Behind Poopoopidoo hides a mother, a trained fashion designer, who chose to focus on baby hygiene products, then turned towards lutherie as an autodidact.
The creations are focused on multifaceted well-being, the love of beauty and the desire to bring something kind and gentle into a brutal world.
The birth of Poopoopidoo
part 1: textile:
With the arrival of our children, and following various vain trials of diaper marks, it is quite naturally that the idea of creating and depositing my own models appeared.
thanks to my experience in textile modeling, and following various conclusive tests, many parents on the networks asked me to market the models, so that in March 2019, Poopoopidoo was born!
So I created several systems to suit all needs and morphologies, with a nice design to make the experience more attractive and simple for parents, and more fun for children. The products have also been designed to be scalable, to increase the savings made by parents.
Part 2: the instruments.
Then the covid19 arrived, our daily life and our psychological state has strongly altered. It was necessary to manage the troubles of my eldest, those of my husband, my daughter then still a baby, and the company, all that locked up at home, with the added fear of illness. All this generated the appearance of fibromyalgia as well as a generalized anxiety disorder, which also had to be managed in addition to everything else... Having been immersed in music since a very young age, I actively turned to listening to music to calm stress, anxiety and better manage pain.
I stumbled upon the kalimba by chance, while watching a video. This sound soothed me a lot, and also calmed the whole family. So I hastened to get one, then two, then three, always diatonic instruments. but there was always something missing from these instruments. It lacked depth, life.
After 6 months, I needed some # . So I looked on the internet, the only instrument available at the time costing 500€, I didn’t have the funds. Why not try to design myself the instrument of my dreams? So I started to observe the kalimbas in I owned very closely , and drew 'rules' from them.
I had a rough idea of the sound I wanted, something deep, vibrant. But first, it was necessary to create the system for the keys, meaning it was necessary to learn how to use 3D software. So I watched tutorials on the internet to learn, not without difficulty.
After several costly trials, the UTOPIA system used on the current kalimbas took shape. In parallel,I also had to learn how to work with wood, it is once again thanks to the internet that I did. But something was still missing; a visual charm, so I tested the resin on the kalimbas. -once again, thank you internet for the information- a beach, on a wood as dark as a volcanic sand, and here is MAUI!
The first kalimbas with resin art on the international market were born, idea then taken up by other brands internationally (in a more simplistic way).
I find my inspirations in nature in different forms, I represent what makes me dream, with the aim of making you dream too.
Very quickly came the exploration of sounds by materials, which is by far one of the most exciting aspects of this curious little instrument, and the whole sphere of advice on the use of kalimba in music therapy, thanks to the contact with people at festivals.
Since then, I have also developed harpika, which touches other musical sensibilities. Other projects are in the making and are gradually taking shape, over the long term.
Poopoopidoo continues to experiment, evolve and improve, thanks to the passion that drives me and thanks to your help and trust!
Thank you!
