The book includes stories of outstanding Ukrainians who made a significant personal impact on the development of Ukrainian literature, theater, and poetry. Among the personalities in the book are Lesya Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko, Maria Zankovetska, Olena Pchilka, Olena Skoropadska, Maksym Rylsky, and Mykhailo Starytsky. But we do not write about the gossip around them. We are popularizing the art of Ukrainian embroidery and highlighting private fragments of the lives of prominent Ukrainians that are little known to the general public.
The book is organized in the form of a folder that contains postcards with stories about the person and a memorial item decorated with Ukrainian embroidery. The publication is the result of the cooperation of a team of like-minded people - museum workers, embroiderers, scientists, clothing makers, and publishers - who implemented a project aimed at popularizing the art of Ukrainian embroidery and highlighting little-known fragments of the lives of prominent Ukrainians. Each postcard of the collection introduces us to the biography of a prominent person and the peculiarities of the household culture of that time through the presentation of a certain memorial item decorated with Ukrainian embroidery. But the authors go further and present items sewn and embroidered by contemporary craftswomen, decorated with the same embroidery, and also provide special schemes that allow anyone to reproduce both simple and complex ornaments from museum pieces in the material.
The book will be of interest to anyone interested in Ukrainian ethnic culture, clothing specialists, and embroiderers.
Learn the stories of prominent Ukrainians through unique samples of clothing that are not only museum pieces but also showcase modern fashion trends in Ukrainian embroidery.
