From the land of world famous artists, Italy, the dollmaker Adriana presents her family of handmade, collectable Cernit ™ dolls. Exclusive and unique masterpieces of handcrafting skills and techniques nowadays almost lost, her dolls are worth to be carefully valued as true works of art. This site is dedicated to all enthusiasts, who now can find a new place in which satisfying their interest in collectable artistic dolls. Visit the Gallery to appreciate her creations, and don't hesitate to contact her (info@adrianadolls.com) for suggestions or requests

Adriana Rovina Innaciotti lives and works in Mantova, Italy (about 100 miles from Milan). Her artistic production includes: dollmaking, painting (oil-painting and water-colour), sculputure, embroidery. Adriana has an unique approach to the doll; she doesn't indeed hold on canonical stereotypes (babies or infant dolls), preferring on the contrary to reproduce real children in real situations, as time to time her inspiration suggests.

Artist's creativity is moved by a simple look at a photo in a magazine or by a detail of a little girl found somewhere out in the street. This is enough to image and then create a detailed "situation" (position of the head and the body, the appropriate dress, the suitable wig and some accessories).
The biggest satisfaction for Adriana occurs when, during the steps of the production, the doll becomes more and more close to the original idea.

In her work Adriana pays always more attention to artistic and personal gratifications than commercial ones; in this way, every doll she makes is always a unique piece, never repeated.
Adriana exhibits often, at home and abroad, and her creations have been shown on many magazines from Italy, France and U.S.A.
Adriana's Dolls appear in various collections in Italy, France, Switzerland, U.S.A., China.