I born 1978 to artist family. Both of my parents are artists and art teachers and my father made a long track as a director of one big art school.
So my childhood was influenced with art.
I was sensitive and calm child, loved to play with my siblings, spending hours and hours in forests.
From the early childhood my curious mind has brought me to strange places. I've loved nature, loved the world, loved the life. But my heart was filled with pain.
As straight I learned to read, I read all the news around the world. That was filling my heart with pain and I wished I could change the world better.
I never knew what I'll be when I'm adult. I was interested everything, I couldn't focus just some of things, I wanted to learn everything.
Vet, psychologist, scientist, writer, human right activist...actually my list of dream work was long. And still it's long. To be an artist was not on my list and I would laugh if someone would say ”You'll be an artist!”
After college I didn't know what I exactly want, but I got a good job from cable factory. Next 3 years I spend working and army.
I got married at 2000. I was developing procedure how to use recycled paper to replace plastic. I thought I'm almost ready with the procedure and after a couple of years we would see many plastic things, like computer cases, keyboards, mobile phone covers made by recycled paper.
I made a lot of tests, but with my cheap systems I couldn't make perfect pieces.
But I believed I'll get funds for that. I stopped the main work and educated business, thinking while studying I found own company.
I was proud to show what I had developed, but I was laughed out of everywhere. ”Some crazy idealist” Always the first question was education. So finally I educated about plastics...It didn't help. ”Why do you want replace plastic, it's a good material?” Such was the time, time of the techno bubble.
We got a child, two...and I knew I need again a paid work. I had some paid jobs, but I thought I need something from which I can make better money to keep developing the main idea. As I had always loved to do my hands, I started a company what made decorative wooden window frames. The only one in Europe.
The idea was good. A lot of customers. But the problem was me. I wanted to make perfect work, be always kind, so I forget the business. Finally I never focused to money, I was more interested to work and make visually beauty stuff.
7 years I made them, mostly alone. Finally I got burnout and bankruptcy.
It was time to stop, time to think, time to find back to the roots. There I was. Alone, looking the stars. I saw me alone, lost everything.
Slowly my eyes was opening and saw something. I had everything, I found life, I found love.
I was forgot me. My nature is helpfull and for me saying "No" has been always hard.
My children has been always with me. I have wanted to take them to my workshop.
I wanted to focus to them.
So after my depression and bankcrupty I have focused to family life. Still I want to change the world better, but I do it different way. It's time to life, time to art.
My house is always full of life. We have 6 kids, wolfdog, few sheep and always some of guests.
We live in a big old school. To here I have created a wonderland for kids. It's something between museum, art gallery and play ground.
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What I have done on my track? Curious and open mind has brough me to different and strange places. I have done a lot and here you can find a little part of my story.