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sparkleflit 76F
4954 posts
3/16/2018 5:05 pm
RUSSIAN SCULPTURE
I came across these crocheted figures by Russian artist Yulia Ustinova.......It was hard to choose which ones to post, she is very clever and prolific.....

sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/17/2018 7:35 am


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/17/2018 8:03 am

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Rocketship 80F
18571 posts
3/17/2018 9:18 am

 An amazing and creative talent for sure!!!


MrsJoe 76F
17388 posts
3/17/2018 11:13 am

 I was curious as to the size of the sculptures, and whether they were solid crochet or stuffed. I was going to ask, but just went and read about her and her work. Very interesting and unique craft that she has developed.
Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/17/2018 12:16 pm
    Quoting MrsJoe:
    I was curious as to the size of the sculptures, and whether they were solid crochet or stuffed. I was going to ask, but just went and read about her and her work. Very interesting and unique craft that she has developed.
I'm an artist who also crochets, so I found her work very interesting.....Yesterday I was preparing myself for a memorial for the young son of an old and much loved friend......His car skidded on black ice as he was driving to work at 4 am........He had a wife, a 6 year-old son and 2 step-children. When his first wife was pregnant, she was diagnosed with cancer and she decided, after she heard the medical information that she could choose all the invasive cancer drugs and having an abortion, which would give her a very slight chance of survival, or doing nothing and having a healthy baby. She opted for the baby and died days after giving birth to a healthy son. The father's mother, my good friend, took full care of the baby, which was very hard for her, as she also was taking care of her older husband with health issues. But she did it with help from generous friends and family. The father finally could take his son full time when he turned 5.....The had started gradually, weaning him into his new stepmom and siblings........My friend had a very difficult time letting the child go.....She was 100% in tune with the plan, but emotionally, it took a toll on her, especially that her grandson screamed for her and cried himself to sleep without his Nana. They had all finally adjusted when this tragedy happened......and in a couple of hours I will see them for the first time since......No hug in the world could be big enough......There will be hundreds of people there.......Several generations of a prominent, beloved family.....

A few days ago, I came across, in my crochet stuff, a doll I had started to crochet 3 years ago when another friend died.......I started the "Vasselisa Doll" I just had 1 leg to go.......You see, my friend had Russian heritage and just 2 years before she died, she finally got her trip to Russia.......and she told me about the tradition of the Vasselisa Doll. It's a doll that is small enough to fit in a pocket. Mothers make them for their daughters when they leave home....sometimes the same dolls are passed on for generations.........So I had decided to crochet my friend one of those dolls, but, alas, she died before it was done.....which she, generous soul that she was, said was the perfect metaphor for her sudden departure.........So, that's when I came across these sculptures........


MrsJoe 76F
17388 posts
3/17/2018 3:36 pm

 Sometimes, the tragedies in life seem almost too much to bear, and this family seems to have more than their share of them. Somehow, we get through it all, one foot in front of the other, one hour and one day at a time. My condolences (and please don't be offended, my prayers also) to that family and to you as you share in their grief.

Something handmade can be the most thoughtful gift. One of the residents of the nursing home where I worked when Joe and I was married gave me a small crocheted doily that she made as a wedding gift. No other gift that we received was as precious to me.
Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/17/2018 5:28 pm
    Quoting MrsJoe:
    Sometimes, the tragedies in life seem almost too much to bear, and this family seems to have more than their share of them. Somehow, we get through it all, one foot in front of the other, one hour and one day at a time. My condolences (and please don't be offended, my prayers also) to that family and to you as you share in their grief.

    Something handmade can be the most thoughtful gift. One of the residents of the nursing home where I worked when Joe and I was married gave me a small crocheted doily that she made as a wedding gift. No other gift that we received was as precious to me.
Thanks Mrs Joe......for your prayers as well as your generosity of heart.......I went to the memorial and used up a lot of kleenex......There were many boxes of it out on the tables........There was music......The grand-piano was a gift to the community donated many years ago in the name of the young man's grandfather......The young man was also part of the volunteer fire department ........There were about 600 people there........And we were from every corner of the community....loggers, hippies, JWs, doctors, rock and roll musicians ,classical musicians...............[SIZE/]




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