it can be found in the 11th arrondissement in Paris,
photographs courtesy of Maïssa Toulet, at the back of a peaceful courtyard you can enter a cornucopia
of the weird and unusual,
she is hosting a “Portes ouvertes”– an open-door invitation
for members of the public to discover her work, meet the artist in her creative
environment and maybe take home a piece of her universe,
“When people look at my work, they often ask me questions
like ‘which flea market did you find these strange bearded mermaids?’ But of
course I didn’t find them anywhere because no one ever manufactured transgender
mermaid dolls (at least I don’t think so).”
from large glass frames to the eye glass frames, Maïssa’s
work comes in a shapes and sizes– and budgets (prices start as low as 10
euros),
in actual fact anything Maïssa finds is often copied, but
then works her magic changing their faces, body parts, clothing and even
gender,
Maïssa fills her
studio’s shelves with wedding cake toppers, Mexican religious relics and tiny
oddities to be moulded and transformed,
the video above is a 1 minute look around her workshop, Maïssa Toulet invites you discover her world this weekend (or anytime
by appointment), to make an appointment at any other time it’s here, and if you want to follow her
extraordinary work she has a Instagram account here.
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