Primeval Minimalism

Primeval Minimalism is a direction in art and design that combines original, living, natural ease with features of modern minimalism. Both directions help to focus on the essence of things, but from different angles.

Main features: Lively, Honest, Natural. Emphasis on the main thing.

LIVE, HONEST, NATURAL, EMPHASIS ON THE MAIN.

It all started with the fact that...

I was tired of the layering of meanings in modern art and longed for a cleanup of unnecessary junk.

Therefore, MINIMALISM.

However, modern minimalism often becomes insipid and "smells" of recycled plastic.

That is why I take the PRIMEVAL mood and mix them.

Primeval is Live, Honest and Natural.

The intersection of the primeval mood and modern minimalism is an interesting point for creativity and the search for new directions of development. Or a return to common (primeval) sense. But within the framework of the modern world. It seems to me that I have felt this all my life, but I formulated it only now, when I got rid of the mental "viruses" that prevented me from seeing more clearly.

I am, once again, a child who sits by the fire and observes the infinitely honest movement of the flame through the magical prism of adult experience.

Thank God for this opportunity!

Life by the fire

When I was creating the items of the collection, I was imagining myself as a child of a primeval man, 5-7 years old. I was sitting by the fire, my father threw me a piece of clay, and my mother said:

Make something useful out of it while I clean this fish, and you will get something to eat.

I see that I have no more than three minutes and... decide to make a cup. As quickly as possible, I roll it into something similar to a snowball, push two-thirds of the way through, and quickly pick through with my fingers to shape a cup.

And where’s the handle? My father asks. What will you use to grab it?

I understand that my mother is making her last moves before throwing the fish onto the fire. I have 10 seconds left. I grab a lump of clay, squeeze it with my hand and stick it to the cup. As it turns out, the most important thing is for it to be there. Done! There is a container into which you can pour something, and there is something to grab it with. The task was completed and the goal was achieved by the shortest path. I will be given something to eat.

This imaginary scene helps clear the mind and work honestly and purely.

I created each of the items in the collection in a flow. No thoughts, sketches, or expectations of any kind. Each creation has its own, unique face.

I receive great pleasure and inspiration from the process.