Olga Stamenović takes us back to an era of sheer play, to childhood. An art historian by training and a natural gatherer of people and things, Olga has turned her love for the arts and textiles into making dolls. When she was young, she was fascinated by the skills women had to master and use daily to make a home. It’s this thread of respect and appreciation of women’s craft that lives in Olga’s work to date. Her mother taught her to sew as a young girl. Over the years, she kept collecting remnants of different textiles, which she deployed to make useful objects for her house. Doll making came later. “I started making dolls after I was 50 – to check if a woman after 50 is still alive or a vegetable,” Olga laughs, as she joyfully tells the story of her passion for textiles, recycling, vintage aesthetics and the red polka dot pattern.
Olga Stamenović
