I love making things with my hands and to tell the stories that come with each handmade piece of jewellery. I think handmade things are special because they are unique and show the skills and effort put into them.

My main sources of inspiration are history (I'm a historian), stories (mythology, literature and other fiction) and nature. Many of my works were inspired by and named after by historical people, ancient works of art (like historical pieces of jewellery, I've seen in museums or books, or architecture), mythological, literary or other fictional people or creatures and organic forms designed by the world's greatest artist - nature. I love working with metal, especially with copper and its alloys and with different kinds of minerals.

I have been crafting since I was a kid. I tried out lots of different stuff over the years, like beading, crocheting, knitting etc. but none of them really worked out for me until about 2 years ago I discovered that I'm fairly good with metal. Since then I've stuck to making chainmaille and wire jewellery mostly but also tried casting and working with sheet metal. I can't really make up my mind if this urge of mine to learn new techniques is a good thing or a bad one (somebody came up with the term "creative claustrophobia", I think that describes it well). I'm afraid that my work as a whole might look like an incoherent mess but I love it like that and can't think of doing it any other way than giving physical shape to the ideas that rush through my head and enjoying the learning process involved.

I sell mainly on Etsy and through my personal website (http://mermaidstreasury.eu), infrequently I also attend craft fairs.