Petro Pypa: Traditions of Folk Woodcarving

September 3, 2013. Vinnytsia State Television and Radio Company “Vintera.” The program “Folk Gems from Grandma’s Chest” features the work of woodcarver Petro Pypa from the village of Andrushivka in the Vinnytsia region.

In the episode, the artisan gathers wood in the forest, shows his home, workshop, and wooden crafts. The program also introduces viewers to the exhibition “The Art of One Village” at the National Museum of Literature in Kyiv, where Petro Pypa and his son presented their works. Among them is a series of wood carvings dedicated to Taras Shevchenko.

Commentators include: woodcarver Petro Pypa; Maria Skrypnyk, head of the Regional State Administration’s Department of Culture and Tourism; Tetiana Tsvigun, director of the Vinnytsia Regional Center for Folk Art; poet Nina Hnatiuk; Halyna Prytula, chair of the Pohrebyshche District State Administration; and Oleksandr Shpak, executive director of the Presidium of the “Vinnytsia Regional Association in Kyiv.”

The program was produced by: writer and host Svitlana Vernygora; cameramen Volodymyr Chernikov and Ihor Samchuk; editor Andriy Pendelya; and editor-in-chief Svitlana Busilkova.