Straw weaving

Nila is a master of straw weaving from Cherkasy region. From straw that she grows on her own she weaves women’s and men’s head-dresses, decorations, bags and flowers. Nila learned this craft from an old neighbor when in her childhood.

Tetyana is a master of straw-weaving from Luhans’k. She weaves her handiworks from rye and wheat straw. Most of all the master likes to create flowers of different shapes and decorations.

Svitlana is an artist and a master of decorative arts and crafts from Donetsk region. Since 2008 she has been occupied in straw inlays – she depicts folk ornaments, different kinds of birds, urban views etc.

This Kyiv artist is deep into study and creation of traditional “spiders” from straw. She says that constantly moving in suspended positions under the room ceiling the spiders harmonize the space and absorb negative energy...

Nina is a hereditary artist of decorative art from Chernihiv region. She weaves carpets, gobelins, creates mosaic inlays from straw. Nina inherited her talent and love for art from her father – Alexander Sayenko. In her handiworks, the master combines art traditions of her father with her own perception of colors, their shades, shapes and ...

Mariah is a master from Lviv region. She is occupied in creative work in lots of areas: making pysankas, folk dolls, straw spiders, vytynankas, painting, graphic arts, painting on fabrics, poetry and artistic photography. She copes with all this and she is a success in everything...

This master from Cherkasy region weaves didukhs of different forms and contents. Beside the fact that she mastered this craft not long ago (in autumn 2009) her sheaves are made following all the traditional structures and rules.

Lyubov is a master of straw weaving from Dnipropetrovsk region. She has been working with straw for 12 years. The master likes to weave wreaths, Christmas spiders, didukhs, angels, head-dresses, hats, baskets, decorations and accessories for girls’ dresses...

Master of straw weaving from Luhansk region. As a practicing psychologist by profession she says that the process of twisting straw is a kind of art-therapy. This exercise can calm people down and even cure them.

An artist from Chernyhiv region together with his wife have been working with rye straw for more than 25 years. They weave hats, decorations and everyday houseware. The couple have mastered the art of straw weaving by themselves and now they are teaching children in the Center of children’s creative work.

Rayisa Pavlenko weaves all the traditional oberegs (guardian talismans) used by Ukrainians in the olden times. Pompous didukhs (kinds of trees made of different cereal ears as symbols of wealth) of the master have gained especial fame.

The artist knows nearly everything about straw and its creative transformations. She works with golden rye stems both at work and at home. From them, she weaves oberegs (guardian talismans) reach in images and teaches others this craft...