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SiltiCrafts creatrix KristineI'm a messy crafter. In my Witch Town destruction is the mother of creation and chaos is a fertile ground. My favourite part of doll crafting is this. Not styling or dressing up, but discovering the character, finding its' essence through colours, stiffness, lightness, roughness, flow and I dare to say vibration of the fabric and shiny trinkets. I use pre-loved, unwanted, outworn, broken etc materials to make my dolls. Those materials are donated and sometimes sent to me from across 7 seas. Sometimes the choice is between landfills and my craftroom, between announcing something a trash or it becoming a treasure again. I work with former belongings of those alive and deceased, giving them second life in my dolls. And I think it just adds value to them. It makes them special. Sometimes it's the materials that lead the way to the finished doll, not my ideas. In that sense I myself as an artist feel more like a door, like gate for these creatures to enter the world, not the god that creates them. It's my job to serve them and find what they need, not make them exactly how I've seen them with my minds' eye. The process of making a doll doesn't happen with empty mental space, this is where inner conversation happen and I dare to call them conversations with dolls. I don't literally hear them talking (I've been asked this, so to be clear...), but that inner conversation happening while I craft helps me to find new perspectives, reminds me of my values, shows me the way, so I dare to say that dolls talk to me, materials reveal secrets and I have a lot of teachers right at my fingers. My only teachers in doll making have been dolls that I make. Does this make any sense to you or I sound like the lady who has lost her sanity long ago? <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/dollmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollmaker</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/crafter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crafter</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/artdoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artdoll</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/paganart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paganart</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/witchart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witchart</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/innerconversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innerconversations</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/innerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innerworld</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/recycled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recycled</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/upcycled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#upcycled</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/preloved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preloved</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/weirdworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weirdworld</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/dolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dolls</a>

SiltiCrafts creatrix KristineHi! 👋 I just joined, and while I figure this out, let me tell you a bit about me.I'm a maker of dolls inspired by nature, folklore, labyrints of myth, mind and magic. My dolls are mostly witches, and when they leave my home, they often become altar dolls. It's been a weird and interesting journey of doll making for the past 7 years, 600+ dolls now live in homes and collections around the world.Besides crafting dolls I'm into permaculture, paganism, self-sufficiency, foraging and neverending self-development. I'm a forest dweller, mushroom hunter, food grower and herb lover deep in the countryside in Latvia (North-Eastern Europe). All of that I might occasionally share here. I would love to connect with like-minded people, so, if you're here, say 'hi'! I hope you are somewhere here...<a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permaculture</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/dollmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollmaker</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/crafter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crafter</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pagan</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/herbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#herbs</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/mushrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mushrooms</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#countryside</a>

Marie 🌼hippo <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dueschen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dueschen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmadewithlove?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmadewithlove</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sewing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dollmaking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollmaking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dollmaker?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollmaker</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stuffedanimals?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stuffedanimals</a>

JuliaLittle Red Riding Hood ✨ Madder dyed organic wool cape/hood with matching shoes & a knitted dress with long raglan sleeves in natural local wool <a class="u-url mention" href="https://pixelfed.social/schaapjeswol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@schaapjeswol</a> 🧶 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dollmaker?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollmaker</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/organic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organic</a>

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