Melissa loves to scour flea markets and second hand stores for the items that make her sculpted personalities truly one of a kind. For as long as she can remember, she has loved to sculpt people and animals out of clay. Her parents were artists and antiques dealers, so you can see their influence rubbing off in her nostalgic style. The faces that she creates are imbued with quirky personalities, informed by the collection of objects that Melissa has chosen to make up the body.