Isidora Spielmann

Puppet Tailor, Stagehand

Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, Isidora trained in Fashion and Pattern Design at the Viennese Fashion School where she graduated Master Tailor. Isidora worked as an international fashion designer in Europe before immigrating to Canada in 1981.Collaborating with many artists in the area, Isidora has exhibited in quilts and patchwork clothing, painting on silk, concrete sculpture, ceramics, web design and textile sculpture.

Joining Annie Milne and her Purple Dragon Puppet Troupe, she found a new love in puppets.
Throughout her career Isidora has been teaching the skills she acquired to children and adults, offering her students the gift to translate creative thought into concrete form.

Isidora has been a member of the Westport area Studio Tours since 1992 and an active member of the Kingston Arts Council (KAC) and the Organization of Kingston Women Artists (OKWA).