What could be a better way to remember your friends than to cook a meal which you associate with them, share with them, and know they love … It gives you the pleasure of almost feeling their presence and will give you a nice topic to chat about with your friends. Maybe you will have…
Felting with Moy Mackay
I grew up surrounded with felted pieces. Maybe this actually is my drive to this amazing material and souse of inspiration? Traditional Kazakh rug. Russian national winter felt boots. Whatever it is, it does fascinates me. And even more than material itself I am fascinated with the creativity of people who breathe so many new…
Easter Eggs on a tree
As a multicultural person I have advantage of having an excuse to celebrate many more traditional and other holidays and festivals including religious ones. Not every Christian will celebrate Easter on the same day – or minimum not every year, as sometimes it does happen to be on the same date. Not every culture has…
Toy Story on a handkerchief
I loved drawings by my kids. I have all sort of ideas what I could do with them in addition to the art galleries which we have on all doors. Handkerchiefs however were never on my to-do-list, but I liked success of the first project. So when I found a little album in which each page was…
Loughborough Fox
I accept the statement of my darling, I am quite a talented lady 😉 But I am rather shaded by my sons especially when talking imaginative art. One of my dear colleagues is leaving us. She is also a great football fan and player as my son. I told my son about her before…
What makes you smile?
My morning workshop. For ages wanted to make something with boys masterpieces …. Also always was afraid of mixing colours … Today I made a first step towards things I like and my first results are – a handkerchief with my son’s drawings from about two years ago and my ‘copy’ ‘paste’ of two of his drawings from…
Christmas Salad
There was a restaurant in Pavlodar, which my mum, sister and me were always dining at when shopping. Miss those girls’ times a lot! I loved ‘West’ as it was cosy, and sort of played the music I liked and served the food I liked. One of those was a salad ‘Raduga’ (Rainbow). I still…
A ‘friend’ from the past – ‘Soviet’ Bruschetta or egg and sprat canapé
When on the projects we have an Intercultural night, it always fascinates me to learn about different cultures and make connections with the culture I inherited from my family and places where I used to live. It also helps me to reflect to the question of identity – not only mine but of all…
Kaleidoscope of cultures 