Blog
26
Oct
Roots and Threads
Roots and threads is what binds us to a place, to the land, nourishing us as we grow toward freedom. I love threads, I’ve always loved threads. I need to be consistent. I never...
22
Oct
Re-Painted Fridge
OLD FRIDGE NEW
This fridge, located in my friend's art and textile studio in Vladivostok, has been my canvas twice, with a 15 year gap in between. In 2009, inspired by the growing European graffiti...
18
Oct
Springbrook Exhibition
Black Summer, 2023.
EXHIBITION
The Springbrook exhibition at Arka gallery in Vladivostok is the art project I made with a photographer Alexey Korotkov. I worked with his photographs taken during a creative trip to the Australian Springbrook...
17
Oct
‘Hand Bleached’ Quilt
This is the second art quilt I’ve made utilizing my archival hand-bleached prints made in a time period between 2011 and 2017. Most of them are samples or leftovers from a variety of fashion...
22
Jul
‘You Cannot Make My Heart Mute’ Quilt
THE QUILT
The story of this quilt starts back in 2013 when I've created giant moth prints for a fashion collection which we presented in Vladivostok in 2015. I've combined this quilt from a variety...
22
Nov
Je Suis en Inde – Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes of ‘Je suis en Inde’ project we took a lot of inspirational photos of incredibly colorful India and would love to share them with you!
17
Nov
‘Je Suis en INDE’ Project
This is a project ‘Je suis en Inde’. I’ve created it during my trip to India in February 2023. After three long years of staying home during pandemic, I wanted to celebrate my comeback...
16
Nov
Indigo Watercolours 2023
In the year 2023, I continued my project of indigo watercolours from life. Although I don’t have a privilege to call myself a full-time painter at the moment, drawing is the foundation that stands...
14
Nov
‘Shades of Blue’ Collection
My new collection called 'Shades of Blue' is published HERE!This collection is a result of a very long creative journey. From elaborately quilted jackets and bags in boro technique to cyanotype prints on textiles,...
14
Nov
‘Tokyo’ Quilted Blankets
In the year 2021, I created a series of elaborate hand-stitched quilted blankets for the local 'Tokyo' restaurant. The brief was to make authentic-looking blankets in the boro style. Since boro is one of...
12
Nov
Quilted Eco Print Jacket with Horses
I want to share with you a story behind the creation of this one-of-a-kind quilted eco print jacket with decorative horses from the Springbrook collection:The digital print on the cotton fabric from which the...
10
Sep
Striped Quilted Parka
This unique parka has multiple layers of fabrics and prints. It fastens with snap buttons on the front and on the sides, allowing us to wear it in different ways, styles and combinations. We...
09
Sep
Crossbody Bags With Oriental Prints
This crossbody bags series is made from leftover printed fabric from Millionka Quilts Project. They are small and lightweight quilted bags made of high-quality polyester fabric. The bags have enough room for everything you...
01
May
‘Millionka’ Quilts
Back in 2021, I created a series of quilted blankets based on my original prints for a fancy restaurant project 'Millionka'. Here I will share photos of my works and some details of my...
10
Sep
Plein Air 2022 in Slavyanka.
This summer I went to a camping trip to a surreal village named Slavyanka. I lived in a tent just meters from the seashore and absorbed ever changing nature around me. At the moment...
26
Aug
The Far Eastern Striped Ninja Style.
I created this outfit to represent the 'Far Eastern striped ninja' style! The costume consists of heavily decorated quilted top with crocheted butterfly sleeves, loose pants and striped pilot bonnet hat. I love vertical...
16
Aug
Moth Print Quilted Jackets.
This patchwork jackets are made from many moth prints, silk-screened on cotton of various shades of pink. There are four types of moths used for this print series: Tiger Moth, Giant Leopard Moth, Idalus...
09
Aug
Plein Air 2021 in a Far Eastern Village.
This plein air series was created at the outskirts of my home village Mikhailovka in the Far East of Russia during the very hot summer week in August 2021. My idea was to use...
