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| First name | Iveta | |
| Last name | Zlnkova | |
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| Date of birth | 1957 | |
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| City | Velky Krtis | |
| Country | Slovak Republic | |
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| Education | high | |
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| Since when have you been making lace? | 1990 | |
| when did you get a first idea to learn lace-making? | free time during treatment in the sanatorium and then the large interest | |
| skills in lace-making | intermediate | |
| graduated schools and courses | 90% self-learner - following the book Lace-making from Mr. Misik, 1992 - course at Mrs.Proskova, 1996 / 97 / 98 - 2 courses a about 6 workshops of traditional bobbin lace | |
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| specialisation | no specialization, time to time I work on traditional or modern lace, I learn new patterns and I use them mainly for table cloths, I make brooches, pictures, Christmas decorations | |
| exhibitions and prices | 1992 - Detva - Christmas exhibition (brooches, small pictures, jewellery), 1997 - Bjelovar / Croatia - exhibition Hontianská čipka - traditional and modern lace, participation in the Whole Slovak Abilympiad 1996 - 2. place + 97 - 1. place | |
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| courses organised | 1998 - beginning of lace making - cca 10 students | |
| comments | I present lace-making on different exhibitions - for instance Hotianska parada - Festival of Folk Culture and Handicraft - whole Slovak, Touch of Tradition | |
| publications | in magazines - only articles about events related to lace-making | |
| do you come from or live in a lace-making region? | yes, Hont - Novohrad region (south Slovakia) | |
| do yuo make your living with lace-making? | no | |
| how do you get your patterns? | in a shop, own desing, modification of other desingI use traditional patterns in modern lace | |
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| how often do you make lace? | 3x - 4x a week, daily if I can | |
| are you presently attending a course? | Workshops of Hotiansko - Novohradska bobbin lace - 2-3 time a year | |
| are you a member of a lace-making group? what is its name? |
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| have you taught anybody to make lace? | yes, cca 15 persons | |
| why does lace-making appeal to you? | a lot of pleasure |
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