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Bio

I think it all started when in kindergarten I refused to draw straight roofs on houses…they just didn’t look straight to me so it pretty much went downhill from there. In elementary school I insisted that noses be drawn sideways and homes be taller than mountains. At the European Institute of Design in Milan, Italy, (from where I graduated in 1990) I disgraced my classically trained watercolor teacher by persevering in my own not so classical style. When I moved to the US my renewed sense of freedom took me in all artistic directions…from dance to music back to painting and graphic design. But still…I was a design rebel (did I say that???). Straight out of school I inadvertently told the Creative Director that hired me , who complained I couldn’t follow directions, that I just couldn’t because hers just ehm ehm “stunk”. Her response: she became determined to make me into her best Art Director ever.

Oh well, years went by with some published work here and there (I won’t name names), more years of graduate school and then –BADABOOM– I was suddenly welcomed into a magical world where everything is possible...the priviledged world of childhood, a world full of fairies and sprinkles and bling. The birth of my beautiful son coincided with the birth of FairieBling. Out of the deepest love that comes from the heart of mothers came bunnies and more bunnies and fairies and dolls and pirates (did anybody notice an obsession with bunnies?). It all started effortlessly, like in a dream, making one felted tree here and one felted ball there, then a doll and a bird and soon enough people knew about my creations.

I am inspired by my son’s relentless belief in everything that is magic…and his sparkling eyes are a constant reminder that we should never stop believing! My work is dedicated to him and all of us who still believe.

I choose to work with natural materials only (never any synthetics), source locally and try to recycle whenever I can (I have been known to knock on doors and ask neighbors for old sweaters)…

Good intentions and thoughts are put into everyone of my creations so that the new owners can experience some magic…or just have fun.

Recycle, create and prosper (and help me prosper by buying my stuff)

From my heart
Tizib

Female

Favorite Materials

Wool, Wool Felt, Roving, cashmere, Copper, Natural Brass, Sterling Silver, Semiprecious Stones