Irina Drobkova's portrait
Irina Drobkova:"Dostoevsky said that beauty will save the world, I agree with him, and therefore I try to live into the world of beauty"
BPP: Who are you? And who you really are?
Irina Drobkova: My name is Irina Drobkova. I live in Russia . I'm a wife, mother and doll artist, and not one of these three hypostases can not be put on the first place, everything is equally important for me.
"Flora" - paperclay, silk - 54cm / 2012
BPP: If you could say something important to others who were listening, what would you tell them?
Irina Drobkova: I'm afraid the pathetic words, true words and feelings are always simple and comprehensible to all, regardless of faith or nationality, so let my dolls speak for me, I hope they can do it better. Dostoevsky said that beauty will save the world, I agree with him, and therefore I try to live into the world of beauty.
"The wanderer" fimo,62cm / 2012
BPP: What is your true dream, the one that keeps you up at night and if one day it were to come true you would feel peace and calmness in your heart?
Irina Drobkova: I have only one dream to have my loved ones, all was well,if this is so,then my soul the peace and quiet. And if the other people all would be just as good,then it is a real happiness.
"Half way" fimo, 45cm - 2012
BPP: How is life currently for the people in your country and what would you wish for them and for the planet at large?
Irina Drobkova: I think that every country has its own difficulties and Russia has its own too. I'm very worried about what is happening in the world. The new is good ,but we should not forget about the old, that have been accumulated by the people who lived before us. It seems to me that now all over the world people lose their roots and the tree without roots is condemned to die,in my opinion, people are condemned to die too. I think that we need to stop chasing the outside worldl and think more about the inner world, which is alll about our soul.
"Lydia", paperclay,47cm / 2011
"Lisaveta" - paperclay, silk,
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Irina's favorite pet playing with her dolls
BPP: If you had a chance to be a child again would you choose the same life?
Irina Drobkova: No,I wouldn't change anything. All that was in my life has made me the person I am and if I have decide to live a different life, I would have been a completely different person.
"Don't look back" - fimo - 62cm / 2012
BPP: What was the exact moment that you realized what you wanted to do with your life? How did you feel at this very moment?
Irina Dropkova: Ten years ago, when I first met with the art of dolls, it was a real apocalypsis for me. I undestood that I wanted to do nothing else but this. Doll's art requires many skills and it's never a boring job, but the most important thing in this work for me, is the mind game. Dolls are wonderful creatures, they are created in your imagination first and after according to our desires they took shape and form but it depends on the creator what kind of qualities he/she will give to them. And this is always a very interesting process.
"I am not afraid, and you're not afraid of" - fimo, 39cm /2011
"Eve" - paperclay,silk,antique lace - 56cm / 2012
Irina Dropkova:I would hope that my dolls can say more than I. I would be glad if they will be able to impart to the people the heat and my vision of the world, which I tried to put in them.
Eve - paperklay, 56 cm
BPP: Who are you? And who you really are? Меня зовут Ирина Дробкова.Я живу в России . Я жена,мать и художник-кукольник, и ни одна из этих трех моих ипостасей, не может быть поставлена на первое место,все это одинаково важно для меня.
BPP: If you could say something important to others who were listening, what would you tell them?
Я боюсь пафосных речей,истинные слова и чувства всегда просты и понятны всем вне зависимости от веры и национальности,пусть за меня говорят мои куклы,надеюсь им это удастся лучше..Достоевский говорил,что красота спасет мир,я с ним согласна,и поэтому стараюсь нести в мир красоту.
BPP: What is your true dream, the one that keeps you up at night and if one day it were to come true you would feel peace and calmness in your heart? Я мечтаю только об одном,чтобы у моих близких все было хорошо,если это так,то на сердце у меня мир и спокойствие,а если при этом и у других людей все так же хорошо,то это уже настоящее счастье.
BPP: How is life currently for the people in your country and what would you wish for them and for the planet at large? Думаю что в любой стране есть свои трудности и в России тоже. Меня очень беспокоит то, что сейчас происходит в мире. Новое это хорошо,но при этом нельзя забывать о старом, о том что было накоплено людьми до нас. Мне кажется, что сейчас по всему миру люди утрачивают свои корни,дерево без корней погибает,по-моему человек тоже. Мне думается,что мы должны перестать гнаться за внешним и больше думать о внутреннем,то есть о душе.
BPP: If you had a chance to be a child again would you choose the same life? Нет,я не стала бы ничего менять.Все что было в моей жизни сделало меня такой, какая я есть,если бы я решила прожить жизнь как-то иначе,то я была бы совсем другим человеком.
BPP: What was the exact moment that you realized what you wanted to do with your life? How did you feel at this very moment? Лет десять назад я впервые увидела художественных кукол,это было озарением. Тогда я поняла,что хочу заниматься именно этим. Кукла требует многих умений и это никогда не бывает скучно,но главное в этой работе для меня игра. Куклы удивительны,они создаются по образу и подобию нашему,но именно от автора зависит какими качествами он ее наделит. И это очень увлекательно.
BPP: Would you like to tell us something we didn’t ask until now? Я хотела бы надеяться, что мои куклы могут сказать больше, чем я. Я была бы рада, если они смогут передать людям то тепло и мое видение мира, которое я пыталась вложить в них.
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