Evgenia Lesnikova
Tradition and modernity
I am interested in the topic of traditional costume and modern interpretation of traditional elements and patterns in objects, illustrations and outfit.
It all started with collage as one of the techniques that is interesting to me. Below are some experiments from my sketchbook. They were taken as a basis.
I was curious to create an image on clothes that would refer to the mythical world of traditional costume. As a piece of clothing I chose a loose caftan with which a layered look could be created on the one hand. On the other hand, the caftan is a protective symbol the image on which traditionally has a certain meaning.





Then I roughly estimated the density of the future composition, and also estimated an approximate palette of colours.

Then I did color tests on pieces of fabric and cut the fabric

In parallel, I was also looking for options for placing the picture and the composition itself.

Final sketch for painting on fabric:
Painting process:
In the final painting on the fabric, it was necessary to simplify the pattern and the number of elements, since the paint made the structure of the fabric heavier.

After preliminary stitching of the elements of the caftan,
the final result of the painting was obtained.