Arty. Textile artist Vera Alexanderova

Vera Alexanderova is a Sydney-based textile artist and designer of clothing and interior items. She studied fashion design in Moscow. After living in Mongolia for a while and having seen local felting, Vera fell in love with the material and started creating woll, silk and lace clothing and art objects. She describes this process as "magical".

Вера Александрова, художник по текстилю. Credit: Supplied by Vera Alexanderova

В своих работах Вера часто вдохновляется австралийской природой. Credit: Vera Alexanderova

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