IRIS AS AN ARTIST AND A HUMAN BEING

All my life I've been curious and humble to learn and absorb what I've learned - I feel having lived in a very rich and colourful way, carrying out my life mission. I've always been following comprehensively in my life the intuition. I see myself being independent, strong creative and courageous.

Lead by my character and my mission I've always carried out a very individual way of life. I've sought my way to various formations when it has been the most appropriate for my life situations. All the acquired knowledge and skills I've immediately integrated to my work. The entire creative process and all the production, as well as those new and individual ideas, are all based on this firm ground and on uncompromising quality.

To carry out what is mentioned above, as an entrepreneur, I started creating a unique activity and line of business, in which now are combined those two fields which are essential to each other, and also support each other: work of therapist and art handicraft.

During the first ten years I made my living more as a therapist, and the arts and crafts offered a means to carry out creativeness therapies. I was working mainly in the field of psychiatry, as well as in rehabilitation and adaptation training. At that time I studied and integrated to my work:

• Creativeness therapies (music, visual arts, literature, drama, movement and dance)
• Nature therapies (aroma, herbs, massage, energy cures, reflexology etc.)
• Traditional Chinese medicine (acupuncture, five elements theory, shiatsu).

In the field of art handicraft developed at that time the designs and patterns for some of the Iris Design favourites of long duration, partly collection, which is still for sale.

The following ten years my living consisted mainly making textiles. During that time I tried out and developed several kind of forms of cooperation both in production (apprentices, employees, subcontracts) and in sales (boutiques, fairs, markets, own show rooms).

I also deepened my studies of therapies (five elements philosophy, osteopathy, homeopathy, dance, several colour philosophys).

At that time I started my journeys of exploration amongst aboriginal populations (India, Namibia, Peru, Bolivia, Indonesia, China) to become better acquainted with the basic elements of craftsmanship (colours, forms) and the deeper essence of various cultures.

After having been asked from several directions, I created my first ecumenical and inter-faith textiles and vestments. In them there exists a conscious idea of promoting peace in the world in a new way.

My three exhibitions during Iris Design 20 th Anniversary year 2004 ("So you lie as you prepare") were carefully considered combination on all mentioned above, especially as visualisation of the five elements philosophy. In those exhibitions there were unique textiles for interior decoration, and as a new field discovered, artistic material experimentations printed from photos. This is what I am going to develop further.

Also in the future the very basis of my work will be applying what I've studied on.

this ancient wisdom of the mankind and I will express it in my products through

creative thinking and Design methods.

My purpose is to bring through its harmony and well-being to the life of people.

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