“The doll is allowed to do things that are forbidden either for people,

and for things. Expanding the limits set up for materia. Merging the possible with the impossible.”


- “Puppet master”

PopovySisters x Auris Jewellery

  • They show up regularly at the Vogue and The New York Times pages
  • They reside in personal collections of Jean-Paul Gaultier, Nick Knight, FKA Twigs and Die Antwoord
  • They are faces of Grimes music album, also known as Ilon Musk ex-wife
  • Recently they have held a personal exhibitions in the biggest private modern art Museum of Russia

Collectible artisan dolls of Popovy sisters are one of the most mysterious and fascinating phenomena in the history of modern art and the fashion industry. Not everyone is able to create an entire world, but the demonic angels Popovysisters and the luxurious Auris Jewelery managed to do it. Woven from legends and contradictions, doll and jewelry style icons once met and united to once again break out bespoken standards and inspire us with their own laws about the concept of the beauty.

Popovysisters

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Auris Jewellery




Feathered Serpent collection (Пернатый змей) Is a new Approach at a doll and her jewelry.
Let US introduce you to two petite and charmant creatures:
Ocean and Amazonas!
They Are a precious result of an extraordinary union of both passionate and inventive
jewelers and artists.


INSPIRATION:
Earth - Flora. The snake is a king cobra. The tree is bodhi.
Dualism of human nature. The search for harmony through a return to mythological archetypes.
the bird and the snake ArE SYMBOLS OF AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS FROM ANCIENT CULTURES
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OCEAN

The Ocean doll symbolizes the divine nature and higher consciousness, inseparable from the individual consciousness, like a WATERdrop and THE ocean.

The ETERNAL purity and THE purity of the doll is revealed by the jewelry chosen for her - the entire OCEAN JEWELRY SET is made of 14 carat gold with ICE clear White Zirconia crystals.

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AMAZONAS

The Amazonas doll Has got her name after the majestic and legendary river; the main artery that gives life to the Amazonian jungle. There are still tribes there who own and pass on the tradition of working with plants OF Mystic POWER.


The POWER of natuRE THEME is also reflected in the set of jewelry that Amazonas chose for herself - ALL COLORED CRYSTALS IN THE JEWELRY SET are the shades of Paraiba Mint and SPRING Green, which redirect us to the Amazonian jungle.



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Both Dolls are dressed in gold and crystal jewelry inspired by the goddess STATUES found in ancient Indian bas-reliefs and sculptures. Their heads are crowned with halos - symbolS of enlightened consciousness and holiness.
Iroquois on their heads symbolize the union of antipods, and the twisting braids symbolize the spiral of the evolutionary energy of the world. Silk lotuses complete the hairstyle, flowing hair resembles waves of water.


IN ADDITION TO THE JEWELRY, AURIS Artisans HAVE Created for each doll TWO HAND BRACELETS AND 25 MICRO PENDANTS MADE OF 14K GOLD IN THE HAIR, AS WELL AS A HALO IN GOLD-PLATED BRASS.

THE DOLL'S HANDS ARE CROPPED WITH BRACELETS WITH REAL AURIS JEWELRY - ROYAL LILY and CHRYSANTA, AND THE RINGS, connected to the bracelets with chains, HAVE GRISANT REVERSED GEM On AMAZONAS' FINGERS AND PYRASTUD On OCEAN's fingers.

overall the JEWELRY SET of each of the dolls is MADE IN 14K GOLD WITH CLEAR AND COLORED SELECTIVE zirconia CRYSTALS.
The jewelry used for these sets are mostly the smallest versions from the AURIS catalog, but some of them are made exclusively for these tiny creatures, on the verge of human craftsmanship in miniature art.


BOTH AMAZONAS AND OCEAN WEAR A CLICKERING WITH CHAINS In THE NOStril, MICRODERMAL WITH THE Tiniest ASTRA AVAILABLE ON THE FOREHEAD, AND EXCLUSIVE Baroque ELFRAN IN THE EARS, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE DOLLS, AS LONG AS A TINY version of WELL-KNOWN AURiS CANONICAL FIREBIRD FEATHERS.

AMAZONAS ALSO CHOSEN A FULL-SIZE CHRYSANTA FOR THE LOBE WHICH REMINDS US OF THE STRETCHED EARS OF THE EQUATORIAL TRIBES, AND OCEAN STOPPED ON A LACONIC WHITE CRYSTAL and a simple gold ball, CLASSIC AND UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE EUROPEAN COLLECTIONER .

AND WHAT ADDITIONALLY SENDS US TO THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE DIVINES - BOTH DOLLS HAVE their NIPPLES PIercED and decorated with a set of tiny LACONIC GOLDEN BALLS.


The Firebird Feather and Elfran are the apotheosis of the microscopic work of INCREDIBLE CRAFTMEN from AURIS.

The size of both the feather and the elfran is about 5mm, and the size of the stones in these pieces is NO MORE THAN 0.6mm! To create such small pieces jewelers had nothing but to create their own tiny manipulating tools.

The dolls are wearing a completely EXCLUSIVE, designed specially FOR THIS COLLECTION hips BELT, STOCKING PENDANT AND BODYCHAIN FROM BASTET CHAINS WITH ROYAL LILY, ASTRA, EXCLAMATION, CASCADE AND CHRYSANTA AURIS DESIGNS.
Spectacular chains are decorated not only on the front side - dolls are also women and love to have decorations from ANY SIDE ANYONE CAN STARE AT them!



IN THE Navel OF BOTH DOLLS YOU CAN FIND

A MINIATURE TOYLIKE NAVEL CURVE WITH ROYAL LILY - THE SAME JEWELRY CAN BE FOUND WEAVED INTO THE BODYCHAIN, belt, Microdermal on the neck and ON THE GLOVES.


