The theme of the green wooden snake, the symbol of 2025, is practically inexhaustible in the art of handmade. Craftswomen who are in a systematic creative search make it from any material. Fabric and paper, leather, plastic and felt, beads are used.
In turn, the talented craftswoman from Mykolaiv, Vira Zhevner, once again convinces connoisseurs of her many talents that interesting interior items and toys can be made from anything at hand. For a year now, she has been creating exquisitely beautiful products from chenille wire.
"I discovered it for myself as a completely new material in creativity. Although from the very beginning, when it was created, it was not intended for craftswomen at all. It was the craftswomen who realized that many interesting things can be made from this wire. Even last year, for the Libraries Day, I had an exhibition of works made of chenille wire in the central library for children. You can make everything from it: flowers, toys, decorate many things," notes Vira Zhevner, a craftswoman of the Cultural and Artistic Association "Art-Spokusa".
This hobby does not require large expenses, nor special skills. This type of leisure time is suitable for children and adults. Simple needlework relaxes and helps to break away from the hustle and bustle, unpleasant memories and emotions at work, at home or on the road. After all, as a result, home decor or fun toys are born. Thanks to the Cultural and Artistic Association "Art-Spokusa", regular readers of the Central City Library named after M.L. Kropyvnytskyi made an apple with the main symbol of 2025 - a green wooden snake.
"Why are we making this particular symbol today? Because just in a few more days we have the Chinese New Year. And those housewives who did not have time to buy a symbol of the year for their Christmas tree can make such an interesting and beautiful snake with their own hands today," emphasizes Valentyna Kryvtsova, head of the Cultural and Artistic Association "Art-Spokusa".
The fluffy wire got its modern development thanks to the ingenuity of hand-made craftswomen and needlewomen. This fluffy, flexible stick, was invented in the West and was originally intended for cleaning smoking pipes.
