Esther, the autodidact, breathes a different kind of life into the skulls of animals deceased due to natural causes – old-age, illness, and traffic accidents. Her Dark Art gives Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride an almost lifelike quality, captivating yet unsettling to the viewer with its charm and human-like quality.

The artist is qualified in textile art and perused work in mental healthcare thereafter. “I create mainly so-called skull dolls, human-like figures with an animal skull.” She elaborates, “Sometimes these figures have an open skirt with scenery inside, and sometimes they have a dynamic pose or are automata. Even though the figures have an animal skull, a lot of people can identify themselves with the human emotions they express. My work can be classified as Light Dark Art.”

Her animal skull-doll figures attract whomever wishes to listen to the story it has to tell.