I'm a self taught artist and puppet maker, living in Prague, the most magical and beautiful of all cities. Since my early childhood days my inner world has been very vivid and colourful, so it wasn't always easy for reality to cope with that. I do believe in Dragons, Love and Miracles, and my strong conviction is, that our souls purpose is to follow our bliss, and that's what I'm trying to do.
In my former life - at least in the beginning of a long and winding road - I was a bookbinder, and though this beautiful old profession couldn't hold me under it's wings, it already showed me, or maybe only confirmed, that craft and working with my hands is the right thing to do. Only a little "colour" needed to be added...
What do I create? I'm sculpting, making dolls and marionettes under the label Dark Smile Studio, designing jewellery - from time to time, mainly pagan rosaries and prayer bracelettes, under the name Brigid's Whispers, dedicating an own space to my favourite Creatures, the Vampires, under the label Vampyres of Prague, love photographing, writing, painting, illustrating, altering things and furniture, and who knows what will be next...
I was about ten years old, when I made my first doll, and since it was something like playing then, now it became a passion, that takes in a huge part of my heart and my daily life.
My puppets are made from different media, most of them from air drying clay or paper clay, but last year I started to work in wood, either.
While the sculpted dolls and marionettes are mainly collectible items, made for decoration, the wooden marionettes are created by professional technics to perform on stage. For any questions about my puppets, feel free to contact me. To see, which puppets are currently for sale you are welcome to visit my Etsy-shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/DarkSmileStudio
