Anna Roon has nurtured a passionate inclination for creating things by hand since childhood. At school, she sewed clothes for cosplay, painted pictures with acrylics and watercolors took fantasy photos, and made papier-mache sculptures. However, it wasn't until she discovered the art of dollmaking that she found her true calling.
The artist was acquainted with doll-making by pure chance. A friend showed her the short film “The Maker” by Amanda Louise Spayd, and Anna decided to make Amanda’s character.
She didn’t know about professional materials and created the doll with things she found at home and at a local art store. This process captured Anna so much that she no longer saw her life without creating dolls. Step by step she mastered this art and looked for her own style.
With an educational background in biology, Anna has developed a deep appreciation for nature and all creatures. She specializes in a distinctive "creepy cute" style. The main inhabitants of Anna’s fabulous universe are small, cute monsters, personifying various representatives of flora and fauna. Her cats are depicted in peculiar forms, such as avocados or pumpkins. An unusual look at familiar things makes her works distinctive and memorable. Within each piece, she strives to infuse intricate details and a whimsical touch, creating works that are sure to leave the viewer mesmerized.
At Kossicatdolls, unique creatures are born using small pieces of fabric and polymer clay. Transforming these materials into something beautiful and magical fills Anna with immense joy. Her dolls are truly one-of-a-kind, each possessing its own personality and having a story to tell. She loves to make interactive characters with moving parts, which make them more alive and distinctive, using a special combined technique of various types of fasteners: cotter pins, threads, and wire. Polymer clay, with its endless possibilities, allows her to refine the character of the future creation and to accentuate the details.
Anna’s favorite part of her work is assembling the dolls. It is at this moment that the material takes on a soul and the character comes to life. “Customers tell me that my creations give them joy and help them survive difficult moments of life. I can't treat them like objects,” says the artist. Drawing inspiration from the diversity of nature, folklore, and pieces of art in the fantasy genre, Anna believes that interesting ideas surround us everywhere. They just need to be noticed and embodied in the right material.
