"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

Waiting is killing me!..

Photographs and illustrations for my new coming collection are still getting done (within the schedule, I have to admit). But if I have enoughf patience to spent over 100 hours embroidering bodice for the dress, I most certainly have none when it comes to waiting! ))) So wanna see the result and share it with everyone!!! I don't think I have mentioned it before that to present this collection I have collaborated not only with highly creative team XRayDoll which develops photos but also, with very talanted illustrator Lorena aka Balea-Raitz (from Romania, currently living in New Zealand). Here is a quick sketch she did for one of the garments from the "Transcendence" collection.

Full and completed versions (illustrations and photographs) will be about a week later. Be patient :) I know I have to be :) xoxo SheverDUSHKA

Master class 2012

I'm happy to announce that I will be giving another master class on Nuno-felting & Shibori this year on 16/17 June 2012 near Amsterdam hosted by awesome lady Dorie van Dijk

Here the link to the event page on Facebook if anyone interested to join in for a weekend of felting, shibori and great company of like-minded and talented people in beautiful rural Netherlands :)))

http://www.facebook.com/events/359332234105995/



Sooo excited!!!!! See you there ;))) xoxo SheverDUSHKA

I'm so proud!

I'm so proud and happy to see what beautiful pieces of wearable art the ladies came with (After they finished what we started during the master-class I gave in Amsterdam in September 2011). The same pattern but such different interpretations and outcomes! (Although, so far, all dresses are in some shade of purple :) What a coincidence :)))
Well done!!! You are so gifted girls!!!

Dorie van Dijk




Helen Weiden



Kim Nijsten

Here we come again...

It's been a while since my last post... AGAIN! Mmm... what can I say, I'm may be good in a lot of applications, but dealing with routine isn't my strongest point. I can only promise to do my best towards improvement in that area ;)))

My master-classes "Felt & Shibori" in Moscow

Bought yesterday NZ merino jersey in wonderful colours in preparation for my master-classes "Felt & Shibori. 3D Marvel" in Moscow this August.
Which are fully booked, btw ;) Thank you everyone!!!
Photo, although, doesn't present colours perfectly, but close to the original (apart green one - looks very dull in this photo).



And these are objects I would suggest for participants to collect and bring to the classes to do the shibori part.
Different shapes and sizes = different effects ;)))

Master-class 1 (nuno-felted shibori vest)


Master-class 2 (soft jewelry & accessories)


Talk to you soon,
SheverDUSHKA

Sheverdushka comes to Russia

Such a beautiful sunny winter day here Down Under )))
Which is itself a great reason to feel good.
Besides I just received feedback saying that both of my workshops (master-classes) I'm going to conduct during my time in Russia (in August) are almost full in just one day. Wow! I'm so impressed and flattered! Thank you so much everyone! So looking forward to meet fellow felters!

Here's the link

Oh, ye, haven't I mentioned that I'm escaping Oz for 2 months in August - September and going for extensive trip to Europe & Russia. So exited!!! Haven't been home for 3 years :-0

Will keep you posted ;)))

xoxo SheverDUSHKA

My recent works _ Nespresso

Hi, again!

While I've been out of covering my activity for the last 6 month it doesn't mean I've been doing nothing. And although most of my recent works have nothing to do with felting or shibori but I indulged myself with beading and other sort of embellishment working on some projects with Australian duo Romance was Born. There some of them ;)

Nespresso, Sydney, Australia, (December 2010)

Anna & Luke received project to create 3 extravagant dresses for launch of Nespresso flagship shop in Sydney made predominantly from coffee pods.
I worked on 2 of them - gold/brown and pink/red/violet ones.
That was fun experimenting with unusual materials )))
There are some photos:






Anna, Luke (RwB), Marcus, me

I've been lost but now I'm found )))

Hi, everyone!

Its been a really long time since my last post here.
What can I say... I kind of neglected my blog for the last 6 months.
But it is now clear to mee that I better keep it on as there are people
out there (I mean you, my dear viewers and followers) who find my blog
interesting and informative )))

So, thank you!!! You've inspired me to keep my blog alive and engaging )))

xoxo
SheverDUSHKA

Changing skin...

Just a quick update. Thanks to friend of mine who is much better in adjusting computer programs including templates my blog now looks much more personal ) I've prepared some other wallpapers created based on my textiles designed for current project and will be changing background image from time to time )))

It"s working.

I'm excited - the network has actually started to build up )))
My blog was found by devoted felt creators from Israel (felt4you) and now I got bunch of links to a lot of interesting information and images about nuno-felting. Cool! Thanks!

Moodshifting

Just in a mood for a change ))) So, have decided to temporary change my template.

“In-betweeners”

Last class for the subject I was required to start this personal blogs (“Professional Practice for Fashion & Textile Designers” – Gosh, quite a long name!) we did some questionnaire to find out what kind of person you are with bias towards personality traits and characteristics suited for self-employment.

The findings, although, were interesting, but for me hardly surprising. In 3 out of 6 categories such as being introvert/extrovert, planning ability and creativity (in general) I happen to be “in-betweener”. Thus, as it appears I am quite an obvious chameleon even from that point of view. I’m very mood-dependent. That’s why I can be shy or can be outgoing, can be creative in my approach to problem-solving and can get really stuck, always make plans and “to do” lists but, in practice, find it highly complicated to follow them. Anyway, it’s good to know that I know myself pretty well )))

“Hungry for the words”

Hi, everyone! Long time “not seeing”! Got a bit lazy…)))

Recently read a small article in MX (Thursday April 15, 2010, p.6) about blog readers being more impressed by the amount of written words and frequency of updates rather then by the context of the written.
“Susan Jamison-Powell, a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University presented her findings at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference. She had questioned 75 participants on the blogging site livejournal.com, which shares posts about daily life. …”The more words a person has contributed, the more attractive they were rated by the other members of their community. The strongest factor was found to be the total number of words they had contributed over the week,” said Jamison-Powell. Being positive and interesting did not have the same effect.”

So… although, I personally have always believed that quality is much more important then quantity it seems like that rule does not apply to keeping the blog. As I promised at the beginning I’ll do my best and will start to bombard you with posts. Nevertheless, just in case if study is not that precise I’ll try to keep them interesting and informative as well. See you very soon!