Arts and Design

The artist who creates creatures


Russian artist Helga Stentzel spent lots of time in a Siberian village with her grandmother when she was little. ‘Entertainment was scarce: two TV channels, no computer, so I’d lie in bed squinting at the carpet until the flowers blurred and I saw a dragon. I’d search for parrots and hedgehogs in the wood knots on my bed.’

Now London-based, the artist creates and photographs the creatures she spies around her so you can see them too. ‘For my polar bear I wanted snowflakes on the clothes line, so I shot outside in February at -32C [during a visit to Russia]. I had to keep rushing indoors to defrost the camera and my hands.’ She hopes her work makes viewers smile. ‘We need to slow down and look at what’s around us.’



READ NEWS SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.