Another sense of wedding

nuno felt dress: wool and silk

Photography

Whatever is your art or craft media, you will always turn to photography as the means to reflect your work to the world or even create a continuation of the thought of your work. That’s why I always considered it to be a very important aspect in one’s artistic life.

Not all of us of course have a professional photographer, professional equipment and studio, not to mention a few super models at hand to always present one’s work in the best manner. At least I don’t – just an improvised environment in an apartment, a tripod and remote control in my own hands and the same face all the time of which I really get bored and wished I had a couple of best friends – models nearby from time to time.  Anyway, on the other hand it’s sometimes the easiest option when you do everything by yourself. It’s just the maker who can really express what he meant with his work (or a real soul mate photographer who feels and sees the world the way you do and knows every corner of your soul, thus – your work too… But tell me how often do you meet such?  But… I am still dreaming of the photo shoots with some photographers I feel close to my soul and to have women I adore as my models… It’s nice to imagine).

I always regret when I don’t have enough time to picture all the work I do as I consider it to be a final act of my creation that materializes the image living in my mind. Or I’d better say – a final act that requires my own input as the very final act is the reaction of observers that the piece stimulates…

 

 

wedding dress (wool & silk)

 

   wool, silk & flax, eco dyed with vegetable plant dyes

THIMISTER MMXI-MMXII

I’ve just returned from Paris fashion week where I was to see a collection of Josephus Thimister, for whom I made 2 coats and several capelets. And… I don’t want to say more right now except the text of Josephus that accompanied the collection…


THIMISTER MMXI-MMXII
SNOW MYSTIC CIRCLES OF FALLEN ANGELS
DARKNESS STARES OUT THROUGH ENDLESS TIME AND YOUTH, TAKING FORM OF FALLEN ANGELS – BLACK COMPILES ILLUSION AS INNOCENT SOULS ENLIGHTEN SHADOWS – BROKEN WINGS GROW OUT OF CIRCLES, TOUCHING EARTH WITH FLOWING MEMENTOS – INTRICATE CUTTING OF FABRICS, ENVELOPE BODIES LIKE FLUID SCULPTURES RUNNING FROM MEDIEVAL CLOISTERS AS MODERN WARRIORS – BIG BLACK COATS BECOME SHRINES OF SOULS – CONFUSED THOUGHTS ARE FROZEN INTO WILD KNITS AS WHITE OPPOSES BLACK – THUNDER AND LIGHTENING STRIKE THROUGH THE MUSIC THAT RINGS IN OUR EARS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ECHOES OF SHATTERING HEELS – EPHEMERAL WRAPPINGS STORM AROUND BODIES WITH HURRICANE FORCE – THE SOIL IS ALIVE AND PROCESSING WHILE NATURE RECOGNIZES ITS BALANCE – STORMY CLOUDS DESCEND UPON SHOULDERS COVERING THEM IN HUES OF GREY – NORTHERN LIGHT APPEARS FROM THE DEEPEST PROFOUNDNESS – SNOWFLAKES MURMUR QUESTIONS AS BLACK SNOW BREEZES SOFT POETRY – BIBLICAL WOOL OF JACOBIN SHEEP IS FELTED IN ANCESTRAL WAYS INTO CAPES AND COATS TRAILED BY ETHEREAL CHIFFON – SNOW BREATHS THE REMINISCENT AIR OF OUR DEAR TOLSTOI
- JOSEPHUS MELCHOIR THIMISTER

 Photos from style.com

These are the felt pieces I made for Josephus. See the whole collection at style.com

Through other’s lens

I really love photography. And I keep on saying that perhaps when I get old I will have time to study it and understand it :) Perhaps.. But now I am enjoying looking through other’s lenses. I have so many favorite photographers, each of them so different and yet so me in one way or another.

I take my own photos with remote controler, and though I am just an intuitive photographer without any knowledge of what I am doing, expressing my pieces through photography is also very important to me, just like the same process of creating a piece. I believe that presenting a piece in photography is the continuation of your creative process, as well as respect to the piece created.

And it’s very interesting to see how others see my pieces through their lenses. It really gives you more feedback than one can expect to hear verbally spoken.

 

These are my nuno felted wrist warmers “Growing Spring on my skin” and nuno felted shawl used in a photoshoot by photographer Svetlana Batura.  A very sensual approach.

 

The following photos were made by photographer Eigirdas Scinskas – a bride was wearing my nuno felted wedding dress from so many yards of silk…

 

 

 

 

Natural lightness…

 

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Man patinka fotografija. Kartais sakau, jog kai pasensiu galbūt pagaliau atrasiu laiko perkąsti fotografiją ir suprasti, ką iš tiesų reikia daryti su fotoaparatu :) galbūt….

Bet kol kas aš mėgaujuosi žiūrėdama pro kitų objektyvo stiklą. Kiekvienas mano mėgstamas fotografas toks skirtingas ir tuo pačiu atrandantis atgarsį manyje.

