I am a Polish-born and Brighton -based visual artist. I work freelance at my studio at the Phoenix Art Space. I graduated from Glass and Fine Art Painting and later on completed MA in Sequential Design and Illustration. Now I work not with glass which is precious and hard and brittle but with fibre and soft and mainly reclaimed materials. Making shrouds and commemorative textiles has given a new purpose and a new meaning to my practice. Here, I bring my passion for unfolding stories, and celebrating and honouring someone’s life, acknowledging life and nature cycles, doing as little harm to the environment as possible. Each shroud is unique, each handmade with love and care. I particularly cherish working with textiles of the deceased family’s heirlooms. Their table and bed linens, their garments and trimmings hold stories of travels, friendships and family events. Now they can serve their last purpose: to help with the final journey, to help with processing grief of those left behind.
I have been developing my practice with the support of fantastic independent funeral directors, Brighton-based Arka Original Funerals . Original method of using a long piece of fabric was developed by Dina Stander from Last Dance Shrouds whose work and ethos is a never-ending source of inspiration for me. I used Dina’s design to create All-in-One shrouds. My other inspiration is also shroud making practice of Devon-based Yulli Somme from Bellacouche.
Contact me
If you would like to contact me about commissioning a shroud, about participating in my workshops, to visit my studio or to find out about my work, please email me : dagmararudkin@hotmail.com
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