About this Product
It is a cute little ornament for a Christmas tree or a decorated space.A One-of-a-kind item sculpted and painted by hand!
It is made from papier mache mixture that I created by myself, sculpted and handpainted with acrylics and soft pastels.
Finished with UV cut matte spray finish.
For the indoor use only. Very light! 37g.
It may be a great present for a nature admirer, with a huge love to travel, camping and hiking!
It is not a super fragile thing, if it fells off the tree it should be fine. And even safe for kids’ handling. Just don't try to bite or chew or lick it! :))))))
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Meet the Maker
My name is Nataliia Grigoreva and I am an artist living in Bothell, WA in the United States. I grew up in central part of Russia, in a small town Oryol on the Oka river banks. I was one of the 5 kids in the family, right in the middle. I always was passionate about all kinds of art and crafts, especially about drawing, since it was the only one kind of art available to the child during that period of time. I started from coloring pages, which I was coping and enlarging from cartoons and comics. Also, I loved drawing household items late at nights with my graphite pencil. Later I found a craft club for kids where we were making beautiful pictures using wheat straw and glue. It was a blast! But I always had a fear to create my own characters and pictures. Thought I wasn’t good enough, I have no imagination, was too shy to show something different. Only later, when we moved to the US with my husband and kids, I found a hobby which I was only dreaming of. I started to create my own creatures from polymer clay. And a whole new period of my life started, I created my first Instagram account NGKawaiiCrafts dedicated to my polymer clay art.
Now I want to try every media in this world producing colors and shapes! In 2021 I started to dig into the art of glass! Melting and forming liquid glass is very calming and meditating process. And so new kind of art pieces started to emerge such as glass miniature sculptures, glass beads and bracelets, as well as my own glass eyes of different designs for art dolls and sculptures I create in mixed media technique. The very special part of my life is taken by birds, my cute companion is a sun conure Chibi. The most colorful bird in the world! And, of course, birds are always present in my art!
It is a pleasure of its own to work with customers making real their fantasy creatures. It can be a drawing, a sculpture, an art doll, a bracelet or even something new! Just reach out to me via any social media or you may always contact me at ngkawaiicrafts@gmail.com as well.
How it’s Made
First i mix a few papier mache masses. I make a foil base for the toy. I add paper pieces using a glue around my shape. In some cases i need to add wire details beforehand. Such as hands, legs and for the other thin parts of the sculpture. After i got a perfect shape by applying paper pieces, i dry the figure and start adding first papier mache mass, during this process i dry my figure for a few times to be able to continue. After all bulky details are done and dry, i start to apply the second mix to smooth the surface. The after it is all dry i sand the figure, apply primer and then start to paint. The whole process will take around 2-3 days. And while sculpting with papier mache i usually make a few toys at a time to use the drying time to work on the other one.
