About Alevtina Sharapova

 

Alevtina Sharapova was born in Moscow, Russia. Her formal art

training took place at the Moscow College of Arts and Crafts with

the major of carpets and tapestry making. After graduating she

worked several years as a designer in a carpet company, than she

took part in organizing a small workshop studio "Donegal". This studio cooperated with a small carpet factory in Ireland, founded by famous designer William Morris. "Donegal" studio mostly worked on unique pieces of art - hand-made tapestries based on the paintings of modern artists, one of kind pieces for interior design.

In 2006 Alevtina moved to China with her family. She tried calligraphy and Chinese ink-painting, that brought her new experience she tried to use in her art. After a period of searching for a new vision, when she tried doll-making, paper clay, patchwork, she came to felt-making, which was close to the carpets for its soft texture and great majority of usage. Wool felting is a traditional technique of making things from wool using hot water and soap. Different items can be made from wool - toys, bags, shoes, hats, scarves and more.

Currently Alevtina works with wool in different styles - from small interior objects to bigger wall hangings, combining traditional approach with modern point of view. Also she is running classes for children and grown-ups where students learn how to make things with there own hands.

Another project is art studio for grown-ups and

art therapy. As people often say that they like to

draw, but they were too busy to learn drawing

when they were young, Alevtina organized classes

especially for such students. These students are aged

from 25 to 55 years old and they come to study basic

principles of drawing and painting.