View from the Zoo

 

I was quite excited to discover that Esther is based in Maastricht, where I will be on holiday in a couple of weeks. She is a Dutch textile artist who has recently seen her work make it to the big screen (again!) in Sex in the City (thanks to Vic at Tigerprint for pointing it out to me).  Her wonderfully quirky dolls and animals are inspired by her own childhood drawings. Her signature : humour, simple shapes and unusual proportions. I find those long, striped legs irresistible! In just five years she has succeeded in selling her toys, books, music boxes, puppets, pillows and many other things in 18 countries and in 250 shops. Bravo!