Ukrainian embroidery was once far more than decoration. Its geometric rhythms and symbolic colours were handed down between generations of craftswomen, used to protect, tell stories and mark life's milestones. This hands-on workshop at Ukraine House explores how these stitch traditions shaped 20th-century Ukrainian naïve painting, when self-taught artists carried the logic of needlework onto canvas.
Participants work from an authentic pattern featuring a horse and a female figure, inspired by a Ukrainian naïve exhibition. You will follow its rhythmic lines and classic red-and-blue palette while learning naïve embroidery techniques, and leave with a feel for a centuries-old tradition told through its patterns, symbols and stitches.