27
Jul
My space at the ARTISTBAZAR in Vladivostok.
From 23rd to 25th of July, the ‘ARTISTBAZAR’ festival took place in Vladivostok. The festival has brought together a large number of local artists. We all had our personal or shared spaces in a...
05
Jul
Printing Diary. Summer 2021. Indigo.
I want to share with you a couple of photos I took during my first indigo printing session. I really love indigo and always wanted to introduce it to my textile art practice. Today...
29
Jun
Printing Diary. Summer 2021. Cyanotype Cyrillic Letters.
This couple of photos I took during my cyanotype printing session in Far Eastern Russian village in June 2021. It was a foggy day, so every print exposed under the sky for thirty to...
12
Jun
Cyanotype Tote Bags.
I've created two new tote bags with cyanotype prints! They are perfect for everyday use and designed to avoid using plastic bags while shopping. They are very lightweight, sewn from durable polyester with a...
10
Jun
Printing Diary. Summer 2021. Part 1.
Let me share my first printing diary of the summer 2021! I have already started new experiments with plant-based solar prints, on textile and on paper. These are my first steps, I usually make...
30
Jan
‘Coral Fern’ from Australian Cyanotype Series
On my first walk in the Queensland’s rainforest, I was immediately mesmerized by a very cute small ferns with the fractal-like structure. As I found out later, the names of these ferns are Gleichenia...
28
Jan
‘Forest Twins’ from Australian Cyanotype Series
I’ve made this textile artwork in Australia in January 2020. During my vacation stay at a remote rural rainforest area in Queensland, I’ve created a series of cyanotypes on textile inspired by the incredible...
06
Oct
‘Flying Geese’ Quilted Jacket
I created this hand-quilted patchwork jacket out of blue viscose fabric, digitally printed with ornaments based on my original cyanotype prints. I paired this blue printed fabric with ocher linen, using traditional quilting pattern...
01
Sep
‘Kyoto Subway over Australian Rainforest’ Flag.
A flag with Kyoto Subway carriage flying over Australian rainforest hanging on an abandoned basketball court in Vladivostok. Collaboration with a photographer Alex Korotkoff
15
Aug
My first Eco Print on Silk Organza Fabric.
I'm into my first experiments with eco printing and excited to share my first results. This print is made with maple leaves on a Nepalese silk organza fabric. It reminds me of a shadow...
15
Aug
‘Paint Palette’ Sweatshirt.
This hand-painted sweatshirt features a mix of two printing techniques. The white relief outlined patterns of moths wings are covered by colorful free hand painting resembling a watercolor paint palette.
13
Jul
My Portrait on the Grass Background.
As a neophyte Vladivostoker, i'm not used to cold and gloomy summers of this city, but I sorta started to feel the mood this year.
11
Mar
Hand-Bleached Art Quilt.
Early spring in the Far Eastern Russian countryside. Beautiful and nostalgic!
12
Feb
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Jan
Wet Cyanotype Prints of Unique Australian Flora.
During my trip to Australia I continued working on my cyanotype project, by using incredible and unique plants of Australian continent. While the whole world watched in the news about huge Australian territories covered...
27
Sep
Beetroot&Carrot Prints.
Honestly, this technique is so elementary, and result is so subtle, that I was not keen of trying it for almost a decade of my experiments on bleaching textiles! I was foolishly proud of...
26
Sep
Cabbage Leaves Used as Stencils for Hand-Bleached Prints.
I went to the countryside for a couple of days. While the weather is still warm and sunny, I came to work with my all-time favorite hand-bleached prints on textile. During my last visit I...
26
Sep
23
Sep
Cyanotype in Vladivostok in September.
Local people always say that September is the best month in Vladivostok. Since my childhood I've not been a big fan of summers, so I admit I enjoy September presently. Every morning I wake...
19
Sep
Cyanotype – New Experiments in Vladivostok
I’m back to Vladivostok and continue working on my cyanotype project, because the fall is coming rapidly. In other words, I will have no chance to make new experiments with living plants in more...
