Porcelain dolls are no longer antiquated collector’s items that accumulate dust sitting on shelves. The precious dolls may still be meticulously made in fragile materials, but they now showing off a tougher side by being fetishized, zombified and becoming more provocative than ever.
Many of these tchotchkes embrace a touch of the bizarre, like the creations of artist Richard Ankrom that blend well-recognized cartoon characters with S&M-like masks, or Mark Ryden’s doll that wears a dress made out of different cuts of meat.
The juxtaposition of the porcelain materials used to craft these dolls combined with the unusual themes makes them not nearly as delicate or boring as the traditional porcelain dolls that came before them.
15 Remixed Porcelain Dolls
From Ceramic Headless Brides to Personalized Mini Dolls:
Laura McQuarrie — Jan 26, 2014 — Art & Design
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Gothic Porcelain Dolls
Toys With Attitude
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Ceramic Headless Brides
Twisted Porcelain Dolls by Jessica Harrison Are a Dark Take on Toys
13
Personalized Mini Dolls
Naughty Porcelain Toys
12
Fairytale Figurines
These Shary Boyle Sculptures Re-Create Fantasies as Surreal Statues
11
Provocative Porcelain Figures
Jessica Stoller Exaggerates the Objectification of Female Bodies
10
Porcelain Parisian Fashion Dolls
The Miss Lanvin Collection
9
Sensualized Porcelaine Figurines
Europe-Europe by AES+F Addresses Provocative Politics
8
Unformed Figurine Sculptures
TRANS by Kohei Nawa Involves Scanning and Texture Mapping
7
Lady-Shaped Perfume Bottles
The Blow Me Perfume Bottles by Rebecca Wilso are a Bit Creepy
6
Honeycombed Porcelain Figurines
Artist Aganetha Dyck Collaborates with Bees for Her Sculptures
5
Meat-Dressed Porcelain Dolls
Mark Ryden’s Porcelain Meat Dress Revives One of His Paintings
4
Horrific Porcelain Ads
The Profondo Rosso Campaign is Shockingly Gory
3
Wanton Ceramic Figurines
Artist Richard Ankrom Combines Cute and Kinky
2
Traditional Beheaded Teacups
Doll Head Cups Combine Antique Objects in an Unexpected Way
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Flighty Porcelaine Figurines
The Hope Bird Collection by Jaime Hayon Represents Optimistic Future
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Shape-Shifting Ceramics
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