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About the Plastic Bat

Name: Tracy Maria Romaszkiewicz Age: 23 Height: 5'3" Likes: Anything kitsch & plastic, painting, sewing & other crafty activities, indie mags, creepers, flamingos & pandas, Family Guy, South Park, Paris, funny sign posts, deer, maneki neko, tea, hats & buying D.I.Y! Dislikes: Spiders, onion, getting soap under my nails, dance music or any manufactured pop crap, unoriginality, bad design, most of the artwork sold on ebay, the return of the mullet. Top 5 Bands: Pavers, All/Descendents, Marshes, The Bluetones, Beach Boys Top 5 Movies: Mallrats, Halloween, Amelie, Rear Window, Royal Tennenbaums.

The Story So Far...
I've been fascinated by jewellery & all things of a trinkety nature for as long as I can remember, one of my favourite things to do was look through boxes of buttons & old jewellery. I also had a habit for collecting bits of plastic - like size cubes from shops, various other shop acoutrments & plastic toys - little did I know then that these random bits & pieces would lead me to discover a true passion - turning junk into jewellery!!

I moved to Aberdeen when I was 19 to study at Grays School of Art, fully intending to pursue an educational career in jewellery making & other crafts but was disappointed at the lack of facilities available & my interests drifted into fine art, more specifically, painting. Although this lead me away from my original passion, I discovered that I could incorporate my jewellery ideas into my paintings which helped me bridge the gap between design & fine art, as I was never comfortable with either label.

As well as using my jewellery in my university studies I also found that I could use it to support myself by selling a few creations on ebay, and so in 2003 the concept of the Plastic Bat was officially born. And now in 2006 I now have my own online store & have gone on to have my jewellery stocked in gallery shops & consignement websites & my first magazine features!! Just try & stop me from taking over the world... mwuahahahahaha!