Weaving Demonstration with Halyna Shepko

Fiber artist Halyna Shepko, will demonstrate Ukrainian krayka weaving on a four shaft floor loom. The krayka Halyna will be weaving is a replica from Daria Yanda’s book Ukrainian Weaving Patterns with Instructions.

DATE: Sunday, May 12, 2024

TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM 

WHERE: 
UHEC Library Gallery
(Consistory/Administrative Building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA)
135 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873

ABOUT HALYNA SHEPKO: 
Halyna Shepko has been weaving and connecting her life with threads since childhood. In 2016, Halyna started her journey on shaft looms and this obsession brought her to opening Mokosh Ukrainian Weaving Center, in fall of 2023 in Gardiner, N.Y. Mission of Mokosh is to share weaving skills and to bring attention to work of  Ukrainian diaspora weavers, and the need to have access to books such as, Ukrainian Weaving Patterns with Instructions by Doris (Daria) Yanda.  Halyna lives in the woods at Shawangunk Ridge Farm in the Hudson Valley with her husband, son, sheep, goats, and chickens, making goat cheese, living off the land, cultivating mushrooms, and processing wool from their sheep. Halyna was one of the founders of Korinya Ukrainian Folk Band with her four children and niece, and group Sopilka with homeschoolers in Ulster County and children from her local Ukrainian community. 

PARKING:
Parking will be available at the Cultural Center Parking Lot and/or Field behind the Administrative Office Building. 

EXHIBIT OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
The exhibit "Woven Textiles of Carpathian Ukraine" will be open during the St. Thomas Sunday Pilgrimage (Saturday, May 11, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024) from 1 to 4 PM. Staff will be available to answer any questions. Hands-on activities for kids. 

No registration necessary for this event. 

 

 

When
May 12th, 2024 from  2:00 PM to  4:00 PM