Inspired by the traditional Romanian shirt (mostly known as "ie"),
I painted 31 little celebrations of my heritage, in the best way I knew how.
Every day I filmed the painting process and shared it on social media.
I painted 31 little celebrations of my heritage, in the best way I knew how.
Every day I filmed the painting process and shared it on social media.
The traditional Romanian shirt is a work of art and the result of centuries of craftsmanship. Women used to sew it as part of the Romanian folk costume and each shirt was embellished with a distinctive sequence of patterns depending on the geographic area they came from.
Sometimes, even shirts sewn only 5 km apart were completely different.
A traditional Romanian shirt is like a fingerprint: there are no two alike.
Its stitches are like an alphabet that speaks about the Romanian people - its beliefs, its sorrows, its losses -, belonging to no one and everyone at the same time.
Sometimes, even shirts sewn only 5 km apart were completely different.
A traditional Romanian shirt is like a fingerprint: there are no two alike.
Its stitches are like an alphabet that speaks about the Romanian people - its beliefs, its sorrows, its losses -, belonging to no one and everyone at the same time.
1/31 BASARABIA
2/31 NEAMT
3/31 SIBIU
4/31 NEAMT
5/31 BUCOVINA
6/31 BUCOVINA
7/31 MUSCEL
8/31 VALCEA
9/31 ARGES
10/31 BUCOVINA
11/31 GORJ
12/31 DOBROGEA
13/31 VRANCEA
14/31 BUCOVINA
15/31 LUNCA CERNEI
16/31 MEHEDINTI
17/31 TINUTUL PADURENILOR
18/31 BARAGAN
19/31 TELEORMAN
20/21 TARA OASULUI
30/31 TINUTUL PADURENILOR
22/31 BIHOR
23/31 ARAD
24/31 BANAT
25/31 OLT
26/31 CERNAUTI
27/31 VLASCA
28/31 ROMANATI
29/31 BUCOVINA
30/31 VALEA BISTREI
