RAIN FASHION – workshop by Vahida Ramujkić

"so when you hear it thunder,
don't run under a tree..."
(Pennies from heaven)



On Monday, Marta and I had a pleasure of meeting lovely and so talented Vahida Ramujkic , designer behind the umbrella skirt project. We had a chance to make a chic skirt out of brought umbrella, with a little help from her professional assistance, ideal for rainy days or as a present.



Here is the exception from original text by Aviv Kruglanski:
"Autumn is here and after hot long summer clouds begin to gather. On rainy and windy days that are coming, textile ecology and GRAD deliver us a unique opportunity. The next time it pours, wait for it to calm down a bit, and walk out on the street fearless! It’s a perfect moment for umbrella “harvest”! We go out to “harvest”, “armed” with scissors or penknives in the raincoat. When we find a broken umbrella, we recover the fine material from the metal frame. At this point we are interested in the waterproof hexagonal material."

Here is the Winnie de Pooh skirt we made for Marta and she loved it:)

And now, just because we have this lovely skirt, I can even say sometimes: "I hope it rains":)
xo, Katarina

Rainy day

It is pretty gloomy these past few days/weeks here...they say that from tomorrow me may see some snow, which is somehow better than rain;)





Yesterday, while going to see the 45. Golden Pen BELGRADE - 10. International Biennial exhibition of ILLUSTRATIONS, held at Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Kalemegdan park , Belgrade, I had the chance to enjoy some incredible views of the nature during the rainy day. And while it was freezing and wet, and not so pleasant to stay outside, it was just something about the gloomy atmosphere or about that incredible smell of the pine trees all around, that somehow make me feel happy. Or maybe it was just the solely moment in my life, having the time to dedicate it to myself and to what I love (after the family-that don't counts, of course:) most-art.



The exhibition is great, one of those MUST SEE for sure, and I feel sorry that I didn't have time to make some illustrations lately, and therefore couldn't submit them for this exhibition. But I was delighted to see some great illustrations made by my friends and colleagues and from some foreign illustrators.
Here are some(sorry for the bad pics, but the light was terrible+glass reflections and I had my handy camera only)





























Have a great and creative weekend, Katarina
PS if you will ask for my wellibobs, on the first picture, these are the Joules Fierenze wellies-LOVE them:))))

After the rain...

Since the summer has officially arrived, the weather turns absolutely nuts. I can't remember the day without rain.



Even when the sun appears and it seems that the rain is finally over, it happens to rain again. And again...and they said it is going to be like that at least for the next 2 weeks.







There is a lovely field of poppies (those planted to get the seeds, that had the beautiful violet flowers ) on the way to our weekend, getaway house at Fruska gora. I was so sad that this year I missed taking the pics of that field in bloom, as we were in Italy during that blooming period, but I was impatiently waiting to the pods to get formed well and take the pics of them. I just love them!!!They have always been so inspirational.



So, last weekend between one splash of rain and another, I managed to go to that field and take some pics. I was so disappointed when I realized that due to all this rain, they have adopted many mouldy stains and spots all over.



I don't have the idea if the owner of that field will have the possibility of collecting any of the poppy grain from the pods(not b/c I just had to make myself a bouquet, to take it home), as they are just not looking very "healthy"...but I 'm so happy that I however had the chance to take all those pictures:)





Have a great and hopefully not rainy weekend, Katarina