Tetiana Konoval from Donetsk paints more than 10000 pysankas
Tetiana Konoval is the Honored Folk Art Master of Ukraine, Folk Master of Luhansk oblast, the Member of the Association of National Unity of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine, the author of the book ‘Pysanka Alphabet’. She was born in Donetsk.
In 1995 Tetiana’s husband who is originally from Western Ukraine, taught her to decorate pysankas. Since then she has advanced her skills greatly and exhibited her works at local, Uktainian, international and foreign (Germany, France, Czech Republic, Japan) exhibitions. She always participates in different fairs, competitions, festivals, she was a delegate of the 2nd and 3rd congress of pysankas artists in Kosmach, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
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Kyiv guitar player wins International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini
Marko Topchii from Kyiv bested at the prestigious International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini held in San Francisco.
The musician has already won more than 25 first prizes in different countries (USA, Japan, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal, Italia, France, Germany, Lichtenstein, Serbia, Ukraine).
In total Marko won more than 60 prizes at international guitar competitions.
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Viktor Kovalenko among TOP-50 Promising football players
The reputable Italian sports newspaper La Gazetta dello Sport released a list of TOP-50 Promising Football Players (under 20) and included FC ‘Shakhtar’ midfielder Viktor Kovalenko in it.
Viktor (the only representative of Ukraine) ranks 35th.
‘I am very happy to be among the promising young players. It is a great honor for me! However, this is the achievement of the whole ‘Shakhtar’ club and our Academy, thanks to them I have an opportunity to grow as a football player’, Mr.Kovalenko comments.
Ernest Hemingway award went to the couple from Chernihiv
For strengthening connections in the art sphere between peoples Tetiana and Serhiy Dziuba from Chernihiv became Ernest Hemingway award winners, ‘Countries and continents’ nomination.
Serhiy and Tetiana Dziuba have been laureates of honorary awards in Canada, UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Their works have been translated into 60 languages and published in 36 countries. The poetry collection is to be published in France and the Czech Republic. The works of Serhiy and Tetiana have been read by more than 4 million people worldwide.
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Zaporizhizhia ceramists’ pottery to be sold in Cyprus
Viktor and Larisa Nahurnyi from Polohy village (Zaporizhzhia oblast) own a pottery workshop ‘Dobra Hlyna’. The raw material is local white clay. Earlier they used to make pottery on throwing wheel but when the demand for their works grew they started using plaster molds.
‘We fill the molds with white clay. The pottery must dry for a while in the mold. Then we take it out, dip into red clay and paint with Italian glazes or enamels. Then they go to the furnace and undergo burning process at 1200 degrees for four hours. Then we need to wait for 24 hours for the pottery to cool. So the process takes about a week’, Larisa tells.
Finally, one gets fire-resistant dishware that can be put in oven or microwave.
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