She was so interested in erasers and in 1996. She decided to collect them after her mother gave her 4 erasers with unknown trademarks as a part of her birthday present. Since she received such a usual gift she didn’t dare use them and they have become the foundation of her collection. Even now she have a special feeling for these first 4 erasers.

Now she have more than 1000 erasers in her collection. The core idea of any collection is variety, not quantity. Her mum helps her a lot. But it’s really difficult to remember all the erasers in her collection and that is why sometimes she get duplicates of existing erasers. Honestly she must confess that even she buy doubles!

She obtain her erasers from a wide area bounded by Murmansk in the north to Pyatigorsk in the south and from Brest in the west to Perm in the east. The places especially rich in erasers are Pyatigorsk and the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, where she bought about 20-25 pieces simultaneously. Last years she got new erasers mainly abroad. Now any trip can't do without some kilogrammes of fresh erasers.

Honestly she like to collect erasers of well-known trademarks, such as Koh-i-noor, Milan, Factis, Faber Castell, Stabilo, etc, because their official web-sites are very informative and neatly arranged and offer various assortment of erasers. In contrast to well-known trademarks, erasers made in Taiwan or China cause bewilder and confuse me because the assortment and the manufacturing company are not clear.

Her erasers (without exception!) deserve very gentle care. Knowing that rubber dries out, bursts and loses elastic properties with time, her have wrapped every eraser in a polyethylene thin film. She hope this protection ensures that her collection has a bright future.