Textile artist Tamara Kostianovsky usually uses strips of cloth or discarded clothes as creative materials to create realistic elements of nature. In his latest series of works, Tree Stumps, he used his late father’s clothes to create tree stumps with layers of different colors to commemorate the passing of time and to express that after people pass away, they will eventually return to nature. the concept of.
The inspiration for this series of works comes from the people of the Andes Mountains of South America. The locals believe that Mother Earth exists in the mountains. Kostianovsky transformed this concept into clothes that represent the land and Environmental sculpture.
Kostianovsky said: "(Tree SThe tumps series) blends tree stumps of different shapes and sizes into a palette that symbolizes the interior of the body, paying homage to Latin American cultural heritage while representing another way of thinking about the relationship between post-industrial and nature. ”
Kostianovsky became interested in the human body as a teenager while working in a surgical office, and he has continued to work with muscles and bones, often of other species such as whales or domestic animals.
