Works made by Olga Bocharova

   Olga Bocharova, a Nizhnii Novgorod doll-maker, has been a member of the city's Paraskeva Workshop since 2001. She learned folk art techniques as a child. Since 1997 she has participated in exhibitions and festivals of folk art and applied art.

   In 2004 and 2006, members of NN Paraskeva Workshop won prizes in the All-Russia Festival "Russian Costume between Two Eras."     

Red Doll

   Olga Bocharova considers a folk peasant doll to be an element of traditional Russian culture. Her dolls represent centuries-old ethnographic customs, incorporating many kinds of materials: wood, paper, linen, cotton, wool, birch bark, and bast. She uses different techniques, such as hand needlework, hand weaving, felting, knitting, and embroidery.