Pottery

Znanna is a Kyiv potter and a “master of clay”. She creates all kinds of crockery: jugs, plates, cups for coffee and tea, vases, candlesticks, decorations. By means of weaving from clay the master creates unique things decorated by different ornaments...

Creative work of this master from Sumy region is many-sided. She models from clay, embroiders, cuts vytynankas from paper, makes folk dolls and Ukrainian costumes. She also teaches children in the local art school all this. The master has a large collection of ceremonial rushnyks.

Olha is a Cherkasy master of ornamented ceramic toy. From white clay, she makes shapes of animals, birds, marvelous creatures and decorates them by tempera paints. She has developed an original style for which she was inspired by the works of Mariah Pryimachenko.

Zoya is a Kyiv artist – ceramist. Her favorite technique is band ceramics used by Trypillya women. Zoya treats clay like a living being. Each day she takes it into her hands to model things hiding in the depths of human souls...

Anzhela is a master of ceramic toys from Cherkasy region. She makes whistles of different kinds: svystuntsy, svyshchiky, svystulkas, “nightingales”, reviving ancient toys of Cherkasy region, in particular of the Gromy village where local potters used to coat their works by resin...

Vasyl is a Kyiv potter born in Donetsk. In his creative work with clay he both follows the traditions and makes his own experiments. He also teaches pottery others: he teaches ceramics at a university and holds master-classes for all the willing people...

Anton is a potter from Ivano-Frankivsk region. He is interested in Hutsul and Trypillya themes. The master works at developing his own Pokuttya style which would be easily recognized by people as “Pokuttya ceramics”.

A ceramist from Vinnytsya region revives Trypillya ceramics. He decorates his woks by mysterious ornaments of ancient Trypillya potters. The master confidently draws skew and wavy lines, circles, rhombs, spirals, curls on pots, plates, jugs, bowls and large amphoras...

Curious and restless master from Kyiv region tries her skills in different areas and styles of arts and crafts. Besides decorative embroidery she has mastered the technique of decorative painting, pysanka ornamenting, modeling from ceramic mass and dough. At present she takes great interest in decorative enamels...

A Kyiv artist – ceramist confidently keeping local potter traditions. She gives preference to multi-shaped sculpture with the help of which she creates images of a new world-perception on the basis of the Ukrainian epos.

A young representative of the Kyiv school of ceramics. In her creative work with clay she is guided first of all by her imagination and feelings; she investigates colors and combinations of their shades. The artist improvises using shapes of the real life as the basis.

An artist-ceramist from ceramist dynasty from Kyiv region. He creates decorative plates with ornaments in which he uses the theme of Cossacks or vegetative ornaments. During each baking he also reproduces several of his father’s works thus maintaining invisible connection with him...

Head of the "Kolo-Ra assosiation", for ten years Olexy together with his associates has been reconstructing from ordinary clay the best finds of the Trypillya times and making souvenirs from them.

A special place in this artist’s creative work belongs to Ukrainian folk musical instruments. Ceramic ocarinas, whistles and khykhychkas – all the instruments that have reached us from great antiquity and used to be widespread in many nations...

This Kyiv master challenges the whole world in everything concerning clay and fights for the truth. He creates after his heart’s call but never forgets about Ukrainian traditions...

It can be said that clay is woven into this master’s life. Every day he either teaches someone to work with clay or is himself occupied with his “Cossack” pottery till late at night...

A lady-potter from a potter dynasty creates amazing ancient animals and useful everyday houseware. A goat is her favorite animal appearing with a wave of her hand as all kinds of clay images...