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Lilia Kulikova is the creator of Yuri.ko, a wearable art brand rooted in a deep and longstanding love of Japanese traditional arts. A professional psychologist as well as a practicing artist, Lilia first visited Japan in 2002 and describes the experience as a turning point. A country unlike any other, where ancient tradition and contemporary life exist in genuine, unhurried dialogue.
Her immersion in Japanese culture began with sumi-e, the meditative practice of monochromatic ink painting, which she studied for ten years. From there she explored ikebana, sashiko embroidery, and shibori, the centuries-old Japanese technique of dyeing and shaping fabric. She works with vintage and traditional textiles, transforming their histories into new forms through careful and considered making. For Lilia, creativity is not a leisure pursuit but something closer to a necessity. She sees the making of things by hand as fundamental to what it means to be human, a source of meaning, vitality, and connection. |
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Available Works
A Silent Talk with the Forgotten
A$1,300.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Vintage Japanese cotton and denim fragments, linen; hand-stitched sashiko embroidery
97 x 40/ 32 x 68 cm
Patchwork textile composition created from reclaimed Japanese cotton textiles and vintage kasuri fragments, combining visible mending, layered indigo surfaces, and hand stitching inspired by traditional sashiko repair.
What the Threads Remember
A$1,500.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Vintage Japanese cotton fragments, linen; hand-stitched sashiko embroidery
97 x 40 / 35 x 68 cm
Contemporary textile panel inspired by traditional Japanese boro textiles, composed of layered vintage cotton fragments, kasuri fabrics, visible mending, and hand-stitched sashiko embroidery.
Emerging Forms of Water-Written Indigo
A$1,700.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton, linen; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; hand-stitching
97 x 45 cm
Textile wall hanging composed of hand-dyed indigo cotton fragments created using various traditional Japanese shibori resist-dyeing techniques, assembled and hand-stitched into a contemporary textile composition.
Kasuri Bear I
A$550.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Vintage Japanese kasuri cotton, hand-loom woven in the 1940s; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
25 cm
Handmade from vintage Japanese kasuri cotton woven on traditional hand looms in the 1940s, this bear carries a bold large-scale check in deep navy and natural cream. The sashiko scarf is embroidered in white and finished with pink fringed tassels.
Kasuri Bear II
A$550.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Vintage Japanese kasuri cotton, hand-loom woven in the 1940s; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
25 cm
The navy and cream ikat pattern of this handmade bear comes from vintage Japanese kasuri cotton woven on traditional hand looms in the 1940s, shifting slightly across the body in the way particular to hand weaving. The sashiko scarf is embroidered with white geometric motifs and finished with white fringed ends.
Kasuri Bear III
A$550.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Vintage Japanese kasuri cotton, hand-loom woven in the 1940s; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
25 cm
A bold contrast of deep navy and natural cream runs through the vintage 1940s kasuri cotton of this handmade bear, the ikat pattern unique to its original length of cloth. The sashiko scarf is embroidered with vivid red geometric stitching and finished with red tassels.
Indigo Bear I
A$155.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
22 cm
A deep navy handmade bear sewn from cotton resist-dyed using the shibori technique, the geometric grid of the fabric giving way to rich variations in indigo tone. The sashiko bib is embroidered with white and red floral motifs in a repeating pattern.
Indigo Bear II
A$155.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
22 cm
The indigo on this handmade bear has a particularly luminous quality, the shibori-dyed cotton carrying a brighter, more turquoise blue through its checked surface. The sashiko bib is embroidered with white and red floral motifs.
Indigo Bear III
A$155.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; hand-stitched sashiko scarf
22 cm
A handmade bear in medium-depth indigo, the resist-dyed cotton producing a subtler checked pattern across the body. Finished with a long fringed sashiko scarf embroidered with white and red running stitch, with blue tasselled ends.
Moon Rabbit I
A$135.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; red cotton haori jacket; mother-of-pearl mochi
22 cm
In Japanese legend, the rabbit lives on the moon, pounding mochi in offering to all who look up at the night sky. This handmade rabbit is sewn from shibori-dyed cotton with a fluid, organic resist pattern in deep indigo and white, the two colours blending at their edges in the way characteristic of the technique. Dressed in a red cotton haori jacket and holding a mochi of natural mother-of-pearl.
Moon Rabbit II
A$135.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; red cotton haori jacket; mother-of-pearl mochi
22 cm
In Japanese legend, the rabbit lives on the moon, pounding mochi in offering to all who look up at the night sky. This handmade rabbit is sewn from shibori-dyed cotton with a bold cloud-like resist pattern, deep blue fields broken by generous areas of white. Dressed in a red cotton haori jacket and holding a mochi of natural mother-of-pearl.
Moon Rabbit III
A$135.00
by Lilia Kulikova
Cotton; natural indigo dye; shibori resist-dyeing; red cotton haori jacket; mother-of-pearl mochi
22 cm
In Japanese legend, the rabbit lives on the moon, pounding mochi in offering to all who look up at the night sky. This handmade rabbit is sewn from shibori-dyed cotton with a striped resist pattern carrying warm gold and yellow tones alongside the indigo, making it the most distinctive of the three. Dressed in a red cotton haori jacket and holding a mochi of natural mother-of-pearl.