Elena Makeienkova

by Pam North

Contact information:
Name: Elena Makeienkova
Email address: acc19@uа.fm
Website: https://olenamakeienkova.tedsby.com/
https://www.bearpile.com/ElenaMakeenkova
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003297878497
https://www.instagram.com/emakeenkova/?hl=en
Address: Yantarnaya 79a-6, Dnipro, 49108 Ukraine
Phone: +380667636262

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A brief biographical sketch of yourself.

Dear reader, I welcome you! My name is Elena Makeienkova! I live in the city of Dnipro in the beautiful country of Ukraine. For more than 10 years I was fond of knitted toys, created master classes. My toys are connected around the world, which makes me very happy.
In 2012, when I first saw a teddy bear, I fell in love with him forever. It was love at first sight. The world of Teddy devoured me completely and completely, and I cannot imagine my life without bears. My very first bear was a small classic bear from their mohair, sewn at a master class. But this was not enough for me, I dreamed of creating my own bears. It was created a lot of layouts, patterns, successful bears and not so. I always wanted something more until I realized that I was completely and completely happy when I create bears in the style of natures.
Recently, I try to attend international exhibitions. I am very pleased that my work was appreciated by collectors and a grand jury. It is doubly pleasant to return home from the exhibition with the coveted award. My bears have repeatedly won prizes and an audience prize. It is always inspiring.
Winner of Teddy Land 2012
Winner of Euro Teddy 2018 and Audience Award.
GOLDEN GEORGE in the nomination Nature 2019.
In my work I use only high-quality special materials for Teddy.
What is the hardest part of my job? I would say not difficult, but very important. I consider absolutely everything important, every little thing is very important. After all, if you do something not very high quality, it will affect all the work, and the appearance of the bear will suffer. Therefore, I try to do everything as efficiently as possible.
Inspiration gives me nature itself. There are many beautiful animals on this planet. How much more do you want to do ....
My favorite moment at work is when I sew the eyes of a bear. This is some kind of magic. It seems to me that at this moment the bear has a soul. And when my bear leaves for his new home, then part of my soul and my great love leave with him.
My bears live in private collections around the world, which makes me very happy. You can buy my bears in online stores and at exhibitions.
I believe that Teddy makes the world a lot better and more soulful.