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Shadows and Splashes

Yulia Slesareva

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I am a graduate from London College of Fashion with BA (Hons) in Fashion Textiles: Print. I am passionate about experimenting with different print techniques, scales and colour.

I am a graduate from London College of Fashion with BA (Hons) in Fashion Textiles: Print. I am pa...

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Water is both the force of destruction as a result of global warming, as well as the source of restoration. We decide how to use it.

This collection delves into the fantasy drama film ‘The Secret Garden’ based on the novel of Frances Hodgson Burnett. 

The girl discovers the overgrown garden and starts caring for it. Watered plants interweave with the shadows of the past and make them disappear, taking the family on a metaphorical journey of revival. 

The tension between stillness and movement, whisper and burst, static and spirit is explored here.  

Final work

Turquiose and bron flowers on light yellow tinted background. Black flocking pressed flower details on turquise cyanotype squares print

Sublimation print and flocking details

Black and and light rose splashes on dark turquiose print which is draped over the shoulder
A close up of a red and dark purple magenta print on a woman's body, cinched by both hands on the waist

Hydrangea shadows in red

A close up of blue and light blue cyanotype on Luxe tencel top on a woman's back, the shoulder length dark brown hair is above the top

Cyanotype leaves

Research and process

A twig of yellow barberry, which has just started to flower, in water

Barberry in water

Dark blue monoprint of pressed hydrangea flowers on yellow and turquiose cyanotype paper

Hydrangea cyanotype and monoprint

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Shadows and Splashes

Water is both the force of destruction as a result of global warming, as well as the source of restoration. We decide how to use it.This collection delves into the fantasy drama film ‘The Secret Garden’ based on the novel of Frances Hodgson Burnett. The girl...

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