Sevillana
Sevillana
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sevillanas are known as the more refined branch of flamenco dance, emphasizing elegant and intricate movement of the hands. The Seville-style flamenco is very decadent. I used my watercolors to imitate something sheer, using water to allow the colors to travel and disappear.
DETAILS + CARE
Medium Wrap approximately 100 cm or 39 inches square
Designed by Daud Akhriev using watercolor and ink, 2016
100% Silk Satin 16mm
Printed in China
Dry clean or carefully hand wash in cool water.
Lie flat to dry, away from the sun.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Serithea is brought to you by Melissa Hefferlin and Daud Akhriev.
We met pursuing an education at the historic Russian Academy of Fine Art in Saint Petersburg (the Soviet Union's "Leningrad" at that time) at the end of the Cold War. Melissa hailed from the mountains of Tennessee, Daud from the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia. A passion to make art brought us together from disparate parts of the globe, and for thirty years we have been (and continue to be) professional fine artists, dividing our time between Andalusia, Spain and Tennessee, USA. 2016 sent us a hunger to make art wearable.
Lovers of rugs, scarves and textiles of all kinds, Daud's family mourns beloved heirlooms lost in the wars after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Melissa's people include architects, quilters, seamstresses and women who lovingly pass down a pair of foreign earrings, a grandmother's Hermes scarf, a fine pair of brogues.
We, too, want to create heirlooms to be worn against the skin. We hope that your life and the lives of those you love are enriched by Serithea's offerings.
