On the territory of our complex, it has already become a good tradition to hold various activities aimed at the revival and imitation of the traditions of our people. One of these events was the exhibition-fair of Yavorivska toys and a master class accompanied by famous toy makers and carvers - Ostapa Soyko and Oksana Kogut, who told us about the ancient craft, held an exhibition and taught how to paint a sycamore toy. The artists write about themselves: "We were born and formed as masters in a region known for its original folk crafts. Among them, perhaps the brightest was toycraft, which organically existed in Yavoriv Oblast even before the 1980s. We, like entire generations of children, grew up with these toys. However, the old masters left, taking the tradition with them, and the new ones, who sporadically turned to it, reduced the folk toy to the level of a souvenir.
Now we are actively working on the revival of the sycamore toy. The models for our works are traditional folk toys in the collections of the National Museum in Lviv named after A. Sheptytskyi, the Ethnographic Museum in Lviv and in other museum and private collections. In addition, we also use our own creative finds in this area, which do not contradict, but to a certain extent enrich Yavorivska toy".
We are proud that we had the honor to be the venue for a great event, and our Guests received many vivid memories.
