Natalya Rodina ... This name in the needlework world has turned into a recognizable brand. The craftswoman has an art education and excellent taste. By profession, she is a fashion designer and decorator, but after the birth of the baby she had to hide the sewing machine and engage in a more “quiet” type of activity. Natalya was fond of the decor of trays, boxes, watches, furniture. She also owns an old technique for making a cotton New Year’s toy.
He is constantly improving his skills, looking for new techniques and is happy to share them. She independently went the way from self-taught to a master, and now also a teacher. Her work guesses a special style. Lovers of unique things will not confuse the design of her tea houses, caskets, chairs and tables with anything.
Natalya Rodina: master classes and performance on television
Natalia on her blog with pleasure shares unique master classes for free. This is not just a phased execution scheme, but a true story of the birth of every idea. For example, the striped set of Givenchy and Cappuccino is dedicated to the world-famous fashion designer and his model - actress Germain Lefebvre. Her creative pseudonym is Cappuccino. The master class used photos of a charming model in an evening dress from Givenchy from the 1952 collection.
She also conducts group training, and this is the best option! Not everything can be understood through photographs and master classes. A real talented teacher shares his energy, gives a powerful charge of positive and strength for creative achievements.
In 2015, Natalia conducted a master class on television for fashion designer Alexander Vasiliev. The motherland was glad to communicate with the highly intellectual famous costume designer. Together they created a real masterpiece and delighted the audience.
Decoupage of furniture by Natalia Rodina
Natalia not only decorates small objects, but also turns old furniture into masterpieces. Tables and chairs, which she completely remodels, turn into interior items worthy of royal blood. In the workshop “Chair from the Palace”, you will learn how to create an imitation of malachite. Understand how to work with printed pictures and craquelure pairs.
Cotton toys
In 2013, Natasha met the wonderful master Nadezhda Shirokova. The needlewoman restored and converted into the form of a master class the old technology for making Christmas tree toys made of cotton wool. She works in true retro style. Natalya Rodina, after training with a needlewoman, went her own way. She interpreted the technique, adding modern notes to it. As a basis, she nevertheless took old works.
Natalya's toys are made of ordinary cotton. Some details are molded of polymer clay. The works also feature wood and textiles. The sizes of toys vary from 6 to 33 cm. Each has its own house – box - this is a box of veneer with textile decoration inside. Now the owners of retro toys are residents of Moscow, Russia and the whole world.
The price of homeland toys is quite high, but they are all the result of painstaking manual labor. Each item is created according to the artist’s unique sketch, and nowhere else in the world can you find a copy. Elegant miniatures from cotton wool will become an unusual gift for Christmas and New Year. They radiate warmth and comfort and temporarily transfer adults to Soviet childhood. Designer cotton toys will become a relic in your family and will be passed on from generation to generation.
Unusual technicians at work
Natalia Rodina is a decoupage master who uses unusual techniques. She supplements her work with papier-mâché elements, plastic molding, inlaid with beads and stones.
After studying with Natalia, the Motherland will have the feeling that the illusionist shared secrets with you. The miracle will be near, quite possible, and you yourself will become its creator.