Welcome to my world of
Born Bright Dolls!

My name is Bridgette Bad and I have been professionally working in multiple fields of art for about 10 years now. However, I have been making art for as long as I can remember. I was born in Odessa, Ukraine (former part of the Soviet Union) and moved to New York City with my family at age 12. I spent my childhood making clothes for various dolls, which later progressed to drawing of human form and fashion. I did well in school but I hated every minute of it! My focus was always shifted towards art, fantasy, and soul-searching. In my teen years I started making hats and costumes for myself as a form of self-expression, as well as painting and photography, which later lead me to working at New York City clubs as a host and a photographer. Those times were some of the best and the worst, but through it all I have lived, loved and learned. Soon after, music became another fascination of mine and I learned the process of sound and video production as well as the art of webdesign. That lead me to working on projects as a multimedia designer with nightclubs, magazines and other artists. I opened a design company called Born Bright Designs in 2003, which incorporated web&graphic design, illustration and animation, photography, videography and music production (you can view my portfolio at www.bornbrightdesigns.com and my personal website with photos and info at www.bad.bornbrightdesigns.com). In January of 2012, I have embarked on a new adventure of online blogging World is Black and White with my partner Zahar. You can check out our blog at www.worldisblackandwhite.com. My passion for sculpting is a fairly new thing as well, I started sculpting in 2009. Having experienced many other forms of art, I must say that sculpting suites me best, since it incorporates many skills into one and makes the end result feel that much greater. As a former doll collector, I often found myself searching relentlessly for collectors' dolls and figurines. Oftentimes, I was not able to find what I was looking for and decided to try making the dolls myself. Without any former training in sculpting, I bought some clay and took a chance. To my surprise, I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be! And with practice and patience I started to improve. All of my dolls are One Of A Kind (O.O.A.K.-meaning only one of each made with no reproduction). O.O.A.K. is mostly for adult collectors, they're not children's toys but rather a serious work of art with precise detail meant for display purposes. If you're not familiar with O.O.A.K., please use the online resources to get more information about it and its process. Most of my inspiration comes from movies and theater...I believe that movies can change lives, they can awaken something in you that you didn't even know was there, that's how it is for me. With time, I'd like for my work to get more deep in its context, as I believe that by incorporating philosophy into any form of art has absolutely no boundaries. I hope that this is just the beginning...or the end really, meaning that I have finally found the most precise way of expressing my dreams and ideas. Perhaps there are other roads that my lay ahead, but what kind of artist would I be without taking risks?...for
"Art is an Accident!" -B.Bad