Dorote Zaukaite Villela

We proudly present
Dorote Zaukaite Villela
Known as
Tirelessartist



Dorote lives in Kaunas, Lithuania and is a full time artist. She spent her care free childhood surrounded by love and fairy tales.




She was lucky to have two wonderful grandmothers, a grandfather, and a great grandfather, who would take her to their worlds of beautiful memories from their childhood. They introduced her to worlds of magic and fairy tales, and the worlds of plants and animals that magically could feel and understand just like us ... humans.



Dorote has been a creative child for as long as she can remember. She studied art at an art college. She studied sculpting, painting, drawing and anatomy lessons.



Dorote told me sculpting and anatomy were her least favorite subjects, having no way to know that, one day, they would become the most useful subjects for her.



She worked as a graphic designer and interior designer for around 7 years. At one point, she discovered art dolls and fell in love with this art form. Inspired by works of many fabulous doll artists, she started sculpting and has been professionally making dolls ever since.



Dorote can get inspired by many, many things, like a beautiful misty morning, some person, a phrase, a feeling, or just about anything else. She loves the Gothic and Baroque eras, particularly for their costumes. She loves the Renaissance era, well, just because it was the renaissance (been there, still there). She is very interested in history. Sometimes she wants to talk about the roots of humanity, so she will create an African doll.




She believes in making sketches and taking notes in preparation for putting all the ideas together for her art dolls. She says she keeps it handy for reminders of where she is headed in the whole doll making process.



When it comes to her sculpting, she will keep cutting, sanding and sculpting until that moment, when she sees it is what she wants. Then, on to painting. What a celebration for the eyes, when a colorless face becomes a face of a truly living being.



Then the hair and the outfit come. She loves inventing new techniques, combining the unobtainable, playing with colors and textures, making bead work and embroidering. Dorote believes that a real peace of art must have lots and lots of hand work. Sometimes, the amount of patience and persistence surprises even her.




When Dorote isn’t making dolls, she spends her time drawing or making beautiful OOAK things.



One of her recently finished projects is “The Little Mermaid“, the doll with a sad and heartbreaking story behind her.



When asked what her latest project was, she just smiled and said, well, now, that is still a secret. I guess we will just have to wait, but we all know it will be worth the wait.

Dorote favorite online market is Etsy and you can buy her items there. Or, you can just go to her shop and enjoy looking at her art:
Etsy

Her blog
and her
facebook page

Dorote has been seen in BJD magazine



I asked her what information/advice she would share with others to help them be more successful in an online business. She said to be original, that is the key. You can be making the most beautiful items, but if someone else has already made them before you, it will be much harder to be successful. Be creative, and let yourself express your most unusual ideas. Attempt to do what no one else has done before, and give it your best efforts.

When looking at her work one just cant help but notice that Dorote lives by her own advice!