Mykhailo Pokydanets

Mykhailo is a well-known embroiderer from Ternopil region. He is a master of a great number of embroidery techniques using which he decorates shirts, rushnyks, tea-cloths and runners. Besides, the master has one of the largest collections of folk embroidery patterns of Podillya, Bukovyna, Gutsul and Boykiv regions.

Creative work

Mykhailo embroiders men’s shirts, runners, tea-cloths and rushnyks. Besides, his wonderful rushnyk called “Mallow” dedicated to the memory of the Ukrainian song-writing genius Volodymyr Ivasyuk, the author has given to the Chernivtsy museum of this composer.

The master is skillful at different embroidery techniques ranging from the cross-stitch to “nyzynka” (closter-stitch), open-work including lyakhivka; stebnivka, retyaz, braids – kinds of feather stitch; pricking-out; nastil, poverkhnytsya – kind of couching stitch, etc.

Mykhailo Pokydanets has one of the largest collections in Ukraine containing folk embroidery patterns of Podillya, Bkovyna, Gutsul, Boykiv and other regions.