Saturday 14 April 2018

Artist Research - Nastya Melavia

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Nastya Melavia is a ceramic artist based in Khabarovsk, a city on the Amur River in southeastern Russia.

Melavia runs a shop on Etsy that features an array of extravagant decorations for people. She uses polymer clay, plastic suede, precious stones and more to create miniature and one of a kind designs, a lot of which exhibit floristry with a side of horror. The most common running theme in and about her shop is making floral pieces with certain obscure and sometimes obscene features.

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Some of the items displayed on the shop include broaches, necklaces, pendants, hair pieces and more. 

When planning her work, Melavia starts with initial sketches and posts her progresses on her Instagram.


Once planned she moves on to the making process of sculpting the pieces with polymer clay.


And later brushes up with paints, applying significant detail on the areas that require.


You can find and follow more of Melavia's work on her Instagram where she updates regularly with ideas and concepts, processes and finished pieces ready to be sold on her Etsy.


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