European-born (Poland) spent some of childhood in Europe. Grew up in Chicago, later moved to\xa0Wisconsin, 13 years in Boston, moved to Seattle 3 years ago to continue graduate education\xa0Professional life: scientist/materials engineer working in nanotechnology R&D group in Seattle\xa0Business: too many hobbies. I live to make/create things. Interests developed in early childhood in my\xa0dad\u2019s (engineer/carpenter) workshop. Soap love came from grandmother\u2019s/mom\u2019s love of all that\u2019s\xa0simple and all that\u2019s natural. Best soap recipes I have are from my grandma\xa0Greatest passions: woodworking, sewing, soap making, knitting\xa0How did the business started: search for perfect soap making aids. I didn\u2019t own a house previously and I\xa0had no room for workshop setup. Since its purchase I have been remodeling it building furniture for it\xa0and working on other projects. I also had a space for a soap room. From there I came to realize that I\xa0needed molds easy to work with and ones in which I could create prettiest designs possible.\xa0My molds received such great feedback from fellow soapers that I decided to share them with others.\xa0When I became a vendor for Bramble Berry I realized that I have created something unique. It\u2019s only\xa0beginning but we\u2019ll see