Τετάρτη 7 Δεκεμβρίου 2011

krista Leesi












EMBROIDERED MESSAGES FROM
THE YEAR 1066
50 X 150 CM
DIGITAL PRINT, EMBROIDERY
2006
The contemporary interpretation of the historical record, unique and the biggest embroidered tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry. To the detail of the historical masterpiece made by digital print I have added contemporary symbols in cross- stitching. These symbols are prepared as picture messages to by send by mobile phones and I have chosen them according somehow with the historical masterpiece.








OLI KORD NÕUKOGUDE NAINE…

TRACING PATTERN
79 X 90 CM
HANDPRINTED TEXTILE, EMBROIDERY, CROCHET
2003

Piece of work from series of works with using old handicraft tracing pattern from soviet time womens magazine.
In my Brezhnev era childhood, the only Estonian women’s magazine was Nõukogude Naine (Soviet Woman), which included a few pages of fashion drawings, small photos from Western fashion magazines, and naturally, pattern supplements. I printed a series of fabrics using one of these supplements. It included Estonian traditional patterns as well as the patterns then fashionable on sweaters, various embroideries and crocheted laces all together on this one sheet. The result is a series of fabrics with a nostalgic tinge that remind people of different generations and different periods from their childhood.




CHRISTMAS PAPER GARMENTS
IN COOPERATION WITH
AD RUTH HUIMERIND


CHRISTMAS CARD  FOR MODO PAPER 1999 DESIGNER JÜRI LÕUN


PAPERSKIRT ART PIECE FOR MODO PAPER COMPANY'S CONFERENCE ROOM  AD RUTH HUIMERIND   DESIGNER JÜRI KASS PHOTO BY TIIT VEERMÄE  1999





Krista Leesi is an Estonian textile artist - designer, faculty member in Department of Textile Design of Estonian Academy of Arts.