This soft, whimsical object is meant for home decoration. It’s a stand-alone stuffed mushroom made of different fabrics in burgundy and beige with embroidered details. The stem is stuffed sturdy cotton fabric with embroidery, and the mushroom cap is covered in velvet with hand-sewn beads.
Height 11 cm
Diameter 9 cm
©Ivana Kostić
©Nadja Stamenović
©Ivana Kostić
©Nadja Stamenović
©Nadja Stamenović
Olga Stamenović
- Toy maker
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Master Artisan
Contact
Serbian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+381 628469922
+381 628469922
©Ivana Kostić
Delightful dolls
- • Olga turned to doll making after making clothes for her young daughter
- • She is inspired by children's literature
- • The dolls keep her young, in heart and body
Olga Stamenović takes us back to an era of sheer play, to childhood. An art historian by training and a natural gatherer of people and things, Olga has turned her love for the arts and textiles into making dolls. When she was young, she was fascinated by the skills women had to master and use daily to make a home. It’s this thread of respect and appreciation of women’s craft that lives in Olga’s work to date. Her mother taught her to sew as a young girl. Over the years, she kept collecting remnants of different textiles, which she deployed to make useful objects for her house. Doll making came later. “I started making dolls after I was 50 – to check if a woman after 50 is still alive or a vegetable,” Olga laughs, as she joyfully tells the story of her passion for textiles, recycling, vintage aesthetics and the red polka dot pattern.
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Photo: ©Nadja Stamenović
Magic Mushroom
Photo: ©Nadja Stamenović
Costumed Bunny
This handmade bunny art doll wears a Japanese-style ceremonial dress with cherry blossom pattern and holds a parasol. A beaded lace detail embellishes her head. The brown body is an artisanal trademark. The dress uses patterned fabric and details such as eyes and mouth are embroidered.
Height 70 cm
Diameter 22 cm
Photo: ©Nadja Stamenović
Rabbit doll in Japanese dress
This handmade art doll represents a bunny girl in Japanese style wearing yukata, a traditional belted house dress in Japan. Details such as the eyes and mouth are embroidered. The bunny doll body in a brown colour, with the patterned dress is a trademark of Olga Stamenović.
Height 70 cm
Diameter 22 cm
Photo: ©Nadja Stamenović
Mr and Mrs Fox
This pair of fox art dolls are wearing a vintage style dress from an autumn collection. Their sculptural heads come in a bright brick red colour while the bodies are made of brown twill. Their clothes are in an earthy palette, and the details such as eyes and mouth are embroidered.
Height 75 cm
Diameter 25 cm
Photo: ©Nadja Stamenović
Boy Mouse
This art doll is of a boy mouse dressed in a vintage costume. All made by hand and removable, his clothes are made in blue and navy colours, with details such as the ribbon around his neck in red. His eyes and mouth and other details are embroidered.
Height 65 cm
Diameter 21 cm
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