The young man caused a stir among young people with his realistic portrait dolls.

From the idea of ​​creating dolls bearing the customer's personal mark, Bui Thinh Da (21 years old, living in Soc Trang City, Soc Trang) has created realistic portrait dolls, making a strong impression on young people and the art-loving community.

Bui Thinh Da said that in 6th grade, he accidentally surfed the internet and learned about Bid dolls (also known as ball-jointed dolls). He was impressed and interested in learning more. In 7th grade, Da shaped his own style by pursuing Pop Surrealism, leaning towards mystery and magic. This is a style that is quite picky about its players.

Vietnamese dolls dressed in Nguyen Dynasty costumes. PHOTO: DUY TAN

With three main materials: clay, plastic and porcelain, Da has made hundreds of ball-jointed dolls to date. In particular, in 2014, Da carried out the "Vietnam" Project, making traditional dolls dressed in Nguyen Dynasty costumes. Da's Vietnamese dolls have both male and female versions. In particular, the female version attracts viewers' attention with its rustic, gentle beauty but no less noble and elegant.

Recently, Da has created a stir in the market by launching a realistic portrait doll product priced from 10 to 20 million VND/piece. This doll requires meticulousness, requiring up to 500 hours of continuous meticulous work to complete.

This guy’s dolls are unique, made to order. Each product is designed based on the customer’s real image, from face, expression to hairstyle, outfit… The dolls can pose and change outfits like real people. This helps each doll become a living work of art, clearly expressing the personality and characteristics of each person.

At first, Da only made dolls for his personal taste, but gradually more and more people were interested and wanted to own a version of the doll with their own mark. That was the motivation for Da to turn the idea into reality. The first two works were a 31 cm tall male doll and a 28.5 cm tall female doll, each detail was meticulously crafted.

A pair of realistic portrait dolls ordered by a customer. PHOTO: DUY TAN

"Realistic portrait dolls are much more expensive than other dolls I make because all the details must be handmade, carefully crafted to ensure the sophistication. Each realistic doll is absolutely unique, there are no duplicates and we guarantee that it will not be reproduced for any other reason," Da explained.

To complete a realistic portrait doll, it must go through many meticulous steps: kneading clay, making the skeleton, molding, baking, sanding, smoothing, applying makeup, stretching strings, making hair and clothes... All steps are done by hand, requiring patience and high technique. In the complicated steps mentioned above, the most difficult part is breathing life into the doll to accurately resemble a human model.

Thanks to their uniqueness and high personalization, realistic portrait dolls quickly attracted the attention of young people. Many people ordered them to preserve their own image, as gifts or to commemorate important moments. To date, Da has completed more than 40 orders of realistic portrait dolls for domestic and foreign customers.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chang-trai-gay-sot-gioi-tre-boi-bup-be-chan-dung-ta-thuc-185250503194324467.htm