Straw Art Works in Traditional Technologies by Larysa Lo

Straw Art Works in Traditional Technologies by Larysa Lo

Larysa Los is an artist who works with straw in traditional technologies. She has restored the only 3 authentic straw iconostasises that remained in Belarus and made 2 copies, one of the iconostasis from Liemiaševičy village (Pinsk district, Brest region) and one of an iconostasis known only from an old photo found in Vilnius by the researcher Volha Labačeǔskaja. Straw iconostasis is a detail of interior in belarusian churches in the country. Such an original artistic phenomenon is not characteristic for neighbouring countries, only for Belarus. All the 3 authentic straw iconostasises are preserved in museums, there are no such iconostasises in churches nowdays.

Larysa Los is 86 years old now, but she still works with straw.

Alena Liaškievič

Photos of works by Larysa Los are available here


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