On that lovely sunny day, I was strolling around the desert with my boyfriend. There is nothing exotic about the fact, since the desert is our Homeland. We were born here, we grew up here, here we met, and here we… well… went out. I didn’t even look around much: I was acquainted with every hill, every cactus, every rock and every oasis… We playfully raced each other, chatting about the nice weather: the humid air, the warm sand. I adore the warm sand… I wanted to bury mysel

Somewhere in the distant future, on a long colonized planet, Emanuilla Ivanov – a young blonde in a pink dress, closed the most interesting Romance book to pick up the phone.‘Yep? “Everything to everyone here and now” advertising company, speaking’ A gentle male voice started artistically describing his field of work. ‘Chrystalls of youth, anti-wrinkle ore, so interesting!..’ – she rolled her eyes. ‘And for effective advertisement I might even gift you with one tiny crystal’

I was sitting in the kitchen, having my morning coffee. I just sat down after seeing my son to school, and took a long and thoughtful sip. This was one of those mathematical days, when I look at the calendar and numbers pop into my head. 34 – is my age. 10 – is my son’s age. 3 – is my divorce’s age. 25 – is my husband’s new passion’s age. 6 – is their daughter’s age. Then a silly number popped into my head: 11 months… since a very strange dream my son and I have shared. Till

My hometown Avdiivka in Ukraine was destroyed completely, my friend in Israel lost her house in the kibbutz, she and her baby miraculously survived. I published this announcement in October 2023, and I'm not sure if I'll ever be back to my old self again.

First, I want to say something about myself, to those who never met me. I’ve been on the internet for like 20 years, since I immigrated from a Ukrainian town/village Avdiivka to Israel, at the age of 13. I wanted to have my own website, my own space... and I never mentioned my age, or where I am from, because I wanted people to judge me by my Art, my skills, my intellect… I have a pretty international name, and I named my daughters international names too, because I thought w

Ravlekkah is a cute fantasy planet, populated by funny lovable creatures of 3 races (sky, earth and water) who love eating, gardening, always believe in true love and live in harmony with their environment... though not always with each other. I have depicted the planet, the inhabitants, the nature and landscapes through drawing, sculpting, crocheting, lampworking and even 3D modeling! You can find comics, jewelry, prints, figurines and dolls! Most of the "Sophia's worlds" we

Part one. Everything that's wrong with our world Me and Natalie were returning home from work. There were several bad-lighted blocks between us and my home. I took a deep sip of the fresh evening air: ‘I love the modern world’ - I exhaled. Natalie nodded with a smile: ‘Yes, I remember how last year I used to tremble with fear if only one light burned out’ ‘Yup… add a creepy man shuffling behind you’  ‘Oh, don’t remind me!’ – Natalie laughed. ‘Ok, bye now, my husband must mis

Lampworking is creating glass beads using a torch. It's a very ancient technique, this fact alone inspires me very much. Information about it like History, development, and scientific process is better told by Wikipedia, than me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampworking I have been creating glass beads and objects since 2020. I got into it quite accidentally, it's a funny story actually. By the age of 30 I have tried all the arts and crafts you can do at home, and was still

So today, I'm incredibly proud of myself. I have a wide range of skills, and they often don't overlap — I've been passionate about one thing or another my whole life, and it often feels like I've wasted my time investing in a skill because nothing came out of it. I was planning to attend a craft-fair in Netanya in support of Ukraine. I was making blue-and-yellow glass hearts. Then, a week and a half ago, before bed, an idea struck me. What if I made ceramic magnets with tradi