Sanoŭnaje spadarstva, vitanki
My name is Olia and in 2019 in Minsk I started Proekt Etika. Based on internal values, I put into the project the idea of the sustainable fashion and handcrafts combination. In my work I customize and recycle clothes from the seconnd hand market, using such techniques as hand embroidery, knitting, braiding, weaving and etc.
After the 2020 revolution in Belarus and difficult personal experiences and circumstances, i found emotional support in traditional Belarusian embroidery. It was the beginning of my work in the direction of an ecological interpretation of the cultural heritage of Belarus in modern clothing. Without having any professional craft education, I use and develop the skills that my grandmothers taught me when I was a child.
Now I live and work in Warsaw. During the existence of the project I managed to show and prove that tradition can be modern and stylish, what is confirmed by our work with many Belarusian and now Polish musicians (Iva Sativa, Navi band, Nochy, Anastasia Rydlevskaya,Niczos and Swada). Well, I invite you to celebrate Belarusian culture together