"Transcendence" - Interview and illustrations

Holly Molly! (I think that's the right expression, lol) Wonderful news - lovely Lorena lightened up my day by posting an interview about new range with some sneak peek images from "Transcendence" collection including her beautiful illustration for one of the looks! Just 3 days before the launch ;) Not to be missed!!! ;) http://invogueoneday.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/introducingsheverdushka-by-tatiana.html I've collaborated with Lorena aka BaleaRaitzART on etsy.com and commissioned her to illustrate 3 looks for my upcoming women's outwear collection "Transcendence". It's been exciting experiment! Here they are: "To Infinity and Beyond"

"The Hidden Within"

"Bells and Whistles"

Aren't they beautiful?! Such ART! Love them all! Although, first two are my favorites ;) Enjoy interview and Lorena's illustrations :) "Winter is coming"... (at least to Oz, anyway :))) xoxo SheverDUSHKA

Creative brainstorming

In my previous post I outlined textures and colours of my new collection. This time it's about silhouettes.

For "Time nomad" collection (draft title, remember) I'm thinking of loose fitting and "spacey" shapes. My primary inspiration comes from historical costumes between 15-19 century. Mostly cloaks/capes and medieval dresses. I love the idea of those long uneven flying sleeves or the exaggeratedly puffy ones. And what about back of the cloak fluttering behind as the woman walks but not as light and drapy as soft silks but with some kind of queenly grace, ceremonial even? I hope this description is not too confusing ;))) Guess, images should make it easier ;)











Oh, my gosh, the draping toiles is going to be so much fun!!! Can't wait!!!
xoxo SheverDUSHKA

Textile experiments_Shibori & Felt

G'day, everyone!

Recently I've been doing some more experimenting with combination of nuno-felting & shibori.

Vest I made for the master-class I was offered to conduct soon (fingers crossed)



Developing mini-collection of accessories/jewelry
Halloween Story_Onion Necklace




Not sure wat to do with this piec yet... May be turn it into pillow cover )))


Organza(left sample) and dyed in indigo piece of cotton voile (right sample) are felted and then "shibored" applying "mokume" method


Piece of silk chiffon was dyed in indigo utilising block/resist dyeing technique and then felted on

My recent works _Pearly King

Pearly King Jacket_Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness, May 2011
And one more post for today.
If you noticed in the previous post I placed photo of Luke & Anna with Cate Blanchett. The fact is that their label Romance was Born has collaborated with Sydney Theatre Company (which belongs to Cate or her husband if I'm not mistaken) to create costumes for one of their coming plays
Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness
I beaded the Pearly King jacket the guy on the photo is wearing :)))

Jacket in working process




That's it for today. See you very soon!

xoxo
SheverDUSHKA

My recent works_Art & Australia

Art & Australia, Sydney, April 2011

Romance Was Born is well known for their collaboration with australian artists to create unique prints they utilise for their fashion collections.
In this case guys collaborated with Oz artist Nell to make several garments for photoshoot for Art&Australia magazine.
But the dress I made wasn't print based and eventelly didn't get into the issue but was presented at fashion week in May 2011 (more details and images will be in following post).
Nevertheless, I got these cool pillow covers as a "thank you" present sighed by the artist ;)))