Olga Oreshina herself positions herself as a person who managed to turn her hobby into a profession. She created an original style, which, perhaps, can be called "wooden patchwork". If the patchwork technique uses scraps of fabrics, then Olga Oreshina uses scraps of wood. Naturally, the artist worked with production waste only at first, in the present works it is felt that the wood was carefully selected, sawn in the right places, in order to show its qualities as best as possible. According to Olga, it all started with work on the wall of the living room, for which there was no suitable material - the stone looked too heavy, the plastic seemed soulless.
Starting to work with wood, warm and alive, the artist completed the work in two months. And still can't stop. Currently, wooden panels are Olga's main activity. It takes a lot of time to find the right wood - after all, the use of rare varieties increases the artistic possibilities. The designer found that granite and marble are often transported in wooden packages made from wood not found in Canada. Therefore, many hours have to be spent on construction sites in Toronto. Drying, cleaning, matching, revealing the texture are also long-term preparatory processes.
Olga sincerely loves wood and believes that she deeply feels it. She puts all these emotions into wooden panels. She does her job every day and enjoys it. Gone are the hobbies of painting and landscape design - their place was taken by work with wood. The starting point for making this work a business was the decision to go to all your favorite design shops in Toronto. Quite unexpectedly, among the shop owners to whom Olga offered her work, there were many wonderful people from whom she received good reviews. This fueled the desire of the artist to continue working in the same direction. Now Olga actively participates in exhibitions, design festivals, exhibits in private galleries. The artist does not stop there. The concepts of her new works concern the coloring of wood. Often this is successful, for example, when painting a panel in a transparent gray color, symbolizing old age. Sometimes the works appear frankly kitsch, as in a panel imitating the British flag. It has nothing of the original beauty of the material, no naturalness. I would like to believe that the talent of the artist will bring new memorable works.
