'We want the young generation to feel their roots and feel pride in their heritage',Victoria Vakusha
TAPESTRY COLLECTION / FAINA'S TAPESTRIES ARE A COLLECTION OF MODERN, DECORATIVE AMULETS ORICINALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS AT BAY.
EACH PIECE IS HANDWOVEN ON AN ANCIENT LOOM WITH A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS 'LIZHNYKARSTVO'.
FAINA CLOSELY COLLABORATES WITH HUTSUL ARTISANS, LOCALS OF THECARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS AND KEEPERS OF THIS TECHNIQUE. THEIR SACRED KNOWLEDGE IS HANDED DOWN FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN AND IS OFTEN DISCLOSED TO NO ONE BUT THE FAMILY OF THE CRAFTSMEN. IT IS THE WORK OFCENERATIONS, WHERE EVERY WEAVING STITCH HAS A HISTORY. A HARACTER, A GENUINE ENERGY.
TAPESTRY COLLECTION / FAINA'S TAPESTRIES ARE A COLLECTION OF MODERN, DECORATIVE AMULETS ORICINALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS AT BAY.
EACH PIECE IS HANDWOVEN ON AN ANCIENT LOOM WITH A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS 'LIZHNYKARSTVO'.
FAINA CLOSELY COLLABORATES WITH HUTSUL ARTISANS, LOCALS OF THECARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS AND KEEPERS OF THIS TECHNIQUE. THEIR SACRED KNOWLEDGE IS HANDED DOWN FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN AND IS OFTEN DISCLOSED TO NO ONE BUT THE FAMILY OF THE CRAFTSMEN. IT IS THE WORK OFCENERATIONS, WHERE EVERY WEAVING STITCH HAS A HISTORY. A HARACTER, A GENUINE ENERGY.
THEIR SACRED KNOWLEDGE IS HANDED DOWN FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN AND IS OFTEN DISCLOSED TO NO ONE BUT THE FAMILY OF THE CRAFTSMEN. IT IS THE WORK OF CENERATIONS, WHERE EVERY WEAVING STITCH HAS A HISTORY. A HARACTER, A GENUINE ENERGY.
THE CHOICE OF BLACK IN FAINA'S TAPESTRIES REPRESENTS THE SOUL OF OUR LAND - ITS FERTILE SOIL. UKRAINIANS ARE AN AGRICULTURAL NATION.
LOOSELY WOVEN STITCHING RECALLS THE FEELING OF LIGHT, CRUMBLY, SOIL. YET THERE IS SOMETHING ROUCH ABOUT IT.
THE NATURE OF EARTH AND THE NATURE OF THE TAPESTRY INTERSECT.
