Mateja may have a curious aversion to daylight & a love of her weirdly earthy-scented bed, but she also enjoys playing the Baroque lute (not, please note, the Renaissance or Mediterranean varieties), has an inordinate fondness for hopscotch, & loves to garden.Many is the trench she digs towards the back of the flower beds; planting lupins she claims, although none ever seem to bloom. Perhaps that is on account of her poor choice of placement - lupins are known to thrive in open, sunny spaces, while Mateja chooses particularly well-shaded, dank spots for her moon-lit planting.  Or perhaps it is due to the fact that it is not seeds but bodies that she inters.

Naughty girl!

21" (53cm) tall (plus a 9"/23cm tulle train), with a wingspan of 17" (43cm), Mateja is entirely handsewn using sustainable resources: recycled cotton, velvet, silk & vintage lace plus a repurposed earring; her hair & filling are both UK-produced wool.