08.12.2022 Creative meeting with Margarita Shchemeleva at the personal anniversary exhibition of author's textiles "NUMBERS"

December 8, 2022 in the Leonid Shchemelev City Art Gallery as part of the personal anniversary exhibition of the author's textiles "NUMBERS" a creative meeting with Margarita Shchemeleva took place.

For many years Margarita Shchemeleva has been working at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts as an docent of the Department of Costume and Textiles. She is engaged in artistic weaving, works in a unique and complex technique of hand-weaving threads on a special wooden frame. Over the years of her work, Margarita Shchemelev has created dozens of bright, original works. The artist experiments a lot with shape, color, texture, uses different materials. The works are symbolic and emotional, distinguished by their virtuoso mastery of the author's technique. Each tapestry is a reflection of time, personal experiences, a kind of diary of states and lived moments of life.

As part of the creative meeting, Margarita Shchemeleva conducted an author's tour of the exhibition "NUMBERS", told about the role and relevance of hand weaving in the modern world, about the features and possibilities of textile techniques, about her personal creative path, shared memories and answered questions of interest.

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