History of creation

Not long ago I received an amazing gift from my Mom. When I took the package in my hands, I realized that it was something unusual. Opening it, I was amazed. It was an embroidered linen towel with which my Mother met me and my husband on our wedding day. Almost 30 years have passed since that day. ...

This year my vacation in Canberra coincided with three interesting exhibitions. I want to share with you my impressions. The first exhibition I am going to talk about is devoted to the wonderful outfits of Dressmaker film characters, shot in Australia in 2015 (shown in Russia in 2016). This film is ...

Creative people need positivity, inspiration and beauty. The beauty of nature, tranquility, kindness and unique works of other artists— it all helps to create beauty.  To find inspiration, I want to introduce you the works by Dale Patrick Chihuly, an artist and glassblower. This is an American glass ...

Taxco is a "silver capital" of Mexico. While Europe admired Lalique and Faberge, the life of a small town went on as usual. Such isolation helped to preserve and develop the identity of jewellery. What distinguishes Mexican jewellery? Most popular stones in this jewellery are: onyx, ...

Japan has produced many types of art (discussed in part one), I got interested by kinysayga technique. The imagination of Japanese craftspeople has no boundaries of one type of handicraft, so materials of one handicraft also become materials for another. Japanese handicraft kinysayga — silk pictures ...