Tetiana Boiko

Sixteen-year-old Maksym Zhyvko, a native of Ternopil, has an unusual hobby: embroidery. He began mastering needlework ten years ago while he was still in kindergarten, inspired by his mother’s example. Halyna Leonivna would come home from work, open the curtains, and sit by the window to better see...

Seventy-seven-year-old Volodymyra Adevnina from Ternopil has an unusual hobby for her age. She makes quaint figurines of animals, fairy-tale characters, flowers, miniature replicas of medieval castles and even the Holy Virgin’s Church out of cockleshell stone extracted at the local quarry. This...