Gerda Bursens

I'm Gerda Bursens and I was born in 1947... I live in Haasdonk, Beveren. I've been sculpting dolls for more than 28 years. I've started sculpting with papier mache, I once won a price having used this material, since then I was under a spell of sculpting dolls.

Then I discovered fimo, a polymer clay, this clay helped me better than any clay before in sculpting my own fantasy figures. I also started experimenting with other polymer clays, like prosculpt, which I prefer to use nowadays.

During all those years I've teached a lot of sculpting lessons in making fantasy figures.

How did it al start... The sculpting becomes a passion! I also write poems, I can find peace in my poems, and they're also a great inspiration for sculpting my figures. While you're sculpting, you come in to your own world, that only you can feel, a world where the clay comes to live. It's very addictive, you keep wanting more of this peaceful feeling.

Have I made you curious? Take a look at my website www.poppenkunstgerda.com