Natalya Makarova is an artist from Samara, a member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists. Performs sculptures in his author's technique - weaving with a tourniquet.
We are made of memories. The memory of my childhood is what helps me find a footing in the instability of the present. I remember how good and safe I once was with my grandmother in the village, but with longing I realize that you can’t return all this. This is the pain of the memory of a lost paradise. Nostalgia, sad happiness. I feel in these memories so much love and warmth of my grandmother, so much comfort and simplicity of village life, the smell of a bathhouse and mowed hay, closeness to nature and something real.
I carefully preserved household utensils, knitted rugs, scarves and downy shawls. Now for me it is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for life and creativity. As a basis, I take rugs that my grandmother knitted from strips cut from old clothes, thereby giving her a second life.
I love working with clay. The material itself contains the history and memory of eras. Soft supple, plastic, it allows me to immerse myself in my inner world. It is a dialogue with oneself through interaction with the material. A way to know and heal yourself. It is interesting for me to combine different types of clays in one work, weaving them into a single whole. I study the form and plasticity of movement in sculpture.
The works are made in the technique of molding from a tourniquet. I emit weaving
knitted rugs and transform them into shapes, inspired by Russian pottery of the 19th-20th century. Through the creation of my works, I feel the connection of generations and keep the memory of my roots. This gives me powerful support and support in an era of turbulence and global information changes. Thus, I want to preserve and pass on to my children and grandchildren the memory of where I come from, the memory and history of the Russian peasantry.
