ее сделала - Орловскую куклу, или как я ее называю Орловская мамка. Она на меня смотрела с фотографии из книги Котовых, но я никак не могла к ней подойти. Ну вот свершилось и мы познакомились. Своей трогательностью она мне напоминает куколку Убоженьку, хотя, конечно, это совсем другая энергетика. Кукла, для разнообразия, не обережная - игровая, сделанная мастерами XIX века в пику кукле новой, заводской и дорогой, не всем доступной. Представляете, было время когда фабричные товары были дороги, а ручная работа означала доступность товара.

   This  doll has seduced me immediately, when I saw in the Kotov's book on traditional dolls. It is touching and I felt very close attraction to it. These things happen with traditional dolls :)
But to admire is one thing and to do is another. Despite the interest, I could not approach this doll to make it for quite a while. These things also happen with traditional dolls :)

Finally I did one for myself and I like so much both the process and result, that I made a whole lot, a Market Day :)

This doll is, for a change, not a rite or protection doll. This is a doll for games, although you can see that it is inspired by the traditional protecting dolls. Unlike protecting dolls, the body of Oryol's Doll is sewed.
Oryol (Орел) is a town located south of Moscow, half way towards Ukraine, so quite a south place, speaking of traditions.
This doll is a typical example of  artisan toys spread in villages as an alternative to the expensive factory dolls, that appeared and spread in XIX century.

Yes there was a time, when "factory production" meant "expensive" and "artisan" and "hand-made" meant "affordable". Well, time changes.

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