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A STORY ABOUT ME IS A STORY ABOUT MY ART
I am a person from a small Slovak village. From an early age, I lived with my parents and brother on a small farm, near the forest. I grew up with farm animals but mainly with dogs. I have always been an art-based child who carved from wood and tried to model from modurite or plasticine, but the material was very expensive and we could not afford it with my family, so I rather modeled from the clay I found in the ground and dried the products, on hot summer sun on the stones...
My life revolved around animals, the forest and our beautiful little farm. Well, as dogs got older and some left, grief began to prevail in my life, animals were not just pets, but they were my family... All I had left of them were a few blurry photos and a few footprints in the clay pendants I had made. A few dogs of my family left like this when I got my own first dog. It was a tiny yellow chihuahua...Unka was a small ale very good girl with a great character and personality. She was everywhere where was me and our bond were inseparable! She was with me in a good and bad times, and I gave her my whole heart. With her, I did a secondary vocational school and two degrees of university, Since I studied environmental science and couldn't find a job where I could actually do real nature conservation and not just "approve construction," i can't find good job. That's why I started a poorly paid job that required a lot of my time. After a few years, Unka started to have health problems and needed more frequent care, which this work did not allow me... The so-called separation anxiety was associated with mental health problems from separation ... This problem was as big that she started hurting yourself...That's when I said enough!
She gave me her whole life and loyalty, but I left her at home alone for 14 hours per day... I said to myself that I wanted to work at home, for her!
Although I've been creating for almost my entire life, it's never been a targeted way to enhance my experience. Therefore, I began to devote myself honestly and purposefully to the art and modeling of jewelry and decorations from various materials. At first, my products were children's and not completely representative, but I said to myself that I want to improve, so I made and produced ... In the days that I was at home, I also spent 12 hours improving and modeling. Even on the day I was at work, even after coming home, I always sat for an hour or two at my art table and created.
When i was child, i break both thumbs on my hands, so kneading clay was painful in the beginning, but I still enjoyed working with clay immensely. And I think I've been moving in the right direction. I started creating objects that were quite interesting, so I could be at home with Unka more.
For the first time in my life, I felt the direction in my life, I felt that this is the job I want to do in life! I didn't mind spending all those hours modeling, because I just love it and it fills me with happiness!
I created day and night, in addition to half the work, while my faithful dog lay contentedly on my feet ... Although this period was very difficult, for a while everything was perfect again. But as Unka was older and began to suffer from dementia and partial blindness, I began to dread future days when she will left me. And I will be left with nothing but a few photos ... And I found out that I am not the only owner of the animal, who wakes up every morning with this kind of scare like me... I started modeling small commemorative amulets with animal portraits as well as modeling large animal heads into frames. I always created the Unka first and I still have these items in the showcase and they are more valuable to me than gold. When creating detailed animal portraits and tiny reworked amulets, my quality of work has increased so much that I have started working on various orders that I would not have dared to do before. The customers themselves directed me to the Dragons and Magical Creatures. But I've always wanted to add a little added value to my art. So I started creating Dragon Statues with Healing Stones. Someone can say would say that it is just a piece of colored clay with "some stones" Well do not be fooled :) Many Customers wrote to me how their Dragon Companion in dreams protects through his stone, others feel their aura and positive strength ... Then I realized ... This is what I want to do! Not only to create what I love but to help realize YOUR IDEAS <3The hobby thus grew into a small business and I was able to stay at home for Unka ...
But...
Unfortunately, a month after that, Unka died...
I really hard worked so that we could be together, but when I reached the goal she left ... It broke my heart and this wound hurts me so far, but she saw me on the right path I am very grateful to her for it and I will never forget it. Now I work from home and create jewelry and statuettes for people and I do what I love the most!
Next to me now stands another dog girl Lexi - but I will never forget the little Unka, she was my dog who changed my life....
As life goes on, so does my art and I myself have changed. Originally I was dedicated to creating cute things, now I mainly create epic and as realistic as possible ArtDolls. And many people ask me about my different appearance, so I will answer here, everyone at once, I am a Trans man, I believe that this fact will not change your view of me and my art 💚
The person I was before died, for various reasons, and now I am someone else. But since the legislation in the country where I live is so complicated and upside down, I still keep my original name even though I am no longer her...
Thank you my friends for your support and understanding 💚🫶
Here you can see the beloved animal that helped me find the way to art, the way to my happiness in life! Little Yellow Chihuahua Unka <3
My next dog Lexi ❤️ She's a good girl. She helped me overcome the deep wound in my heart with her infinite love
In the next picture you can see the progress in my art. I also modeled before 2015, but the products were so ugly that I threw them away a long time ago: It's a pity, at least we would laugh now :D ... These are the only things left to me from the past. And in the pictures, the jewelry in a given year is considered TOP by me
In this picture it is possible to see the process of creating memorable things for animals <3 The first little amulet is from 2001 when I, as a child, i pushed the dog paws into clay. I had such an imprint from every dog, but the others have been broken and lost... I have only one paws Amulet. With them, my journey began ... In 2016, I tried to make a paw to the Fimo as well. In 2020, I already believed in myself so much that I made a portrait of my chihuahua Unka.