TOGETHER WITH astra, chrysanta and royal lily we plan to make this decoration serial for all Popovy sisters dolls!

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And LAST but not least, HIGH-heel FANTASY POINTE SHOES CREATE THE impression THAT THE DOLL ALMOST DOESN'T TOUCH THE GROUND, LeVITATIng right a bit ABOVE. THE POINTE SHOES ARE DECORATED WITH STyLIZED BIRD CLAWS, on which you can see the whirlwinds of the UNIVERSE energy!

EACH DOLL IS embraced LIKE A BIRD: CUSTOM BRACELETS CLOCKED ON THEir LEFT ANKLES ENGRAVED WITH THE DOLL'S NAME, the COLLECTION TITLE AND the LOGO.

BRACELET AND CLAWS ARE Made of 925 SILVER and plated with gold.


EKATERINA and ELENA POPOVY

about the collaboration Popovysisters x Auris Jewellery

Ekaterina Popova and Elena Popova - twin sisters and creators of the dolls.

The idea of visuals creation

  • Could you please tell us more about the composition and coatings of the dolls. What is the body, hair, costumes, accessories made of? What did you start from when developing these images?
We sculpted the prototype of the doll sculpture manually with our own hands from special self-hardening thermoplastic. Later they were molded precisely and casted in a special high-quality polyurethane. Our dolls are BJD (ball-jointed doll), so they have to be assembled with a special elastic band. The joints make it possible to easily change the doll's poses. Multi-layer painting of the dolls is made with Japanese acrylic paints, varnishes and fixatives. For the hairstyles, we carefully select natural goat and alpaca wool, and then dye the “hair” using multi-layer dyeing during several stages. This way we obtain to create the finest shades and a soft transition from color to color. To decorate the body, we, together with Auris, based on the models already available in their product line, came up with jewelry for the whole body in the form of a bodychain and a hips harness belt with dangles, piercings, beads and accessories. Auris jewelers have created incredibly fine jewelry and piercings that adorn our dolls! Their look was finalized with silver bird claws and anklets. And the costumes are made from molded silk according to our secret technology. We keep the right not to mention it so far, the artist should have some skeletons in their wardrobe!

Emotions about the project
  • How can you describe your impressions of working on this project and interacting with jewelers?
From the very very begining, me, my sister and Vlad Surovezhko, the brand’s chief jeweler, decided to take our time and create dolls gradually, step by step, without any hurry and saving time. Previous years we already had this idea and we were dreaming to dress our dolls in the finest jewelry made of gold and crystals for years! And thanks to the skilled craftsmen of Auris, our ideas came to life!

Creation process
  • How long did it take to crystallize the idea and bring it to life? Were there any interesting discoveries during the work?
We were working on these two dolls with Auris jewelers for almost whole year! Experimented, retouched some things, many things! Added something. Dsitracted something. When so-long-awaited jewelry sets arrived to our studio, we immediately dressed up our dolls and simply couldn’t stop staring at them! We expected it to be beautiful, but the way these decorations lay on the body and how they were transformed the visual of the dolls was incredibly mesmerizing!

Collaboration with Auris Jewellery
  • Are you satisfied with the collaboration with the brand? Why did you choose the Auris Jewelery to accomplish this unseen task and what did you find interesting in it?
We are very, very inspired with our collaboration with Auris! And we are already thinking about creating a collection of doll jewelry together. Vlad (the head of the production segment of the Auris company) spoke a lot about his interest and inspiration in making jewelry and accessories for the dolls, whilest we were searching for a master jeweler with the highest quality of work and capabilities. This was a constellation match! We really liked the brand’s jewelry, so we even chose for ourselves several piercing tops, which we wear in our ears and which our dolls wear!

The jewelry you wear
  • So you're wearing Auris too? What is it, if it's not a secret? Do you wear the same jewelry?
We are twins, so yes, we decided to have the same set of jewelry! It includes brands bestsellers - Astra, Chrysanta, Princess Prong and Moon Priestess. We like it very much!

About people's world trends
  • Which jewelry designed in this collaboration in your opinion may set up trends for real people?
Undoubtedly, bodychain and hips belt! We think, many divine and exquisite women would adore to decorate their bodies with these jewels!

If Popovysisters dolls may talk, what would they say about Auris Jewellery?
We have no idea what would the say, but we bet all-in they won't stick out from the mirror!
4 of November, 2023 in flagman store AURIS MOSCOW in Moscow, Russia, begind the closed doors we have presented the “Feathered Serpent” collection, where we have gathered our beloved colleagues, clients and heart friends of Popovysisters and Auris Jewellery.

There was a DJ-set, fourchette, sommelier-show, a little of pathetic speeches and the amiable mood of everyone who have been invited. The visitors of the celebration have got a pleasure to get acquainted and talk personally with dolls designers Elena and Ekaterina, jewelry designer Vlad and Arsenio, the headmaster of Auris Moscow.
And, of course with the primary heroes of the party - mystical and beauteous Ocean and Amazonas!

Many guests have been inspired with “Feathered Serpent” collection to a new piercing and new jewelry, similar to jewelry exposed on the dolls. Auris Jewellery resident piercing stylists provided consultation for the guests the whole evening long, and even did some classy auris-piercings.

Photo and video from the event: Аlexander Filatov, Andrew Smirnov

Popovysisters x Auris Jewellery dolls will reside on the exposition in AURIS MOSCOW boutique until the end of 2023 year, after that they will be sold on the auction of Popovy sisters.
If you are interested to take part in the auction, you may ask Auris Moscow receptionist for an invitation.
Note: the starting price at the auction will be no less than 15,000$!

See you in AURIS, because you know... It is luxury. Luxury to be yourself.