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Frida Kahlo An Illustrated Biography by Zena Alkayat and ilustrated by Nina Cosford

Frida Kahlo (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) liked to dress in traditional costumes and pay homage to the different people originating from her country, México.

Her wardrobe includes embroidered shirts, braids wrapped with ribbons wrapped around the top of her head and polleras (large full skirts used in traditional festivities and folklore throughout Latin America).

Many of these costumes, related to the history and traditions of México, made Frida a fashion icon and have already inspired fashion designers and also artists and film directors.

Frida Kahlo's life and the details of her work and personal world are an inspiration to the entire world.

Here I share some paper dolls, that we can find on the internet, as a tribute to this great artist and woman and those who are inspired by her.

Frida Kahlo: viva la vida by Donald Hendricks

Frida Kahlo: viva la vida by Donald Hendricks

 

Frida Kahlo: viva la vida by Donald Hendricks

Frida Kahlo: viva la vida by Donald Hendricks

Frida by Ilja Shapovalov

Frida Kahlo by Francisco Estebanez

Frida Kahlo by Francisco Estebanez

 

Paper doll by the horrible man

El Angel from mermag.blogspot.com

Frida Kahlo by Lisa Perrin

Salma Hajek(Pinault) as Frida from Julie Taymor's movie by Tom Tierney

 

 

Frida illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe

Frida illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe

Frida illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe

Frida illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe

 

 

 

 Share your paper dolls and leave your comments. Thanks for visiting and see you next time!____________________________________________________________________________________

Frida Kahlo(6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) gostava de vestir-se com trajes tradicionais e prestar homenagem aos diferentes povos originários do seu do país, o México. Do seu guarda roupa fazem parte as camisas com bordados, as tranças enroladas com fitas enroladas no alto da cabeça e as polleras (grands saias rodadas usadas em festividades tradicionais e folclore em toda a América Latina. Muitos destes trajes, relacionados com a história e tradições do México, já inspiraram fashion designers, artistas, realizadores de cinema. A vida de Frida Kahlo e os detalhes do seu trabalho e do seu mundo pessoal,  são uma inspiração para o mundo inteiro. Aqui partilho algumas paper dolls que podemos encontrar na internet como homenagem a esta grande artista e mulher e aqueles que nela se inspiram. Partilhem as vossas paper dolls e deixem os vossos comentários. Obrigado pela visita e até à próxima!

A man of good presence...

"... and the Lord is with him" - 1Samuel 16:18 

David and Me (2001) by Canadian self-taught artist Steve Walker (1961-2012)

After the last post I was curious to look online for what had been published with Michelangelo's David in the form of paper dolls... I found some that I share here.

Of course, I can't help but remember the story of the American teacher who lost her job for showing this statue to her students during an art class.

Well, it's better not to pay attention to the details... see you next time! 😜

Renaissance Dress Up Paper Dolls by David Claudon

Dress me up David by Caryco Magnets

David's Drawers by Margi Laurin Art

Paper doll inspired by Michelangelo's David by Donald Hendricks(1932-2013)

Colour me Rodney(Bickerstaffe) paper doll by uncredited artist

Tintin aprés Herge by uncredited artist. You can draw the outfits.

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Depois do último post fiquei curioso para procurar online o que havia sido publicado com o David de Michelangelo em forma de paper doll... Encontrei algumas artes que compartilho aqui. Claro, não posso deixar de lembrar a história da professora americana que perdeu o emprego por mostrar esta estátua aos seus alunos durante uma aula de artes. Bom, é melhor não prestar atenção aos detalhes... até a próxima!

Inspired by great artists

 I would like to share with you some paper dolls that I found in my archives... It's been a year since I tried, once again, to keep up with Inktober. It was created in 2009 by Jake Parker and aims to make one ink drawing a day for a month and publish it online on any social network with the hashtag #inktober or #inktober[year of the challenge]. Jake's intention was to create a sort of daily routine and develop his drawing technique. You can find some tutorials on his website. This challenge has gained thousands of followers around the world, achieving great popularity! You can also see my paper dolls from Inktober 2018. This challenge came from the Miss Missy paper dolls blog 's initiative. In 2022 I created my own list and the base paper doll. The challenge was to design an outfit, an accessory, a pair of shoes or anything inspired by the work or personality of a visual artist from the history of art.

Here it is the list for the challenge:

October 1: Paper doll base model

October 2: Gustav Klimt
October 3: Almada Negreiros(PT)
October 4: Matisse
October 5: Man Ray
October 6: Gauguin
October 7: Chagall
October 8: Tamara de Lempicka
October 9: Salvador Dali
October 10: Pollock
October 11: Keith Haring
October 12: Hokusai
October 13: Leonardo Da Vinci
October 14: Georgia O'Keeffe
October 15: Hundertwasser
October 16: Egon Schiele
October 17: Alphonse Mucha
October 18: Jeff Koons
October 19: Paula Rego(PT)
October 20: Mário Botas(PT)
October 21: Magritte
October 22: Banksy

October 23: Mondrian
October 24: Caravaggio
October 25: Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (PT)

October 26: Basquiat
October 27: Michelangelo (this one should be the base model 😂 )
October 28: Frida Kahlo
October 29: Georges Braque
October 30: Yves Klein

October 31: Andy Warhol

... I wasn't very happy with the paper doll base and then I lacked motivation. I don't like drawing under pressure... however I think I can share the results.

