Biography of Alexandra Gorbunova

They say about these: "And the reaper, and shove, and the player on the dud." Play the guitar, draw, weave tapestries, teach, and in addition to this, to be a wonderful daughter, mother and wife. She herself is growing up two daughters - Agafya ten years and pelagia four. And they also play the role of muses for their mother. About how the girl was not from a creative family for life connected herself with creativity - in our material.

Alexandra Alexandrovna Gorbunova. Gorbunova originally from Zernograd. She studied at school there, she graduated from a music and art school. There she also decided to be a creative person. And she did not leave because she did not want to study there, but because she went to musical to the class of guitars in parallel. And the year of combination of two schools, let's say, was very difficult for me.

And I threw it just art, although I wanted to leave the musical one. But at that time, the game on the guitar was more priority, because admission to a music school was important for my mother. She herself played the guitar, and also constantly cited me as an example of one familiar boy, who at that time not only played the guitar, but lived with this and wanted to connect his life with music.

And I graduated from the music school, but there is no artistic. And already in the tenth grade, in an age quite conscious for a child, I return to the art school to finish it, ”says Alexandra Alexandrovna. School education is coming to an end, and young Sasha is faced with a choice - who to go to study on. She herself recalls this time with a certain trepidation, because the choice she will make will forever change her life.

I played the guitar, painted well. After the ninth grade, my friend and I even wanted to go to a music school. But neither mine nor her parents let us in. Although we even started to prepare: we took additional classes in solfeggio. And after I thought about connecting my life with the fact that at the moment it was close to the family of my parents. They traded finishing materials for repair.

And I decide to become an interior designer. I begin to look for someone who would prepare me for admission to such a specialty. And one of my tutors recommended going to the architectural. The Dorokhov family put the most in me at that time, helped prepare for admission. My parents completely supported me. And by the way, they support to this day. They helped me a lot with tutors, subources.

In the 11th grade, I already lived in two cities. In the morning she went to school in Zeregograd, after school she immediately went to Rostov. There I went to the tutors and to the sets. Late in the evening returned home. Even the weekend took place in this mode. DPI always occupied first places in all kinds of competitions. And I asked the teacher: “What is DPI? He replied that this is a specialty-an artist of decorative and applied art, they can do everything with their hands.

And I thought: yeah, everyone knows how to do it with their hands - this is what I need. Already in the process of training in this specialty, I wanted to transfer to the painter. And in the exhibitions of the former participated as a painter. In the year in my second year, I joined the Youth Association of the Union of Artists of Russia, which I am to this day. It was even such that, despite the prohibition of the teacher, I went to the open air during school hours.

So much then I wanted to do painting, not DPI. But I could not transfer to painting. It was necessary to transfer to another institute, budget places were occupied, it was necessary either to lose a year or pay. I studied on the budget and could not talk about paid training, and I also did not want to lose a year, so I continued to study at the artist of decorative art. I was very lucky: we studied for six years.

During this time, we first studied at different departments for six months - ceramics, textiles and woodworking. For six months at the department, then six months the next and so on. In general, it was possible to study at one department for the year. And then, three years later, they went to a narrow specialization for another three years, until the graduation.

These three years I studied on textiles. To textiles, to be honest, then I did not want to transfer. There was a great desire to go to woodworking. But teachers decided for us. Of course, we wrote a statement where we would like to go, but at the department the teachers themselves distributed students in specialties, and I was distributed to textiles. Then I suffered very much, cried all day.

But now I am grateful to them and understand that this is the best that could happen to me. Because doing wood is, firstly, very dusty, and secondly, you need a lot of tools. Textiles are the most affordable material, only threads and frame are needed. And even at home from improvised materials you can build a frame for weaving and try yourself in this craft. I received the education of an artist of decorative art, not quite wanting this, and after a while I was able to appreciate this specialty.

Of course, today the painting and watercolor are still interesting to me, but the textiles have become just my passion.It was not love at first sight, but it became real love. How did I come to this love? In the year, I came to the conclusion that it was necessary to do what I was taught - to weave and exhibit with tapestries, with weaving. And from that time on, I have been doing this tightly and exhibit with my work at exhibitions, competitions, festivals.

Although from which side to see. My mother is a biologist, my father is an electrician, but in the end they are engaged in trade. But mom also plays the guitar. And also my mother sewed. When she was small, she sewed outfits for herself, went to the sewing circle. And even something sewed for sale. One grandmother was an agronomist, married and left to live in the village.

In that area, people held goats and earned the fact that they collected fluff from them, spun yarn, knitted down scarves and sold. My grandfather, even though he was not my own grandfather by blood, weaved baskets and also sold them. That is, I grew up and saw how my grandmother knit shawls, and my grandfather weaves baskets all winter. By the way, I have several grandfather baskets left as a keepsake.

So there are creative people along my mother’s line. But along my father’s line we have almost all teachers. I am the teacher myself. At the moment I have been working in kindergarten, teaching girls five to six years old. Daddy's sister teaches at the technical school, the daughter of my father’s sister is at school.

And this is also very interesting when we are going, we are sure to discuss the younger generation, what values ​​are children and youth now. But not everyone teaches on my father’s line. My cousin Lyudmila sews professionally. By the way, she helps me in my work. Sometimes holes can remain in the process of tissue, especially if you rush in the process. And Luda helps me end my work, sew them.

There is even a photo where we sew my work in four hands. I myself can sew something with my hands, but I sew slowly. I also have a sewing machine. I sewed the thesis on it - a set of accessories - overhead cuffs, collars, bags. Now the plans are to sew a handbag. By the way, I went to courses for the manufacture of a Russian folk, amulet doll. There were ten girls there, and I really sewed more slowly there.

And here is my husband by education, a musician, a music teacher and an orchestra employee.