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My name is Lidija Dornik. I paint with passion and enthusiasm.
Approximately 15 years ago I stretched a piece of silk across the frame for the first time and started pulling my first uncertain moves over the fabric. My assistant was a simple little manual, a paintbrush and some sample colors that came with the manual. At first it was mostly all about scarves, which you could give to people as a gift and also some accessories for myself.
I discovered promptly that the silk was a wonderful medium on which one was able to produce fantastic shades of different colors.
With silk you really never know what the end result is going to be like. It’s so unpredictable. Different. The eminent changing of colors after the washing, their trails over the fabric, the slight breakage of the wax and the amazing shades of colors after the final drying, never fail to surprise me.
This is how my first paintings were born. Even the slightest touch of silk as a material is special, but after it has endured the spilling of various colors, it becomes a stunning fantasy.
I focused mainly on Batik technique – the drawing of patterns with hot wax. This technique is especially dear to me because with its help, I can achieve more determined strokes and patterns.
Batik has enchanted me as it is a very unique way of painting and artistic creation.
I paint by inspiration. Usually I sketch the patterns into my notebook. But sometimes the ideas come quite spontaneously, during the process of painting. I use a multitude of colors which I combine among themselves. For me, painting is an unstoppable source of energy that flows between me and the medium through which I express myself. Painting on silk is an immense source of ideas, an infinite row of paintings which I wish to share with everyone else.
I had painted only those patterns on my scarves and shawls that I would be willing to wear myself. These scarves take time and must be created slowly with the intervals of washing and drying. This contributes to an array of different patterns, captured in a special personal touch. Each scarf or shawl is painted manually in many layers.
The paintings are inspired by the impressions of nature around us and sometimes also with imaginary patterns. They are also a product of multiple phases of washing and drying. I simply love the various combinations of colors and shapes, which are joined in rustic Batik decorations, and I hope you shall like them too.
Applying the wax by hand is a technique that is used mainly on uniquely painted products
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