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by KELLY PETRYSZYN and photos provided by DINARA MIRTALIPOVA

FA IRY TALES Illustrations by a Sagamore Hills artist make everyday items enchanting.

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ME RMA I D WA L L PA P E R AND B E DD I NG , $2 25 AND $ 1 7 5 Mirtalipova first drew this pattern while telling Sabrina stories about mermaids and their underwater escapades. “She asked me to draw mermaids over and over,” she says. She partnered with Hygge & West to make the nautical pattern into bedding and wallpaper, which was featured on the TV show, “Succession.” How to Style: Mirtalipova used the pink and-gold mermaid paper as an accent wall behind Sabrina’s desk (pictured). “That wall isn’t too overwhelming,” she says. “At the same time, it creates a point of interest.” T E A T OWE L S , $24 One of Mirdinara’s first products, the tea towels were first made by carving patterns out of lino block, hand stamping and sewing each one. The soft,

A fter leaving her Uzbekistan, Dinara Mirtalipova longed for

… drawing some of those moments from my child hood. Lots of them involve storytelling, like folklore, songs, pattern.” Mirtalipova explains that the central Asian region where she grew up was a crossroads of many cul tures and the lush patterns and motifs that come with them. “My family cel ebrated textiles,” she says. “It was not only dresses but also interior designs like wall coverings, carpet, kitchen towels, mattresses — basically everything.” The rich illustrations from her Mirdinara line depict mythical worlds and flour

ishing nature. They don’t reference specific stories but rather are modern ren derings of dreamlike recol lections of her past. “It’s just from memory, what ever comes to my mind or to my heart,” Mirtalipova says. Her whimsical art is on everyday items that have been sold through inter national retailers such as Godiva chocolate boxes, toys, Afternoon Tea cups and more. She tells the stories behind some of her items that you can use to enchant your home. Italian boutique iBlues dresses, Crate & Kids

hometown of Tashkent,

its culture. She settled in Ohio about 15 years ago and pursued freelance art after she had her daughter, Sabrina, and left her job in illustrating and hand lettering at American Greetings. The Sagamore Hills-based illustrator found her way back to her multicultural roots through her art. “I realized how deeply I missed all those little nuances,” she says. “It was the greatest desire grab bing a pen and paintbrush,

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