 

Sketch rough for paper doll model

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Gostaria de partilhar com vocês alguns paper dolls que encontrei nos meus arquivos... Já faz um ano que tentei, mais uma vez, acompanhar o Inktober. O Inktober foi criado em 2009 por Jake Parker e que se propõe a fazer um desenho a tinta por dia durante um mês e publicar online em qualquer rede social com a hashtag #inktober ou #inktober[ano do desafio]. A intenção de Jake era criar uma espécie de rotina diária e desenvolver a técnica de desenho. No site dele podem encontrar alguns tutoriais. Este desafio conquistou milhares de seguidores em todo o mundo, alcançando grande popularidade!Também podem ver as minhas bonecas de papel Inktober 2018. Este desafio foi da iniciativa do blog Miss Missy paper dolls. Em 2022 criei a minha própria lista e o boneco de papel base. O desafio era desenhar uma roupa, um acessório, um par de sapatos ou qualquer coisa inspirada na obra ou na personalidade de um artista visual da história da arte. Obrigado por passarem por aqui!

He believes in a beauty...*

"We are born and reborn countless times..." - Dalai Lama

 

  From time to time, we all have periods in our lives that take all our energy. Even though I didn't come here to share some paper dolls with you, I've been keeping an eye on the news that appears on the web.

Fortunately, there are many artists using the language and aesthetics of paper dolls to create their artistic work. I share with you Ilja Shapovalov’s beautiful paper doll inspired by the Birth of Venus with seven different outfits. 

Take a look at his gallery of works.

 

Venus paper doll by Ilja Shapovalov

 

Venus paper doll by Ilja Shapovalov

 

Venus paper doll by Ilja Shapovalov

“Every man has the right to doubt his task, and to abandon it from time to time; the only thing he can’t do is forget it.” (The fifth mountain/ Paulo Coelho,1996)

See you soon!

 *From Venus as a Boy/ Björk

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"Nascemos e renascemos inúmeras vezes..." - Dalai Lama

De vez em quando todos temos períodos na nossa vida que nos consomem toda a energia. Apesar de não vir aqui há já algum tempo para partilhar convosco algumas paper dolls, eu tenho estado atento às novidades que vão aparecendo na web. Felizmente há muitos artistas a utilizar a linguagem e a estética de paper dolls para criarem o seu trabalho artístico.

Partilho convosco a bonita paper doll de Ilja Shapovalov (ilustrador, artista digital, artista 2D) inspirada no “Nascimento de Vénus”. Vejam a sua galeria de trabalhos em https://www.behance.net/gallery/169766297/Venus-paper-doll

“Todo homem tem direito de duvidar de sua tarefa, e de abandona-la de vez em quando; a única coisa que não pode fazer é esquece-la”. (O Monte Cinco/ Paulo Coelho, 1996) 

Até breve!

Cindy Sherman's animated short "Doll Clothes"

This is about paper dolls! I found this on the Internet and I want to share it with you.

Cindy Sherman (born 1954) is the well-known American artist for her  photography work with self-portraits.

 "When I was in college, I made this book of doll clothes for my photography course. I was documenting a piece that I had already made for a film course, but I wanted to bring the doll to life so I shot myself doing all the poses, and it became this goofy little film. It completely ties in to everything I’m doing now because I decided that I liked the cut-out figures more than the film." - Cindy Sherman

"Doll Clothes" is a short black and white silent film, one of her first super-8 mm films, with about 2 minutes and was not seen since 1975, the year it was made. One of the copies it's now part of the Tate gallery collection.

Doll Clothes by Cindy Shermam,1975

 

"The film begins with a shot of the cover of a book (made by the artist) which is decorated with a flowery border and photographic cut-outs of women wearing old-fashioned hats and clothes. Inside the book on the left-hand side is a photographic cut-out of young woman (Sherman) in her underwear housed in a laminated sleeve underneath the label ‘DOLL’. On the right-hand side underneath the label ‘CLOTHES’ are plastic sleeves containing cut-outs of various outfits. The ‘doll’ comes to life and looks through the selection of clothes, grouped under categories such as ‘SCHOOL’ or ‘CASUAL’. Once dressed, she leaves the book and moves onto an adjacent surface featuring a hair brush, make-up and other accessories. The doll checks her appearance in a mirror, before a pair of large human hands enter the frame, take off the doll’s outfit, and put her and the clothes back into their respective sleeves. Returned to just her underwear, the doll appears to be frustrated, and the book closes." (Martin, R. (2014, May) Cindy Sherman: Doll Clothes, 1975, in: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sherman-doll-clothes-t12571#3)

You can read more about this work here on Tate's site. Enjoy it! 

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Isto é sobre bonecas de papel! Eu encontrei-o na Internet e quero compartilhar com vocês.Cindy Sherman (n. 1954)  é a sobejamente conhecida artista americana pelo trabalho de fotografia com os seus auto-retratos."Doll Clothes" é um dos primeiros filmes super-8 mm de Cindy Sherman, com cerca de 2 minutos e não era visto desde 1975, ano em que foi feito. Uma das cópias faz parte da colecção da Tate gallery.

"Quando eu estava na faculdade, fiz esse livro de roupas de boneca para o curso de fotografia. Estava documentando um trabalho que já havia feito para um curso de cinema, mas eu queria dar  vida à boneca, então eu fotografei-me fazendo todas as poses, e isso tornou-se neste pequeno filme pateta. Isto está completamente ligado a tudo o que estou fazendo agora porque eu decidi que gostei mais das bonecas de papel do que do filme ". - Cindy Sherman

Podem ler mais sobre este trabalho aqui no site da Tate. Aproveitem!