EDMONTON, AB | Ivanna was born in Chervonograd city in the Lviv region of Ukraine. She lived there most of her life before immigrating to Canada in 2002 with her loving husband and two daughters. Ivanna attained her masters degree as a Technical Systems Engineer at Lviv Polytechnic National University and began her financial accounting career in Canada.
Art has been a passion of hers for as long as she can remember. Her interest began at the Children's Fine Art School in her hometown where she attended drawing and oil painting classes. Since then, Ivanna has been creating interesting and original pieces of jewelry, made clothes for herself and her family, decorated traditional Ukrainian pysanky, embroidered, crocheted, knitted and sewed.
Ivanna felt inspired to be creative when she learned about jewelry made using seed beads. She was always looking for something new, which triggered her desire to learn, improve, and create her own unique technique and style of art. Over the past year, Ivanna has been brave enough to show her passion to friends and members of the Ukrainian community in Edmonton while maintaining to create more and more pieces. Each piece of jewelry reflects her imagination, adoration, and respect for this art form.
From the Arist
"With an interest in fashion, an eye for detail, and a love for creating things by hand, I started making my own jewelry. I focus on creating special event and every day jewelry. Every piece is a handmade work of art designed and constructed with exceptional care and quality.
A love of nature inspires me to use color and natural stones. The use of precious and semi-precious stones, Swarovsky crystals and Japanese or Czech seed beads, amethyst, pearls and corals help to create unique pieces perfect for the every day adventurer.
Seed bead jewelry has caught the attention of friends and buyers alike. My jewelry can be found at the Alberta Council for Ukrainian Arts boutique, Art Gallery of Alberta and on Facebook."