19
Sep
Hidden Fortress – SS2020
Inspired by Akira Kurosava movies, this photoshoot in a hidden fortress conveys the spirit of my SS2020 collection in the best possible way. Quilted jackets, handmade textiles, deep connection with nature, mysticism and unusual...
14
Sep
Printing Diary – Day 5.
Real vegetables used like stencils for spray-bleaching on black cotton fabric. Rural life inspires me the most at the moment!
14
Sep
Printing Diary – Day 4.
I can't show you everything I created during my printing sessions, because most of the time I'm so busy I have no time to make photos, and some processes are fast, so I mast...
06
Sep
Printing Diary – Day 3.
Today I have created a couple of new prints, and it was mostly experimenting with simple silhouettes of clothes. Some of them turned out quite messy, because liquid cyanotype chemistry absorbed by the fabric...
02
Sep
Printing Diary – Day 2.
Today was the second day of my experimental printing week. I tried a couple of new experimental techniques: wet cyanotype on paper and on textile and eco-printing with plants. Time flies much faster than...
02
Sep
Printing Diary – Day 1.
This is my first ever attempt in cyanotype printing on textiles. Very excited with results, can't wait for day 2 of my experimental printing week!
26
Jun
Bleached Shibori Shawls
My new 100% cotton shawls I made in hand-bleached shibori technique!
17
Jul
Tiger Handbleached Print T-shirt
New Masha Lamzina hand-bleached T-shirts with an astonishing Tiger print!
23
Oct
Quilted Silk ‘Pilgrimage’ Coat.
Photos were taken in India in 2013 and in Vladivostok, Russkiy island, in 2017.
18
Oct
My Favorite “Homeless” Style in Blue.
What I don’t like in social networks. The openness of the person in modern social networks and the opportunity to draw a parallel between the virtual and the real person is the most horrible....
18
Oct
Momijigari 2017 in Vladivostok.
A tiny bit of Momijigari on the opposite shore of the Sea of Japan - on the Russki island in Vladivostok!
30
Sep
My Soul Favorites 🙂
This is a small selection from my FAVORITES folder on Pinterest!
30
Sep
30
Sep
Symbol Print Series. Part two – White Quilted Jacket.
Before creating this milky white quilted jacket I thought about the idea of clothing cast in white plaster and I decided to try to keep this idea in mind as a main inspiration for the creative process.
28
Sep
Symbol Print Series. Part one – Gray sportswear.
Well it seems like a long story to tell how I came to make symbol prints. Now it's more than a year from the first experiments and I feel it's been a long journey...
16
Sep
SILENCE. My New Textile Art Installation.
This is my new textile installation called ‘SILENCE’. It is my manifesto exposing possible difficulties for modern artists to express themselves freely and openly. The giant fish on a dramatic black background is a symbol of silence,...
24
Jul
Tilda in Tilda Sweatshirt.
My obsession with Tilda Swinton is at the highest level.
I created a few embroidered artworks with her face, a couple of sweatshirts and even a giant art installation. No doubts she gives a lot...
18
Jul
Apollinaria in Black and White – Photography Collaboration with Alex K.
I did an amazing collaboration with a photographer Alex Korotkoff www.alexkorotkoff.com
He took all these mystique photos on paper negatives on a vintage large format camera and the result is truly impressive!
The Photographer with his muse...
05
Jul
LAMZINA FALL 17 Presentation.
Here are some photos from my recent Fall17 presentation: Photo: © Felix PopovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Felix PopovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Felix PopovPhoto: © Veronica StaheevaPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey KorotkovPhoto: © Alexey...
23
Jun
My Fashion Collaboration With “The Sea”
"The Sea" is a local clothing brand from Vladivostok, which invited me to collaborate in the making of a small summer collection. It was really fun and challenging for all of us, I created...
18
Jun
My participation in Kyoto Art Exhibition!
6th Kyoto Art Exhibition took place in Kyoto from 6th to 11th of June 2017. I participated with two artworks with complicated meaning: "Meeting with the Spring forest Goddess" and "Meeting with the Autumn...
