Crafting with Quiet Intention

At mylemu, every piece is born from nature’s calm and slow rhythms. Every piece has a story, that can be shared in quiet whispers of the blog wind...

Our Story

My name is Silja-Ellen Vaga, and I was born and raised on the island of Saaremaa. From the very beginning, I have been a quiet, curious, and creative soul.

Art and craft found me early — through clay pressed between small fingers, coloured paper scattered across tables, chestnut animals, handmade bows and arrows, forest forts, doll clothes, and knitted experiments. Nature was my playground, and imagination grew there freely, stubborn and colourful, like wild grass.

Over time, and somewhat unexpectedly, this path carried me through years of learning, exploring art, craft, and design in many forms. Somewhere along the way, I came to know myself more deeply — and arrived here, simply to say this:

I love nature. Deeply and entirely. Trees and plants, animals and birds, reptiles, fish, and insects. Especially the nature of Saaremaa. I am drawn to the way the unique ecosystem is built from countless small details, each essential to the whole. I find beauty not only in what is traditionally admired, but in what is often overlooked — mushrooms, bats, jackdaws, ravens, beetles, ivy, wildflowers, grass snakes. Forests and seas, fields and bogs. All of it matters.

MYLEMU was born from this way of seeing. A place where curiosity leads, where making is slow, and where materials are explored with patience and respect. I believe there is always more to learn — to test, to question, to understand what a material can become and what it quietly asks for. The more I learn, the more I realise how much remains unknown.

This is an ongoing journey of learning, experimenting, and sharing the joy of creating by hand. MYLEMU exists for those who feel the same pull — to explore, to invent, to build something meaningful with their own hands, and to find beauty in the quiet, intricate stories of nature.