Pati aš fotografuoju visiškai intuityviai, absoliučiai be jokių fotografijos žinių (deja), naudodamasi pulteliu, tačiau fotografinis savo kūrinių pateikimas man yra be galo svarbus. Tai yra tarsi tos pačios kūrybos tąsa ir pagarba kūriniui…

Visuomet labai įdomu pamatyti savo darbus kitų fotografų akimis – tai suteikia nepaprastai daug atgalinio ryšio, daugiau, nei galėtų kas pasakyti žodžiais…

Aukščiau pateiktos mano darbų nuotraukos dviejų skirtingų fotografų akimis – Svetlanos Baturos ir Eigirdo Scinsko. Svetlana savo fotosesijoje naudojo mano veltas riešines ir šalį – itin jausmingas, jautrus pateikimas… Eigirdas fotografavo vestuves, kuriose jaunoji vilkėjo mano veltą vestuvinę suknelę. Nepaprastas natūralus lengvumas…

 

P.S. My Facebook Fan page has moved to http://www.facebook.com/vilte.net

Mano gerbėjų puslapis Facebook’e persikraustė į http://www.facebook.com/vilte.net

Archaic couture or what’s in common between Chanel and feltmaking trends?

  There is no surprise why there is a big trend of all the wild things in feltmakers world. If you saw Chanel’s ready to wear collection for Fall 2010 you will not ask why. If Karl Lagerfeld can get that wild in couture world, sure we, the feltmakers, can :)



















These photos of my eco-friendly nuno felted dresses with raw organic Wensleydale and Drenthe Heath wool are the prelude to some news to come. Soon :)
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Kas  matė 2010 rudens “ready to wear” Chanel mados namų kolekciją, nesistebės ir šiuo metu veltinio pasaulyje vyraujančia laukiniškumo tendencija. Jei Karl Lagerfield gali taip sulaukėti, galim ir mes :)
Šios mano veltų suknelių nuotraukos yra preliudija į tam tikras naujienas. Jau greitai :)

Dunes. Dragonfly meadow. Weddings

My soul land – Curonian spit.
The brides who choose a very unique, natural and handmade look for their special day.  And feel so free like the dragonflies.
Brian Western: “Everything about these images evokes a sense of calm serenity--the felt is practically alive!”


 

 

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Mano sielos kopos.
Nuotakos, besirenkančios unikalų, natūralų, rankų darbo įvaizdį. Tokios laisvos lyg laumžirgiai…

White. Like 20 kg of snow in the Summer

White white and white. White is purity and innosence. White is kindness, wholeness and completion. White purifies your soul... like 20 kg of snow in the Summer...

I've been working a lot with white recently. Taking new photos of my white rug "Wind in the desert", felting a white christening outfit for a little girl and a white wedding dress for the "Bride of the Clouds"...

And dreaming white dreams... trying to purify my soul and heart from all the inquietudes it's got...

I miss snow in the Summer. (Ironically - I miss Summer blooming in the Winter...) I miss white all around me. Could you send me 20 kg of snow in the port?..

P.S. Discovering myself featured in Alcova Moderna was a pleasant surprise.

Wild Angels on Haute Nature

Haute Nature - blog, covering ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle...an eco guide blending high style with sustainability, has featured my felted bracelet - Where the Wild Angels Live.

Thank you! And I am honoured!

Where the Wild Angels Live

European Street Team (Etsy) challenge that I am hosting will come to an end this evening. And my theme for all the members was Wild versus Elegant. This theme evolved naturally from my inside world.

I love wild, raw, natural, and chaotic... Prefer a wild mustang over a domesticated horse. Wildness symbolizes freedom for me. It's the energy that makes everything flow in the world.

I love elegancy, grace, I am always looking for it in any objects, materials. My understanding of elegancy is of course subjective and might seem weird sometimes. Usually wild and elegant are not considered to be a one. Usually man made objects that claim to be wild are lacking grace in their form; and the ones that claim to be elegant are too much polished and perfect, lacking a sense of freedom and natural life.

For me wild and elegant go together, one in another, entangled in each other... There is so much grace and elegancy in the wild world. It's just a question of how you look at it. 

My entry for the challenge is a bracelet felted from raw Drenthe Heath wool (no, it's not fur, it's felted fleece!), merino wool, silk and Baltic amber. Drenthe Heath has the strongest expression of wildness here, while the rest - merino wool, silk and amber combine wild and elegant nature in themselves.

It might look soft as a feather, but actually it is pretty rough (Drenthe Heath), and I love this combination between soft, gentle and rough, raw, wild... I called it

W h e r e t h e W i l d A n g e l s L i v e

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Kur gyvena laukiniai angelai. Apyrankė iš šilko, merinosų vilnos, Drenthe Heath vilnos ir baltiško gintaro.

Myliu tai, kas turi laukinę sielą, neapdirbtą prigimtį, tai, kas natūralu ir kiek chaotiška… Visuomet renkuosi laukinį laisvą mustangą, o ne ramų prijaukintą kuiną. Laukinė siela yra laisvė. Tai energija, kuri viską pasaulyje priverčia tekėti.

Myliu eleganciją, grakštumą. To ieškau visuose objektuose ar medžiagose aplink. Elegancija gan subjektyvi. Ir elegancija paprastai nėra tapatinama su laukiniškumu.  Žmonių pagaminti daiktai, siejami su laukiniškumu, paprastai stokoja grakštumo; o tie, kurie siejami su elegancija, dažnai būna per daug nušlifuoti, per daug tobuli, stokojantys net minčių apie laisvę ir natūralumą.

Laukinė siela ir elegancija man – viena su kita susipynusios išraiškos… Viskas priklauso nuo požiūrio ar…įžvalgos.