I have found for you a new Dawanda shop, here is a little interview:Hello, I am Maru Arabehety, nice to meet you!
I am a Clothing Designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
where I was working for other Companies as a Designer.
Moreover, I was working as a teacher at UBA,
the most prestigious University in Argentina, and
in other private Institutions for the following subjects:
"History of Art", "Fashion Design", "Shoe Design",
"Contemporary Art", "Experimental Design", etc.
Then I decided it was time to make some change...
and here I am.
I am in Poznań, Poland, quite far from home,
or better is to say, in my new home.
I started Kookoo-Dolls in order to keep my mind active as I
consider very important the flow of energy.
I think when we study or do intellectual activities we keep the energy,
we are focused; and creating
(painting, sewing, drawing, singing...), on the contrary,
it is released, it expands. I think both energies are very important.
I am also a traveler, whenever I have money enough and organize some
time to do so, I like getting to know new places, people, cultures, ways
of thinking, percepts.
I learnt how to paint and sew when
I was very young, my mother taught
me, and also school teachers:
Art was always my favourite subject, as
well as Physical Education and Literature.
Studying Arts and Design,
and making several courses gave me many
tools to create, I am still discovering myself
and what I can provide. I spend many hours
making a research, sketching, sewing, painting, re-painting, sewing again, and finally promoting them and selling...
I spend many many hours with this petite-dolls.
3. HOW LONG HAVE YOU DONE YOUR CRAFT?
Kookoo-Dolls was born in June 2008.
I was teaching here in Poland and I noticed one of the energies
I already talked about was missing.
The problem was, I had no money to invest in any project
so I started to ask people if they could give me whatever
they did not use or want, they gave me many rags, buttons,
even broken and stained, cables, nails and old ribbons.
I was also collecting things from the street or whatever I saw
that might seem interest to me, one line I was working on was called
"SpaceKoos" and I was using for it pieces of a broken amplifier.
Then people keep on giving me old jeans, snickers, stained skirts,
etc, and for that I am very glad because Kookoo-Dolls
would not exist without their hospitality.
Then many other collections appear with different ideas,
so they are constantly changing and maturing.
Before Kookoo-Dolls I had other projects and works, designing shoes,
knitting, designing clothes, purses, also making the merchandising
for a restaurant, etc, etc. Lots of things I really enjoyed.
4. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A NEW DAWANDER?
I will tell them to be patient and constant,
for some might be easier and for others harder at the beginning,
but nothing is impossible, as long as we really want it
and focus our good energies in what we believe in. Just
love what you do, love who you are, love the world, love everyone.
5. ANYTHING ELSE
- If you are interested in giving a look to the Kookoo-Dolls,
here it is the "Blogspot": kookoo-dolls.blogspot.com. - If you want to follow them, they are also in "Facebook".
- If you want to buy one you can do so through "Dawanda":
kookoo-doll.dawanda.com
hesitate to contact me, you can do it at: info@kookoo-dolls.com
Have a happy life! and maybe see you around!
