Would you believe the very first nesting doll, created well over 100 years ago, was meant to be a sort of promotional item? The doll depicted a peasant family and symbolized the simple life of the countryside--she was the artist's attempt to promote interest in Russia's romantic past.

And she was a huge success! The novelty of the nesting figures has captured the imagination of everyone who holds them, one generation after the next. The charm of the medium itself captures the audience. There is profound beauty in its simple complexity.

So take this winning medium, fashion it into just the right shape, and say with it what you will. It's fun. It's unique. Collectible. Memorable. Fascinating! It's a conversation piece. People will talk about you!

These custom Russian matryoshkas were made for Nike to promote a new line of snowboarding gear. After the project was completed, Nike sent us this note of thanks: "[The dolls] look great. I appreciate all of your hard work and the time we have spent going back and forth to make a great idea come to reality. It was a pleasure doing business with you."

Just a soda can? Think again! The good people at Coca-Cola wanted a neat promo item to commemorate their sponsorship in the 2008 Summer Olympics. We designed a 5-piece wooden Russian matryoshka doll that looked just like a Coke can. “Coca-Cola” was written in a different language on each can--Chinese, English, Thai, Ethiopian, and Russian. We produced a few thousand custom Russian dolls for the company. They loved it!

A special batch of blank dolls had to be carved to capture the characters of Comedy Central’s South Park in matryoshka form. Let us know if you are interested in custom nesting doll with a non-traditional shape! We are happy to accommodate you! Here, we find Cartman, Kyle, Stan, Kenny, and Mr. Hankey.

We produced this custom Russian matryoshka as a promotional item for Nickelodeon’s The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The outermost doll features main character Eliza Thornberry and Darwin the chimpanzee, followed by Eliza's dad Sir Nigel Thornberry, mom Marianne, sister Debbie, and adopted brother Donnie. Nickelodeon received rave reviews for the movie and their cool promo item as well.

Here is promotional project that we did for the Discovery Channel. This set of custom nesting dolls features Paul Teutul of Orange County Choppers, Sig Hansen of Deadliest Catch, Peter Schmeichel of the European Dirty Jobs, Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters, as well as Buster the robot.

We made this set of five custom nesting dolls for the Game Show Network. The set featured the hosts of several game shows on GSN: Chuck Woolery of Lingo, Bob Goen of That’s the Question, Shandi Finnessey of PlayMania, Dylan Lane of Chain Reaction, and Regis Philbin of Who Wants to be a Millionare?.

You custom Russian nesting doll can have as many or few pieces as you like. We made this 3-piece set (to promote their 3 in 1 service package) as a promotional item for Comcast. We bet their customers think of them every time they see this attractive little matryoshka.

This custom nesting doll was made for the Manchester Soccer Team. A custom doll makes a great memento of a big win!

We made these custom matryoshkas for Nescafe Australia, Ltd. The nesting dolls were carved to look just like their coffee jars. We printed and applied a coffee label, and hand painted the rest. The company used the doll to promote five new varieties in their line of coffees.

These matryoshka dolls were made for Nu Skin as cruise gifts. We received this note of thanks: “I received the shipment of the dolls today. They are truly wonderful. I am excited to able to present these items to our guests on the cruise in June. Also, thank you for packaging them so carefully. I noticed right away how well they were packed, and after receiving items from another vendor just yesterday that were in broken boxes and shoddy packaging, I wanted you to know how much I appreciate the detail.”

These neat airplane dolls were made as promo items for UK airline BMI. The airplane opens up to reveal a stewardess and pilot.

This nesting doll was made for Microsoft to promote their .Net Framework. Every new release of the framework was marked by adding a new layer to the set.

This nesting doll was made for Integrated DNA Technologies to promote ther technologies for genomics applications, such as Next Generation Sequencing, CRISPR genome editing, qPCR, and RNA interference.

Give us your idea, and supply us with your artwork if you like, and we'll design a product to your satisfaction. Insofar as we start from scratch (taking the trees from the Russian forest), we will hand carve your doll in as many pieces as befits your project, and in any shape. If a mid-to-high end product is desired, we'll hand paint your images onto the dolls, making them as exquisite or simple as the project demands. A high gloss lacquer will make the finished product shine.