Fairy Tales (Krupenichka Dolls), 2009





Fairy Tales (Krupenichka Dolls), 2009





Fairy Tales (Krupenichka Dolls), 2009





Fairy Tales (Krupenichka Dolls), 2009





Fairy Tales (Krupenichka Dolls), 2009





Materials: Cranston Fabric Doll Patterns for Snow White, Goldilocks, and Little Red Ridding Hood, rice, yarn


Krupenichka dolls are a traditional Russian craft, and child's toy. Each year, the dolls were made and filled with seeds from the first crop of each year, as an act of premonition for a yielding harvest. They were always made without faces so that evil spirits recognized them as inanimate objects and thus did not posses them. This made them harmless playthings for children. These dolls were made without sewing or gluing the fabric, rather wrapping the fabric around itself and typing it in knots. In "Fairy Tales" fabric Doll patterns (used to make stuffed dolls of the Fairy Tale heroines Snow White, Goldilocks, and Little Red Ridding Hood) were used to create Krupenichka style dolls. While these dolls are faceless, their faces are emblazoned with sewing instructions for making the stuffed dolls depicted on the fabric.