Artist Hand-Embroiders Bags With Charming Woodland Creatures and Nature

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

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Inspired by nature, Russian artist Alexandra Goltsova (of Mart Bag) crafts charming embroidered bags adorned with floral motifs and stitched forest creatures. From cute purses to cross-body bags, Goltsova’s cheerful collection lets wearers carry a little piece of the outdoors with them everywhere they go.

Goltsova begins by meticulously hand-stitching her embroidery design onto lush velour fabric. Once complete, she then crafts the material into her signature tear drop-shaped bags, and finishes them by adding decorative metal clasps and pretty chains. Goltsova always makes sure to select the background fabric so that the color complements her nature-inspired subjects. In one design, a stitched sprig of lavender looks pretty against the deep purple fabric, and in another, a garden bird stands out colorfully on deep navy velour.

Check out some of Goltsova’s charming bags below, and head over to her Etsy shop to purchase them for yourself.

Russian artist Alexandra Goltsova crafts natured-inspired, embroidered bags.

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Each design is meticulously hand-stitched onto lush velour fabric.

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Each charming bag features a pretty metal clasp and chain.

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Some of the clasps are nature-themed, too!

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Embroidered Bags by Alexandra Goltsova Mart Bag

Alexandra Goltsova / Mart Bag: Etsy | Instagram
h/t: [So Super Awesome]

All images via Alexandra Goltsova / Mart Bag.

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Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
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