Looking through the pictures of my travels to Ukraine,
I found lots of them that I can create a special album, called "Beaded Art from Ukraine"
(and also made by Ukrainian people, who lives abroad now).
So, on the pictures below you can see beaded Easter eggs,
handmade by Ukrainian artists from Lviv, the biggest city on the West of
Ukraine. I brought many beaded eggs from Lviv. Some of them I showed you
already
here, on this blog; those ones that I am showing you today I got in my
travel to western
Ukraine
in 2014. They are special because they made under the influence of American
Indigenous People beadwork art, in similar colors and pattern (long time ago I
have mentioned about a
similarity of Ukrainian and Native American beaded arts and crafts):
Next beadwork, that I want to share with you, is look quite
simple, but it is definitely made with warm hart and fresh inspiration. This is
a beaded picture of a butterfly sitting on a chamomile:
The picture has a story. I was shopping for souvenirs at the
Vorokhta craft market in
Carpathian Mountains, which are
on the West of Ukraine. Among all those beautiful goodies (wooden crafts, sheep
wool etc) I have noticed this beaded picture and I felt in love with it
immediately. It was something special in it. I have asked a girl-vendor, who
made it. She answered, "I did". She looked pretty young, so I asked,
how old is she, she said, "Eighteen". Of course, I got the picture! Now
it is on the wall in my Canadian home and warming my heart every time I look at
it.
Here is another special picture I brought from Ukraine
- an icon of the Mother of God. You cannot even say from the fight sight that
it is actually beaded. Looks like painted, but it is embroidered with beads:
The picture is very special to me, too, because, first of
all, I got it for my birthday gift, and, second of all, it is made by the
member of my Ukrainian family - my cousin's wife. Yes, my Ukrainian family branch got such an artistic people!
And finally, here is what I got for Christmas-2014 from my
dear friend from USA
Daria Iwasko -
a beaded Angel, made in colors of Ukrainian flag and with
Ukrainian Coat of Arms on it:
Another Angel Christmas ornament I got from Daria is made in
colors of Canadian flag - as Canada
is my second home now.
Daria is American artist, originally from
Ukraine.
Lviv is her home city. I love
Daria's art so much and I am so lucky to have her
as my friend-artist!
To all the beadwork art lovers - western
Ukraine
it is the place to go for it! You can find lots of traditional and contemporary
beadwork items at the
Vernisazh Souvenir Market in Lviv, at craft markets in
Yaremche and Vorokhta in
Carpathian Mountains, also in
craft stores in
Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.