09
Apr
Art Installation ‘Do Pajamas Dream of Each Other?’
‘Do Pajamas Dream of Each Other?’ Art installation, 2017. Aka Gallery, Vladivostok.This textile installation consists of giant pajamas with hand-bleached stencil prints on them. I did them as a symbol of unity between male...
16
May
“Australian Flora” Cyanotype Prints Series by Masha Lamzina
Dear Friends! I'm selling my "Australian Flora" Cyanotype print series! Check my MASHA LAMZINA PRINT SHOP and choose the print you like the most!All these prints are made on aquarelle paper by using ancient solar photo...
13
Apr
Blue Blue Fish prints – Masha Lamzina in NYC!!! (01)
I came to NYC to study art and to make as much prints as I can! Wish me luck guys! Here I'm in blue denim fish print trousers which soon will be available on my...
15
Dec
Mustached Girls Printed “Pajamas”
It was very elaborate to make these double prints on cotton Jersey. All job on making hand-bleached prints was doubled: at first, I printed all grey areas, at second - all white ones.The T-shirt...
10
Dec
Vest With Giant Moustached Faces.
This is a vest with giant prints, based on my collage artworks. Both prints are made by my unique technique of hand-bleached stencil art prints. To show a semi-tone effect of the primary images,...
01
Dec
Prints of the Summer 2015!
These photos were taken during the process of making prints in the summer of 2015. The technology which I use to create hand-bleached art prints is quite complex and multistaged. Usually It takes a...
23
Nov
28
Oct
The BORO Coat.
This coat is made of tiny little pieces of different Japanese fabrics. I was deeply inspired by old Japanese textiles called Boro, when handmade appliques are done of different bits of fabrics. This way...
03
Oct
Hand-Bleached Textile Shri Yantras.
The Sri Yantra is a diagram formed by nine interlocking triangles that surround and radiate out from the central point. It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalita. The worship of the Sri...
30
Sep
Blue Stained T-shirt
In spite of the fact that I can make really elaborate detailed printswith my hand-bleaching technique, really simple and primitive chloride stains and spreads are what I like the most. That’s why I was...
30
Sep
Quilted “Pyjamas” for Dreamers
It was my intention to make pyjamas with creative prints on them for a long time. Also the idea of making garments quilted as blankets is quite attractive for me. So this loose and...
11
Sep
Moth Print Grey Trench Coat
This coat is made within a project “Overcoming my fears” which I've worked on during thelast year. Since I was afraid of insects so much in my childhood It was a great progress to make...
06
Sep
Fish Soap Print Jacket
Japanese design was always a vast source of inspiration for me. Perhaps it could be connected with me in terms of geographical position as I was born and live close to the Sea of...
04
Sep
Nature Print Green Dress
Right now I’m in a process of creating a collection with Nature prints. I’m really into making collages with floral and animal elements and I'm never tired to experiment more and more with these patterns on...
31
Aug
Patchwork Silk Pants
It took me nearly 3 years to complete this laboriously made trousers. They embody all the textile craft things I used to be inspired by, such as Japanese sashiko technique, patchwork, machine quilting, raw silk textures and...
26
Aug
Moth Print Quilted Jacket
This Moth print jacket is made of grey cotton fabric quilted to a layer of synthepon in a cozy blanket style. There is a print of four giant moths pattern. The jacket is wide,...
26
Aug
My First Textile Solo Exhibition.
My first solo exhibition took place in Vladivostok in June 2015. It was my debut as an artist with my self-developed hand-bleached art prints technique.I have presented a few large-scale prints on a theme...
24
Aug
Pink “Fish” Handbleached Triptych!!!
This “Fish” hand beached art-print is a main art object from my first solo exhibition which took place in Vladivostok in June. It was quite a task to make a hand bleached stencil on...
15
Jul
Masha Lamzina SS15 Show in Vladivostok
Happy memories of my first ever Fashion Show in Vladivostok. I presented my SS15 collection and my unique technique of bleaching prints at the same time. We invited non-professional models who looked so naturally...
