It started quite ordinarily. In the evening, once the children were asleep — I have three, so quiet after 9 p.m. is a luxury — I'd sit at the table with a silicone mould and a stirrer for the plaster.
The first casts came out crooked. One cracked halfway through pouring, because I was rushing. I remember staring at those two halves, wondering whether any of it made sense.
So I made another. And one more.
Beeswax came later. It smells of honey as it melts, and that scent is like nothing you'll find ready-made in a shop. That's probably when the hobby stopped being just a hobby.
Today MaDe is a small workshop in my home. I make plaster decorations and candles from natural beeswax, one piece at a time. I choose every mould myself and mix the colours by hand. Sometimes a piece turns out a little different from what I had in mind — and often those are the ones I love most.
I don't produce in bulk; I wouldn't manage. But honestly, I don't think I'd even want to.
Everything from MaDe is made calmly, carefully and without an assembly line — from choosing the mould, through mixing the colour, to the final finish. That's why no two pieces are ever the same.
