Yulia Brodskaya

Yulia Brodskaya

Title: Firmenich project

Media: paper

Dimensions: 5’ x 4’

Date: 2009

   Brief Bio: According to her web site, Artulia.com, Brodskaya is a Russian native with a Master of Arts Degree in Graphics Communication from the University of Hertfordshire. Since graduating in 2006, Brodskaya has received over 80 commissions including, advertisements, and has been featured over 50 times in books, articles, and interviews.

   Artists/Critique statement: In an interview found on ScibbleBlog.com, Brodskaya tells Scribble about her work, “I always had a special fascination for paper, I’ve tried many different methods and techniques of working with paper, for instance Origami, paper collages, however Quilling technique turned out to be ‘the one’ for me… I just call them paper artworks; but I don’t normally try to put any labels such as craft or fine art or even focusing on the term ‘quilling’ too much. I use a combination of paper manipulation techniques to create my paper artworks.”

   Background on work presented: According to Brodskaya’s web site, this piece was commissioned by Firmenich, a worldwide fragrance and flavor manufacturer and “is the first in a series of commissions as the company plans to involve a different artist each year to build a collection of artworks inspired by fragrances.”

   How it connects to the theme and why you chose the work: This artwork allows you to get lost in its elegant lines; however, the lines require you to see the forest through the trees, or in this case, the flowers through the lines. The ‘secret’ element in my nod to a classic, The Secret Garden.