RSN Degree Graduate 2018 Livia Papiernik's film, 'Underwonder'

Following graduation from the RSN BA (Hons) in Hand Embroidery, Livia Papiernik, worked for a year in the fashion industry, for Manish Arora in India, Alexander McQueen, Mary Katrantzou, Zandra Rhodes and Ralph & Russo, before attending the prestigious Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, on the textile mixed media Masters course, which she will complete in summer 2021. Since starting her MA, Livia has been drawn away from fashion and moved in to more large scale multi-media artworks, which vary from print, stitch, and digital artworks. “As always, however, my work remains rooted in the depictions of personal stories that comment on our world's current social and ecological situations. Once I graduate, I am looking to sell my own work as well as working on large community and space-based commissions. Livia’s most recent multi-media and immersive artwork, ‘Underwonder’, has the aim of opening up the world of embroidery to everyone. In this film, Livia talks us through 'Underwonder', and her inspiration and ideas behind the wonderful project, which is bound to ignite something of wonder in the viewer.