20
May
Invitation for My Fashion Show!
I'm happy to announce my Fashion Show which will take place in Vladivostok this Friday! I'm excited and happy to introduce my complicated hand-bleached art printing technique to public! I hope that everybody will...
09
Feb
03
Feb
Snow at Times Square.
Visiting New York and especially The Times Square was my greatest dream since childhood. Oh my Dear Lord, people say that 'native New Yorkers never go there', but my dream was to come and...
16
Dec
Nature Print Black Dress
This Nature Print Black Dress is made of black cotton. The idea of the print was to make a stylisation of different elements of Flora and Fauna and to create a beautiful incredible collage...
01
Nov
Me in Black.
The more I work the more I understand I must work harder. I believe that my way will lead me to the improvement I'm yearning for. By the way, a few days ago passed...
07
Sep
‘Yoga On Turtles’ Quilted Prints – Uttanasana & Chakrasana.
Well, let me show you my first ever project of hand-bleached artworks! For a several years it was my dream to make prints not for clothes (which I also enjoy a lot of course!)...
19
Aug
‘Yoga on Turtles’ Series – Print 1 – Uttanasana.
I have the idea to make a series of a few prints - 'Yoga on Turtles'.Nowadays I try to make out a size of the future prints and a colour of the fabric I...
15
Aug
Orange Quilted Bag With Printed Fish.
Sometimes I realise that I shouldn't make such complicated work as you see here because it takes a lot of my time and gives me no ability to finish all the crafts I have...
08
Jul
Two Blue Double-Printed Flags
During my work on the collection with a number of different prints, I've decided to try a double print of the "Moustached Lady", the pattern based on my collage series which were made few...
11
Jun
Masha Lamzina – Frozen Flowers
Due to my work on a series of handmade bleached prints with floral motifs (which partly can be seen in my Instargam account), and living in countryside at a present moment, I find a lot...
24
Mar
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Jan
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Jan
Goofy and Pluto Hand-Printed Pants.
The most beautiful thing about handmade bleached prints is their monochrome, no more than 2 colours, or even frequently - gradiented pattern of one colour, from saturated to lightened.As a base for prints I...
11
Jan
This is how I make my hand-bleached prints.
All my fashion experiments are inspired by a stunning beauty of street art. If I’ve had not such a passion about textile, I would probably be a street artist, so I took the best part...
10
Nov
Denim Patchwork Quilt.
Old jeans patchwork blanket was a good to-do-idea for several years from now, and finally, I've done my first ever patchwork quilt, which is not big enough to call it 'normal blanket', but it...
10
Oct
Old Granny Dress!
All photos by Alex K.
16
Feb
27
Nov
Dakshineshvar, Kolkata.
After visiting Dakshineshvar Kali temple.
22
Nov
This is Where The Journey Begins.
Those two pictures were made by Alex in India, first one is 3 yrs ago in Manali, and second one is 6 yrs ago in Shimla. In a few hours I have a flight...
18
Nov
This is how I travel by night bus in Thailand.
For now on we reached Hua Hin, the city in Thailand where the friends of ours have opened cafe about a year ago. This post is about how much I love cozy night travels...
05
Nov
05
Nov
Hong Kong.
Strange to say it, but my journey to India starts in Hong Kong.
22
Oct
The First Snow Story.
Today is a gray day and today is The First Snow Day, probably my favorite day of the Year! The first snow is always brings huge emotions into my mind, I don't really like...
20
Oct
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Autumn. I don't feel like fashion anymore. Everything is perfect right now.
03
Oct
Memories of Our Trip to Italy This Summer.
I still have few unpublished series of photos from my trip to Italy this summer. It is probably not quite interesting to make many small posts, so i decided to put every photos altogether...
23
Sep
Italian Graffiti.
Milano. c215/Milano. Napoli. Napoli. Fiesole. Milano. Milano.Milano. Milano. Genova. Genova. Genova.Milano.
05
Sep
McQueen Dress, Duomo, Florence.
Let me introduce this dress which was dedicated to Alexander McQueen. It took time for me to make this dress because it was just a print on a fabric for a half a year,...
