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Love under nets - Bituseva Natalia
Faces of Love – Art Craft Centre, Murmansk, Russia
“The Murmansk Art Craft Centre presents a unique collection of quilts inspired by the paintings of the renowned Russian artist Anatoli Aleksandrovich Sergjenko.
In 2007 a group of quilters consisting of Irina Sopina (art director), Anatoli Sergjenko (project consultant), Nadeschda Markina and Tatjana Ischkaraeva set out to create a collection of 17 quilts, to be shown at Russian and major international quilt exhibitions. They took as their inspiration characters from a picture by Anatoli Sergjenko. Although they did not set out to make an exact resemblance, many of the quilts became almost exact replicas of the artists’ pictures – even though they were created in an entirely different medium. It was as if the artist always intended that his pictures should be re-created using textiles. The breath-taking pictures – beautiful depictions of love and eroticism – leave a great impression on the spectator, an impression which inspired the “Faces of Love” project.
The 17 quilts, completed in only nine months, demonstrated the artists’ great talent and innovative approaches to quilt art. Moreover, many of the manually demanding pieces were crafted by complete beginners who had limited quilting experience.
At the 6th Russian Festival for decorative art, “Quilt-Mosaics Russia” in Moscow in 2007, the group was honoured by the Association of Quilting in Russia and received a special prize from the main sponsor, BERNINA International AG of Switzerland.
In 2008, Wolfgang Eibisch of BERNINA International AG, asked Tatjana Ischkareva’s club to reproduce six of the quilts from “Faces of Love” using new techniques and materials.
In 2009 the group continued their work on the Northern-Sea topic and created six more quilts based on the paintings of A. Sergjenko. All 12 quilts were crafted on Bernina Aurora 440 sewing machines.
This became a new exhibition, which will be on display at The Festival of Quilts 2010.”
Love under nets - Bituseva Natalia
Faces of Love – Art Craft Centre, Murmansk, Russia
“The Murmansk Art Craft Centre presents a unique collection of quilts inspired by the paintings of the renowned Russian artist Anatoli Aleksandrovich Sergjenko.
In 2007 a group of quilters consisting of Irina Sopina (art director), Anatoli Sergjenko (project consultant), Nadeschda Markina and Tatjana Ischkaraeva set out to create a collection of 17 quilts, to be shown at Russian and major international quilt exhibitions. They took as their inspiration characters from a picture by Anatoli Sergjenko. Although they did not set out to make an exact resemblance, many of the quilts became almost exact replicas of the artists’ pictures – even though they were created in an entirely different medium. It was as if the artist always intended that his pictures should be re-created using textiles. The breath-taking pictures – beautiful depictions of love and eroticism – leave a great impression on the spectator, an impression which inspired the “Faces of Love” project.
The 17 quilts, completed in only nine months, demonstrated the artists’ great talent and innovative approaches to quilt art. Moreover, many of the manually demanding pieces were crafted by complete beginners who had limited quilting experience.
At the 6th Russian Festival for decorative art, “Quilt-Mosaics Russia” in Moscow in 2007, the group was honoured by the Association of Quilting in Russia and received a special prize from the main sponsor, BERNINA International AG of Switzerland.
In 2008, Wolfgang Eibisch of BERNINA International AG, asked Tatjana Ischkareva’s club to reproduce six of the quilts from “Faces of Love” using new techniques and materials.
In 2009 the group continued their work on the Northern-Sea topic and created six more quilts based on the paintings of A. Sergjenko. All 12 quilts were crafted on Bernina Aurora 440 sewing machines.
This became a new exhibition, which will be on display at The Festival of Quilts 2010.”