Art has always been in my life and the idea of making dolls was with me for a while until I made my first doll out of wool in 2013. I got hooked right away but the process and the material were not exactly matching my personality. As a painter and being visually obsessed with faces, I couldn’t have my complete freedom with the wool. In 2014, I discovered Paperclay and that was it! In 2015, Doll making changed the focus of my life as all my skills, fantasies and experience happened to be very handy – sculpture, painting, theater, literature, felting, and fashion.

My favorite creative stage in doll making reminds me of painting because it was always my absolute pleasure, and it is another reason why I like Paperclay so much – it has a surface similar to paper or canvas. For me, doll making is an art, a self-expression. It’s my view of the world, my fantasies, and my experiences in the art shape of a little human. Yes, a doll is very personal. Despite the fact that dolls connect us to lots of superstitions, for me, the doll remains exclusively an artwork. The creation of a doll for me is no different from any other creative process. Maybe it is a little more sentimental than other forms of art. The process formulates a personal message – a demonstration of your inner child. It’s very similar to poetry in this sense.