Katarina Šaptović
- City
- Belgrade
- Country
- Serbia
I am a textile artist working primarily with hand embroidery on textiles and other surfaces, often using natural materials. My practice is rooted in art brut (outsider art), and I am self-taught with no formal art education. I work independently under my own brand, **Kezvez**, approaching textile work in a raw, intuitive, and personal way.
I have been working in this field for the past eight years, and my favorite technique is applying hand embroidery to textile surfaces. My process begins with drawing my own designs directly onto the fabric, and then I translate these drawings into hand embroidery, bringing them to life stitch by stitch.
Artworks
This is a story about a ski trip we took in February, when we went skiing but there was no snow on the mountain. So this character is waiting for snow in his cabin on the mountain. It is, in a way, a small story about climate change told in a different way, through hand embroidery.
This is the story of the happiest man in the world. I met him in the desert, and he ran past me, making sounds that seemed to belong to the happiest person on earth. I don’t know the reason for his joy, but it was truly a beautiful feeling to be near the happiest person in the world, even if only for a brief moment. I can only imagine what it must feel like to be the happiest person on the entire planet, even if only for a short time.
This is a story about a man playing with his pet in an apartment, while hiding something behind his back.
This work is titled “It Was Like This…”and tells a story about how the world actually came into existence.