it was anna stefanovna , whose last name was moracheva, which is why these toys, archaic, so plastic,called marochevsky in their expression. for our ancestors, these were not just toys, but a kind of talismans, for example, a maiden, a dubroven coast guard, a lamb, a symbol of prosperity, they sculpted products from blue red clay, which was mined in these parts, tufts on... our toys, whistles, this is generally an authentic feature of our dubroven toys, you will not find such a different form anywhere, in the entire dnieper region you will not find exactly such images with this tuft . today we will make a whistle in the shape of a bird, roll a piece of clay into a ball and pull it out, the clay quickly becomes soft, like plasticine. the peculiarity of the whistle toy is that we make it from a common lump, without gluing anything. exactly. this distinguishes marochev’s toy from others, and i’ll tell you honestly, working with a single piece is not so easy, to make your work easier, you can use not only your fingers, but a stack. in order for the toy to whistle, we need to make an air c