Artist Biography
Ivanna Dyedkova was born on July 7, 1969 in Chervonograd, Lviv region, Ukraine. She lived in Lviv most of her life before immigrating to Canada in 2002 with her loving husband and two daughters. Ivanna attained her master’s degree for 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 could remember. Her interest began at the Children's Fine Art School in her home town where she attended drawing and oil painting classes. Ivanna created 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 different pieces. Each piece of jewelry reflects her imagination, adoration, and respect for this art form.
Artist Statement
With an interest in fashion, an eye for detail, and a love of 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 of color and natural stones in my jewelry. The use of precious and semiprecious stones, Swarovski crystals and Japanese or Czech seed beads, amethyst, pearls, corals help to create unique pieces perfect for the everyday adventurer.
Seed bead jewelry has caught the attention of friends and buyers alike. My jewelry can now be found in Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) boutique (9534 - 87 Street), Alberta Branded (9820 - 107 Street) and on Facebook.