Eggshell mosaics by Lyubov Meshakina

Eggshell mosaics by Lyubov Meshakina.
Russian mixed media artist Lyubov Meshakina has created a wide collection of beautiful art pieces with a variety of creative work, including pencil drawings, paintings, panels of eggshell mosaics, knitted and embroidered things, and interior accessories. There is hardly any direction of applied art in which the talented young craftswoman Lyubov Meshakina hasn’t tried her hand yet. The special place in her art have adornments and accessories – necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pendants, buckles, and etc. Lyubov Meshakina is a self-taught artist of applied art, working with leather, polymer clay, egg shells, paper, textile. The inspiration for her colorful art is Mother nature itself.

Eggshell mosaics starts from a drawing. The shells are sterilized, then pre-painted inside and out in different colors. After they dry for a week, they’re carefully broken into tiny pieces, stored in bins and eventually applied one by one, with surgical instruments. This is time consuming work which needs much patience. The eggshell-technique is rare and difficult, but the result is a lovely sunny art which can beautify the interior.

Eggshell mosaics by Lyubov Meshakina

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