About Batia Batia Citrin Kenet was born in Israel. For many years, she worked as a special education teacher in high school in Israel. After moving to Canada, Batia realized that artistic creation can serve as an educational tool and began designing and creating clay dolls. However, she found this process too time consuming and cumbersome, and unsuitable for most children. She then proceeded to invent her own unique method of doll making, which then evolved into her dolls today, dolls that tell a story, and can portray biblical, historical, or personal events. Batia began teaching three dimensional sculpting art through educational projects in Hebrew schools around the greater Toronto area, giving students the opportunity to sculpt the figures of the characters they were studying about in the classroom. You can read more about schools here. Batia then expanded to make specialized custom made dolls for any occasion (Bar/Bat Mitzva, wedding, Brith, birthday, anniversary, etc). You can read more about custom made dolls here. Batia also teaches her technique of doll sculpting (as well as other crafts) to anyone who wishes to master this art form (see workshops for more details). Batia is constantly exploring new venues, techniques and ideas. All of her art is custom made to order, and one of a kind. You can contact Batia by writing, or by phone: (647) 886-7643