13
Aug
Indian Restaurant in Fiesole.
Two of my favorite writers - Gertrude Stein and Marsel Proust was in love with this small city on the hills nearby Florence. Fiesole. There is the best indian "maharaja" restaurant I've ever visited....
30
Jul
Noodlesoup T-Shirt In Milano.
The very first day in Italy, Alex wearing shorts I made for him couple years ago, and new T-shirt with double print of Chinese Noodle soup, on front and on the back side of...
26
Jul
Dance in the streets of Lucca.
Days before our trip to Italy I was so busy (as always before you are going somewhere else) but had time to make this simple chiffon skirt. I try some new variants of me...
25
Jul
Our “looks” in Lucca.
I can’t stop eating Italian food, such as olives, melons, watermelons, peaches and nectarines, and sometimes even “gelato” which means “guilty ice-cream” and it is guiltier than just guilty, because it is a bit...
24
Jul
Sashiko embroidery in Florence.
I've created this "football" handmade sashiko embroidered t-shirt two years ago, but still love it. Here in Florence I try to find something new for my hair, more yogi-looking, but my hair still not...
23
Jul
Trieste Trieste Trieste!!!
It is my third time in Trieste. There is a legend in Alex's family, about his great grandfather's brother, who's emigrated from Soviet Russia and was a Director of Porto in Trieste. I love...
08
Jun
Me Through The Alex’s Pinhole Eye!
Alex has created a pinhole camera from an old tin jar. Of course I cannot wait to show you the results with me posing, although those pictures are not about my style or my...
02
Jun
Purple Blooming.
Only two months ago it was snow everywhere. Now I feel happy having opportunity to be outside, to observe different flowers in bloom, to breath fresh air.I have a lot unfinished work and every...
24
May
12
May
Before Thunderstorm.
Last week we went to Zernilovo - it's a tiny remote Russian village. My wide-pants-style was apropos in this 'village situation', but I feel I have not enough dresses so I deside to make...
10
May
Tree Life.
Handmade wool sweater and silver shorts from Masha Lamzina menswear collection. Best served with Adidas brown flip-flops.I like trees, I feel them alive.
03
May
26
Apr
Pluto, Goofy and Other Heroes.
I did this shirt for my menswear collection last year. I'm still not sure about sleeves, maybe I should do something "womenswear" with them?Trousers are my favorite now, it is not very artistic print...
20
Apr
Spring Gardening
Handprinted trousers and sweater by me, shoes Levi's.
07
Apr
05
Apr
Do you believe it’s April’s shot?
Today I had a forest walk. It is April - and snowing almost every day. I don't believe it. No fashion, nothing - only snow at suburbs of Moscow City.
15
Mar
Hand-Knitted Sweater.
This hand-knitted sweater I did by my hands (and it took too much time of mine!), as well as trousers on Alex and on me.
05
Mar
Spring has come but we are not wearing silk to welcome it.
It is spring already but still snow snow snow - even more snow than it was in winter. But I hope my countryside Russian living experience is up to end some day! Look at...
22
Feb
Old School Military
My favorite old French Military Trousers are now Alex's favorite! It's great because of their's compatibility with his winter military jacket.
21
Feb
Still Winter.
I'm not so much in love with Russian winter, so I go out only to make a quick shoot.
13
Feb
Let’s Pink when it’s Cold!
Today was the coldest night for this winter - minus 35°C. Now it is -27°C, in our home it was +6°C in the morning and I put on a lot of warm pink stuff....
11
Feb
In a memory of Alexander McQueen.
It's two years since his dead but I miss him every day, because he was a man who's job inspired me for the way I go now. I did this print in a layered...
30
Jan
Triple Hooded
Well yes this is my "countryside" style which is my regular style because I have grown in a far russian village where everybody said about my style that i don't have one, but now...
14
Jan
Me and Alex
We are located nearby Moscow City now. It is winter and I wear very simple Uniqlo coat and Alex with his fabulous moustache wears Levi's military down-padded coat.