Iryna Utyanina

Iryna is a master – doll maker from Cherkasy region. She got first information about the dolls from the Internet and later started to create them herself. She uses different natural materials: straw, cattail, fabrics, natural threads and wood.

Creative work

In the process of doll creation the master uses straw, natural fabrics, threads and wood for supports.
She learned to make dolls not long ago, in 2009. Actually, she was encouraged for this by her curiosity. «When I saw motanka-dolls in the Internet I asked myself whether I was able to create anything of the kind. Everything went great and at present I have the experience of more than a hundred works».